e-mail: bs@sacharczuk-ceramika.com
web: www.sacharczuk-ceramika.com Born In 1972 in Nysa. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław she studied at the Ceramics and Glass department under the wing of professor Krystyna Cybińska. In 1997 received scientific scholarship by Ministry of Culture Polish Government. Since 1998 she has been working for the Academy in the Pottery Wheel Studio. She has improved her skills at the studio of a Korean ceramic artist Young-Jae Lee in Essen, Germany. She has participated in International Ceramic Symposium: 'Porcelain Another Way'in Wałbrzych in Poland; 'Tohisoo Manor' in Kohila, in Estonia; 'Sympathy' in Seoul in Korea In 2006 received scholarship for artists founded by Ministry of Culture Polish Government "Young Poland" In 2007 received scholarship for artists founded by Board of Silesian Administration. '...In my creation I use the traditional ceramical technique which is a potter’s wheel. Many people treat it as a tool to produce vessels of every-day use, for me it became a priceless source of inspiration. Since ever the clay put into a whirling motion has hypnotised me. This feeling of untamed force, sleeping within the apparently inanimate mass, evoked the stream of images. They left some traces in the forms performed by me. Bewitched with the magic of motion I try to include at least a particle of the emotions present while working at the potter’s wheel. My endeavours to reach some kind of order expressed by symmetry and harmony of form proportions is a result of acceptance for ‘uncomplicated’ things. The forms created by me are symmetrical, harmonious solids, close to usable forms in their classical meaning. But are they vessels?...' Bożena Sacharczuk Exibition ( selected): 2007-'Art of Fire' -Gallery Design-Wroclaw, Poland 2007- 'My creative inspiration'-(solo)- Museum Academy of Fine Arts -Wroclaw, Poland 2006- 'Sympathy'- Gallery ON in Seul, Korea 2006- ' Fired Arts'- Gallery Villa Streccius in Landau, Germany 2006- 'Towers of Wrocław' – National Museum of Fine Arts in Wrocław 2005-'Form versus funcion'(solo)-Gallery Design-Wroclaw, Poland 2004- First International Salon of Ceramics- Gent, Belgium 2004-'Joung Polish Ceramic Creation'- Guebwiller, France 2004-'Details'(solo)-Gallery “Kontynenty”-Warsaw, Poland 2004-Finalist exibition of Ist Europen Ceramics Competition-Amaroussion, Greece 2003-'Pottery ?'(solo)-Museum Academy of Fine Arts -Wroclaw, Poland 2003-'The shape between continuity and innovation'-Museum of Ceramics- Faenza, Italy 2002-'Ceramics Garden of Wroclaw'-50-Years of Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland 2001-'Ceramics 2001'- 30 Years of the Lower Silesian Division of the Union of Polish Artists and Designers(ZPAP)- Wroclaw, Poland 2001-'Ceramics'-Gallery “Igel”-Freiburg,Germany 2001-'Ceramics Academy`s Teachers from Wroclaw'- Gifhorn, Germany 2001-'Exceptions'(solo)-Gallery of Ceramics and Glass - Wroclaw, Poland 2001-'Artisan in the 2001 Southern Christmas Show'-Charlotte,USA 2000-'Sketching the Wheels'-(solo)-Gallery of Ceramics and Glass Wroclaw,Poland 2000-'Young`s Design'- Polish Institute of Designe – Warsaw, Poland |