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Aktualnosci Bolesławieckie środowisko artystyczne

Bolesławiec artistic community – Barbara Bednarowicz

Post author By Maciej Nawrot
Post date 20 February 2023

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I would like [my art] to be a language of communication, it seems to me that works should tell stories.

Barbara Bednarowicz

"'Conversations about Art", a film portrait of the artist prepared by Jacek Chlastawa.

This post from the series “Bolesławiec artistic community” was prepared within the framework of the project “Bolesławiec – 30 years of local government” carried out by the Museum of Ceramics and the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre.

Barbara Bednarowicz is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2012, she received her diploma with honours from the Faculty of Sculpture in the atelier of Professor Adam Myjak. Between 2013 and 2017, she worked as a teacher of art subjects in several schools in Bolesławiec. In 2014-2018, she taught art classes at the S. Wyspiański Youth Cultural Centre in Bolesławiec. Currently, she is an employee of the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec.

She is inspired by the human being and everything that defines him… the contradiction of the image she creates for the external world, as well as the emotionality and complexity of the internal image. She creates sculptures, installations and objects, using mainly matter close to man such as earth, clay, concrete…

We invite you to watch a film in the series ” Conversations about Art” featuring the artist.

2007 Exhibition of sculptures by Barbara Bednarowicz and drawings by Jagoda Siegień, Nowogrodziec.

2008 Exhibition of Sculptures “She and He”, Bolesławiec
Exhibition on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Jan Matejko Primary School No. 4 in Bolesławiec

2011 Post-competition exhibition of the XI International Foundry Workshop, Gdansk

2012 COMING OuT Exhibition of the Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw

2013 Exhibition of ASP graduates during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP19,
Warsaw

2017 „In search of art, science, passion – graduates of the 1st High School in Bolesławiec 1946-2016″, Bolesławiec

2018 Exhibition on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Jan Matejko Primary School No. 4 in Bolesławiec, Bolesławiec

2019 „Three Women – Three Matter. Sculpture, painting, batik. Barbara Bednarowicz, Joanna Mysłek-Michnowska, Katarzyna Sas”, Bolesławiec

2020 “Artists of the Bolesławiec area”, Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec

2008 Sculpture Plein-air at the Academy of Fine Arts, Dłużew

Ceramic plein-air “firing in cancer” ASP, Dłużew

2009 Sculpture plein-air “objects on water” ASP, Orońsko

2010 Czech-Polish open air workshop, series of 3 meetings “Vytravne dialogy”, Česká Lípa

2011 XI International Foundry Workshop, Gdańsk

2005 1st place in the competition for ceramic sculpture “Natur Augenblicke”, Görlitz

2012 Adam and Irena Gawlikowski Award
“Golden Chisel” – award of the Faculty of Sculpture for the best diploma of the year 2012

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Aktualnosci Bolesławieckie środowisko artystyczne

Bolesławiec artistic community – Jagoda Siegień

Post author By Maciej Nawrot
Post date 16 February 2023

Poodle 1, polystyrene, paint, approx. 100x120x50 cm, 2012.

Jagoda Siegień was born in Bolesławiec. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Sculpture at the E. Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (diploma in the atelier of Professor Christos Mandzios) and the Faculty of Puppetry at the L. Solski State Academy of Theatre in Kraków (diploma performance entitled “Skin” directed by Konrad Dworakowski and an individual diploma: “The Skin” directed by Konrad Dworakowski and an individual diploma: a performance for children entitled “Unlucky Man”). In 2015-2018 she collaborated with the Wrocław Youth Theatre, where she co-created performances for children. For several years, she has been leading theatre and art workshops for children of different ages. In 2016, as part of the Erasmus+ programme, she completed an internship at Teatro de Marionetas do Porto in Portugal. She had the opportunity to work with Agata Duda-Gracz, Piotr Ratajczak and Tomasz Mann, among others. She has participated in many international plein-airs, workshops and festivals. Her beloved subject is dogs.

Currently, she is mainly involved in acting, but uses her sculpting skills to create theatrical forms. In 2018, she prepared an original monodrama dedicated to the young Aleksandra Piłsudska – “The Rocket Woman. The thing about Ola Szczerbińska”‘. Currently, she is fascinated by macramé and creates most willingly in this technique.

Jagoda Siegień

Untitled, polystyrene, sugar paste, 2012.

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Fragment of an installation at the graduation exhibition, 2012.

Poodle 1

Poodle 2

Multiplication

2010 „Radiator newly”, Exhibition summarising the High Temperatures Festival, Galeria EM_S, Wrocław

„Portrait”, photo exhibition, Still-Bar, Krakow

2011 Post-exhibition, ZłomArt, Pleszew, Poland

Post-competition exhibition of the 2nd Józef Kopczyński Student Biennial of Small Sculptural Forms, Poznań

2014 „Silk ear”, video installation, exhibition entitled. “Technical problems”, MD_S Gallery, Wrocław

2016 „Several pictures from the past without titles”, painting, Klubokawiarnia Szara Wrona, Wrocław

2020 “Artists of the Bolesławiec Area”, Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec

2011 Award of the Dean of the Faculty of Sculpture and Spatial Activities, University of Arts in Poznań

2nd Student Biennial of Small Sculptural Forms named after Prof. Józef Kopczyński, work entitled “Landscape”. “Landscape”

Grand Prix in the 1st edition of the competition for the most interesting spatial form realised during the 11th International Foundry Workshop organised by the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk

2016 Artistic scholarship of the Mayor of Wrocław

Award for directing at Roma Teatro Festival XI, diploma performance entitled. “Unlucky”

2011-2012

“Cage Cake Dog Box”, Aviary 6, Contemporary Museum, Wrocław

“What will a boy do without a dog?”, ASP, Wrocław

“In Memory of My Druh Natividad”, Engram Gallery, Katowice, Poland

“Dialogue with voice”, Municipal Art Centre, Gorzów Wlkp

“Training”, Combined Transaction – Conference, ASP, Wrocław

“Never again…”, Rather Gallery, Poznań

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Aktualnosci Bolesławieckie środowisko artystyczne

Bolesławiec artistic community – Krzysztof Brzuzan

Post author By Jarosław Sawicki
Post date 9 February 2023

Krzysztof Brzuzan

Krzysztof Brzuzan was born and raised in Bolesławiec. He first came into contact with real art in primary school through Mieczysław Żołądź, a pupil of Antoni Kenar. When encouraged by the artist to make some sculpture, he brought the finished work, causing enthusiasm and disbelief. He continued his artistic education at the First Secondary School in Bolesławiec under the tutelage of Jolanta Ajlikow-Czarnecka. He passed the entrance exam for the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków on the first attempt thanks to a highly acclaimed set of works in wood. He obtained his diploma in the sculpture studio of Professor Marian Konieczny.

After graduation he moved to Rzeszów, where in 1980 he took up a job as an art teacher at the State Secondary School of Fine Arts. At first he taught metalwork and then, for many years, woodcarving (according to an original didactic programme). In 1980, he also won a competition for the reconstruction of a monument to Adam Mickiewicz in Rzeszów, which was important for his further artistic career. He has been an active participant in the cultural life of the city from the very beginning and has repeatedly won prizes in the local competition “Painting, Graphics, Drawing, Sculpture of the Year”. He is well known to the citizens of Rzeszów for his bronze sculptures located in the city space, including the statue of a juvenile delinquent aiming a slingshot at a street lamp.

In his works, he uses stone, wood, metal and ceramics, often combining these materials. Monumental and sacred sculpture occupies an important place in his work. In his art, he refers to many cultural tropes, from the great classics to folk artists. However, regardless of the form or material used, he always tries to say something about man and his condition in the contemporary world.

Krzysztof Brzuzan

Series Questions. From left - Where we came from Where we are Where we are going

Work from the collection Cultural Recycling

Banner with elements of Orthodox sheet metal

Work from the collection Cultural Recyclingq

This post from the series “Boleslawiec artistic community” was prepared within the framework of the project “Boleslawiec – 30 years of local government” implemented by the Museum of Ceramics and the Boleslawiec Cultural Center – International Ceramics Center

Adam Mickiewicz monument, Rzeszów

Monument to “Rascal with a Slingshot”, Rzeszów

Monument to Jan Pakosławic, Rzeszów

Sculpture of Crucified Christ, Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Rzeszów

Monument to John Paul II, Roman Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Zaczernie

Monument to John Paul II, Regional Rehabilitation and Education Centre Hospital, Rzeszów

Monument to Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation, Rzeszów

Plaque in memory of Mira Kubasińska , Old Cemetery, Rzeszów

Busts of Tadeusz Kantor, Jerzy Grotowski, Zdzisław Kozień and Józef Szajna, Wanda Siemaszkowa Theatre, Rzeszów

2007 Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec

2014 „My Sundays”, Diocesan Museum, Rzeszów

2015 „My Sundays”, Gallery of the Wicker Centre of the Municipal Cultural Centre, Rudnik nad Sanem

2016 „14×3″, Gallery Na Najwyższym Poziomie, Elektromontaż Rzeszów S.A., Rzeszów

2006 Post-exhibition of the 5th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, CENTRUM Gallery Nowa Huta Cultural Centre, Cracow, Poland

2007 Post-exhibition of the 6th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, Museum of Wiśnicka Land, Nowy Wiśnicz; Museum of Industry (no longer existing branch of the Museum of Technology), Warsaw

2009 Post-exhibition of the VIII All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, The Wiśnicka Land Museum, Nowy Wiśnicz; Municipal Gallery of Art, Municipal Public Library, Limanowa

2010 Post-exhibition of the 8th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic Dialogues”, Centre for Promotion of Culture Praga-South, Warsaw

Anniversary exhibition – Anna Hass-Brzuzan and Krzysztof Brzuzan, BWA Rzeszów

2014 Post-exhibition of the 10th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic dialogues”, BWA “U Jaksy”, Miechów

2017 „In search of art, science, passion – graduates of the First High School in Bolesławiec 1946-2016″, State Archive in Wrocław, Branch in Bolesławiec

2018 Post-exhibition of the 12th All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for art school teachers “Ceramic dialogues”, Wiejska Gallery, Chełmno

2019 Post-exhibition of the XIII All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic dialogues”, Dwór Karwacjanów Art Gallery, Gorlice

2020 Post-exhibition of the XIII All-Polish Ceramic Plein-Air for teachers of art schools “Ceramic dialogues”, Piotr Michałowski Municipal Gallery of the Complex of Art Schools in Rzeszów, Rzeszów; “So many worlds” Gallery, Oświęcimskie Centrum Kultury, Oświęcim

“Artists of the Bolesławiec Area”, Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec

2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019 All-Poland open-air ceramic workshop for art school teachers “Ceramic Dialogues”, Nowy Wiśnicz

2019 Fourth International Painting and Sculpture Plein-Air “Frydman 2019”, Frydman

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Aktualnosci Bolesławieckie środowisko artystyczne

Bolesławiec artistic community – Mateusz Grobelny

Post author By Jarosław Sawicki
Post date 8 February 2023

W sieci, Bornholm 2014 .

... I continue with the technology of wood firing, but in very modern constructions, because the kiln construction itself becomes a sculpture. The process itself, the process of building the whole thing and then firing it, is sometimes more important than the end result.

Mateusz Grobelny

"On the tapis", Lusatia Television 2019

Mateusz Grobelny was born in 1980. In 2008, he graduated from the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, where he studied ceramic design under Professors Przemysław Lasak and Jan Drzewiecki. He is a ceramic artist, sculptor and specialises in creating unique ceramics fixed in wood-fired kilns. His studies have had a significant impact on his artistic sensibility, but in his everyday work he also finds use for two professions he acquired earlier: construction technician and clothing technician with a specialisation in designer-stylist.

Visitors to the Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival are particularly familiar with the spectacular, monumental outdoor kilns built on the square next to the Market Square, which take on a different form every year. The process of their creation brings to mind the design of both architecture and clothing, and requires great technical skill. It all starts with a sketch on paper, which takes a group of volunteers up to several weeks to bring to life. The first step is to build a hearth, over which a structure of welded steel rods is then erected. The skeleton is covered with silicon mats that allow light to pass through, providing an unusual visual experience during firing. Slightly different, but just as interesting, is the use of layered glass tiles in the walls of the kiln, which melt when heated. Some of the kilns are constructed in such a way that they can be opened during firing, turning the whole project into a kind of theatre, a fascinating performance that strongly captures the imagination of the audience. The ceramics fired in such kilns are always unpredictable and unique, as, irrespective of the authors’ knowledge and experience, chance plays a significant role in their creation.

On a daily basis, Mateusz Grobelny creates original, custom-made utility and decorative ceramics, including those turned on the potter’s wheel. He is also the author of three ceramic benches set up in the Bolesławiec Market Square. In his work he is inspired by femininity, nature and sometimes technological challenges. The joy of creation often turns into a struggle against the resistance of the matter. However, everything is rewarded by the awareness of creating a new reality, building something out of nothing.

The artist has won numerous prizes and solo exhibitions. Between 2010 and 2020, he ran his own ceramic-sculpture workshop at the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre – International Ceramics Centre. In 2013- 2019 he served as commissioner of the International Ceramic and Sculpture Plein-Air in Bolesławiec.

We invite you to watch footage of Mateusz Grobelny’s work:

An interview with the artist conducted on 29 July 2019 by Łużyce Television