Born:
1974 Wroclaw, Poland
Education:
1999 Master's degree from Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland
since 2002 lives and works in Galveston, TX, USA
Awards:
"The 6th Cheongju International Craft Competition-Outside the Box", Cheongju, Republic of Korea; Honorable Mention
"Summer 2009" juror: Judy Boh, "The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake", Nassau Bay, TX, USA - Judge's Choice Award
"The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition", The Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea - Honorable Mention - Ceramics as Expression
"Contemporary Ceramics CERCO-09" Saragossa, Spain - First Prize
"8th International Ceramics Competition Mino 2008", Tajimi City, Japan; Bronze Award - Ceramic Art
Exhibitions:
Future exhibitions:
2012, Solo show, Glass and Ceramics Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2011, solo show, "Wagner Sousa Modern Art", Galveston, TX, USA
2010, "Mixed media Ceramics Plus", Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
2010
"Naked", curator: Gwynne Rukenbrod, Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Tx, USA, on view - July 10 - September 4
"The Big Show" juror: Paul Middendorf, Co-Director gallery HOMELAND and EAST/WEST Project Berlin, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA, on view - July 9-August 7
"Resilience", curator: Sally Sprout, Williams Tower, Houston, Tx, USA
CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS ARAGON´2010 (CERCO), (catalogue), Enrique Cook of the Escuela de Cerámica de Muel, Saragossa, Spain; Museo de Teruel, Teruel, Spain
"Internal Activity" - solo show, "Wagner Sousa Modern Art" Galveston, TX, USA
European Ceramics -12. WESTERWALD PRIZE 2009",(catalogue), Museum of International Ceramic Art - Grimmerhus; Middelfart, Denmark
XXXIII International Ceramics Symposium "Porcelain Another Way 2009" - exhibition, Glass and Ceramics Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
"The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition" - traveling exhibition, (catalogue), University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominguez Hills // Carson, CA
2009
"Time Sensitive" solo show, "Redbud Gallery", Houston, TX, USA
XXXIII International Ceramics Symposium "Porcelain Another Way" - exhibition, Muzeum of Walbrzych, Walbrzych, Poland
"The 6th Cheongju International Craft Competition-Outside the Box", (catalogue), Cheongju, Republic of Korea
"European Ceramics - WESTERWALD PRIZE 2009",(catalogue), Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany
„an extraordinary group show" WAGNER SOUSA MODERN ART Gallery, Galveston, TX, USA
„Flotsam and Jetsam" - invitational, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX, USA
"The Big Show" juror: Laura Fried, Assistant Curator Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA
"Summer 2009" juror: Judy Boh, "The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake", Nassau Bay, TX, USA
CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS ARAGON´2009 (CERCO), (catalogue), Enrique Cook of the Escuela de Cerámica de Muel, Saragossa, Spain; Museo de Teruel, Teruel, Spain
"The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition" (catalogue), The Icheon World Ceramic Center, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
"Ink and clay 35", (on-line catalogue), jurors: Carolyn Peter and Christy Johnson; Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA, USA
"The 10th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition" - traveling exhibition, (catalogue), University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI, USA - March 1 - April 9, 2009 / East Hawai'i Cultural Center, Hilo, HI, USA - May 3 - May 28, 2009 / Soma Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea - July 9 - August 16, 2009; University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, MS, USA, September 14 - November 1, 2009
"Hun Gallery International 2009", Hun Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2008
"Retablo Exhibition", Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA
"Object of Desire" Woman Made Gallery, juror/curator: Claire Wolf Krantz, Chicago, Il, USA
"8th International Ceramics Competition Mino 2008" (catalogue), Tajimi City, Japan
"The Big Show", juror/curator LA ART: Aram Moshayedi, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA
"Summer Selection of Gallery Artists" Gallery of DesignWorks; Galveston, TX, USA
"Drawing Room", curator: Clint Willour, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston TX, USA
"25th Juried Open Exhibition", juror: Sally Sprout, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
"The 17th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition 2008", juror: Anna Harris, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX, USA
"Imprint of Memory" solo exhibition, DesignWorks Gallery, Galveston, TX, USA
2007
"Houston Snapshot 2007" (catalogue); collaboration with Chula Ross-Sanchez; Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA
"Summer Selection of Gallery Artists" Gallery of DesignWorks; Galveston, TX, USA
"Dia de los muertos" - "Day of the Dead" Exhibition, curator: Enrique Fernandez Cervantes; "Bath House Cultural Center", Dallas, Texas, USA
"Resistance to Vision: Searching, Sifting, Finding, Seeing" - juried show (catalogue), juror: Dana Saulnier; "Manifest Gallery", Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2006
"Fragile" two-person exhibition Gallery of College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX, USA
"Summer Show" Gallery of DesignWorks Galveston, TX, USA
2005
"New works" "Studio Bianco", San Antonio, TX, USA
"Recent works" one person exhibition Mod coffeehouse Galveston, TX, USA
2000
"Sculpture garden" Museum of Archeology in Cracow, Poland
1999
"Diploma" 1999" "Design" Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
1997
"Exhibition of student work from Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw" Museum of Ceramics in Boleslawiec, Poland
"Young's Ceramics" "Zamkowa" Gallery, Lubin, Poland
1995
"Young's Ceramics" "Zamkowa" Gallery, Lubin, Poland
"Exhibition of student work from Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw" Gallery of Ceramics and Glass, Wroclaw, Poland
"Sculpture garden" Gallery of Academy of Music, Wroclaw, Poland
Publications:
"Voices of Art Magazine" V.15-ISSUE 2-2008, "Kamila Szczesna : Imprint of Memory" by Albert Jesus Chavarria - VOA_article.doc
"Making Art Connections" authors: Chris Bates, Megan Booth & Sean O'Keeffe; McGraw-Hill Education Australia & New Zealand
Registries:
"The Drawing Center's Viewing Program" - Artist Registry; The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Residency:
April - May 1996 Young-Jae Lee's Ceramic Studio "Margaretenhöhe", Essen, Germany
01-26 September 2009, XXXIII International Ceramics Symposium "Porcelain Another Way", Porcelain Factory "Krzysztof" in Walbrzych, Poland
Selected for Artpace San Antonio's 2011 Open Call Shortlist (ongoing), San Antonio, Tx, USA
Represented in the collections:
"Sculpture garden" Collection of Academy of Music, Wroclaw, Poland
"Sculpture garden" Museum of Architecture, Cracow, Poland
"Collection of the Museum of Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw" Museum of Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
Ceramics Park MINO, Tajimi City, Japan
Escuela de Cerámica de Muel, Saragossa, Spain
"World Ceramic Exposition Foundation", Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gwango-dong, Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Screenings:
2010
"Internal Activity" at Wagner Sousa Modern Art, Galveston, TX, USA
"Altered Realities" Curated by David Waddell at Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, USA
