e-mail: aleksander.abel@gmail.comwww.adamabel.com
Post held:
1997 - 2001 teacher at the Department of Ceramics and Glass of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
2000 Artist in Residence, University of Akron, „Myers School of Art.”, Ohio, USA
2001- 2005 asst.prof. of Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
2005-2006 invited professor, Kyung Hee University, College of Art and Design, South Korea
2006- asst.prof. of Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
Individual exhibitions:
1999 "Pies(c)" Entropia Gallery in Wroclaw ( ceramics, computer animation, photography )
2000 Museum of Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw ( ceramics )
2000 “Drawings” Impart Gallery in Wroclaw
2003 “Ceramics”, BWA Gallery in Wroclaw
2004 “Mimikra” Gallery of Culture Centre, Boleslawiec
2005 Mimicry Galeria Tong-In , Seoul , Korea
Selected group exhibitions:
1994 Contemporary Art Gallery ( drawings ) - Lodz
1994, 1995 Municipal Gallery ( sculpture ) - Wroclaw
1995 Gallery of Ceramics and Glass, BWA - Wroclaw
1996, 1997 Castle Gallery ( ceramics ) - Lubin
1996 WRO`96 "Polish Monitor"
1998 Grafinnova`98 The 7th Open International Triennial of Prints and Drawings Ostrobothnian Museum - Finland
1998 "Unknown Ceramics" Design Gallery - Wroclaw
1999 "Arsenal" Gallery, BWA ( animated drawings ) - Wroclaw
1999 Pirna, Germany ( ceramics )
2000 The 1st International Drawing Competition - Wroclaw
2000 “ Polish Ceramicists “ University Art Galleries - Akron,Ohio USA
2001 The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 – Korea
2001 Latvian Art Academy ( ceramics )
2001 PLAYERS , BWA Gallery ( photography, animations) – Wroclaw
2003 “The shape between continuity and innovation...” - Faenza, Italy
2004 1st International Festival of Ceramic Salon, Galeria Etienne Dewulf – Gent, Belgia
2004 “Jeune Creation Polonaise” , Museum Florival, Guebwiller - Francja
2006 European Ceramic Context 2006, Bornholm - Denmark
2006 Polonia 3+4, Harresi Aretoa Gallery, Arrasate Mondragon, Spain
2006 Wroclaw School of Ceramics , Villa Streccius Gallery, Landau, Niemcy
2007 "Ceramic and Glass" Days of Polish Culture, Rabat, Morocco
2007 The 55th Premio Faenza – International Competition.of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Italy
2007 The 4th World Ceramic Biennale, Ichon, Korea
Festivals:
1995 WRO`95 5th International Sound Basis Visual Art Festival Wroclaw, Poland ( animated cartoons )
1995 VIPER`95 International Film - Video - and Multimedia Festival ( animated cartoons ) - Lucerne, Switzerland
1997 OSTRANENIE`97 3th International Electronic Media Forum, Bauhaus-Dessau
1998 OFFLINE @ ONLINE French Baltic Nordic Video and New Media Festival Estonia (animated cartoons)
2001 WRO 01 9th International Media Art Biennale - Wroclaw, Poland
2001 DREAMCATCHER 4th International Film Festival - Kiev, Ukraine
2002 PROJECTIONS D`ARGILE 3RD International Ceramic Film Festival – Montpellier,France
2003 WRO 03 10th International Media Art Biennale - Wroclaw, Poland ( animated cartoons )
2007 WRO’07 International New Media Biennale.Hidden decade: Polish media in 1990s
Performance:
2000 THE INSIDE, Boleslawiec
Symposiums:
1999 35th International Symposium of Ceramics - Boleslawiec 2000 36th International Symposium of Ceramics - Boleslawiec
2001 International Art Symposium “Dialogue 2001” Zvartava Castle, Latvia
2003 3rd International Ceramic Symposium “Kohila 2003”, Estonia
2004 40th International Symposium of Ceramics - Boleslawiec
2006 „ Wood fired ceramics” symposium, Luboradow, Poland
Lectures:
2000 University of Akron, „Myers School of Art.”, Ohio, USA
2000“Animated drawings and objects“ BWA Gallery – Wroclaw
2001 Latvian Art Academy, Riga, Latvia
2004 Konstfack, University Collage of Arts, Crafts and Design, Socrates-Erasmus, Stockholm, Sweden -exchange programme for teachers,
2005 Taegu Arts University, Korea
2005 Kyung Hee University, College of Art and Design, Korea
2006 Estonian Art Academy, Tallin, Estonia
Awards:
1993,1994,1995 Young Electronics Arts, 1st prize, ( animated cartoons ) - Poland
1995 WRO`95 Polish State Television Award (animated cartoons )
2001 The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2001 – Korea , honourable mention 2005 Sculpture
2005 Low Silesia’s Exhibitions of Art, Wroclaw, Poland honourable mention,
2003 WRO 03 Globalica 10th International Media Art Biennale - Wroclaw, Poland selected for competition
2007 The 1st World Ceramic Biennale 2007 – Korea , honourable mention
Works in collections:
Ichon World Ceramic Center in Kyonggi Province, Korea
University of Akron, Ohio, USA
Latvian Art Academy, Zvartava
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza Italy
National Museum in Wroclaw, Poland
Wuxi Museum,China
Kyung Hee University , Korea
Galeria Tong-in, Seoul , Korea
