Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich
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Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich d (born 25 June 1969 in Szczecinek
, Poland) is a Polish sculptor and drawing artist.
exam in Liceum im. Księżnej Elżbiety (Lyceum of Princess Elizabeth) in Szczecinek and later Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań
. She learned sculpturing from Professor Józef Petruk and Professor Józef Kopczyński. She graduated in 1993.
with the lost-wax casting technique. Her favourite types of sculptures are portrait
and grotesque
. She also makes small forms like: statuettes, medal
s, commemorative plaque
s, jewellery and other items.
An important place in Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich creations take children topics. She made many sculptures, which in realistic or grotesque ways portray children, their play, dance, dalliance and mischief.
Dziekiewicz-Pilich also creates large sculpturing works like statue
s: concept and project of the statue commemorating a visit of John Paul II in Piłsudski square, Warsaw
(2005), concept of fontain
titled "Mali muzykanci z Pruszkowa" (Little musicians from Pruszków) (2009) and the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek (2009).
town.
In 1996 she won the competition for a concept of the Polish annual music award – the Fryderyk
statuette. In 1998, she presented an exhibition titled "Twarze Fryderyków" (Faces of the Fryderyks) held in Galeria Zapiecek. The exhibition presented personalised Fryderyk statuettes and small sculptures of the awarded: Stanisław Sojka, Grzegorz Ciechowski
, Grzegorz Turnau
, Kayah
and Justyna Steczkowska
.
In 1997, then Warsaw Mayor Marcin Święcicki chose her work "Mała skrzypaczka" (Little violinist) as an award for the best Polish violinist in the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition.
In 2006 she received third prize in a competition run by the Warsaw Mayor for a concept commemorating the visit of John Paul II.
In 2009 she won the contest for the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek.
and Europe. Her bronze works are held in private collections in many countries including Germany, Holland, France and Malta
.
Szczecinek
Szczecinek [] is a city in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland with some 39,777 inhabitants . Previously in Koszalin Voivodeship , it has been the capital of Szczecinek County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999...
, Poland) is a Polish sculptor and drawing artist.
Education
She passed the maturaMatura
Matura or a similar term is the common name for the high-school leaving exam or "maturity exam" in various countries, including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia,...
exam in Liceum im. Księżnej Elżbiety (Lyceum of Princess Elizabeth) in Szczecinek and later Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
. She learned sculpturing from Professor Józef Petruk and Professor Józef Kopczyński. She graduated in 1993.
Style and type of sculptures
Dziekiewicz-Pilich creates sculptures mainly made of bronzeBronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
with the lost-wax casting technique. Her favourite types of sculptures are portrait
Portrait
thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...
and grotesque
Grotesque
The word grotesque comes from the same Latin root as "Grotto", meaning a small cave or hollow. The original meaning was restricted to an extravagant style of Ancient Roman decorative art rediscovered and then copied in Rome at the end of the 15th century...
. She also makes small forms like: statuettes, medal
Medal
A medal, or medallion, is generally a circular object that has been sculpted, molded, cast, struck, stamped, or some way rendered with an insignia, portrait, or other artistic rendering. A medal may be awarded to a person or organization as a form of recognition for athletic, military, scientific,...
s, commemorative plaque
Commemorative plaque
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event...
s, jewellery and other items.
An important place in Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich creations take children topics. She made many sculptures, which in realistic or grotesque ways portray children, their play, dance, dalliance and mischief.
Dziekiewicz-Pilich also creates large sculpturing works like statue
Statue
A statue is a sculpture in the round representing a person or persons, an animal, an idea or an event, normally full-length, as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size, or larger...
s: concept and project of the statue commemorating a visit of John Paul II in Piłsudski square, Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
(2005), concept of fontain
Fontain
Fontain is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
titled "Mali muzykanci z Pruszkowa" (Little musicians from Pruszków) (2009) and the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek (2009).
Awards and achievements
In 1993, she was awarded the first prize for the statuette of BytówBytów
Bytów is a town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland in the Bytów Lakeland with 16,888 inhabitants . Previously in Słupsk Voivodeship , it is the capital of Bytów County in Pomeranian Voivodeship .-History:...
town.
In 1996 she won the competition for a concept of the Polish annual music award – the Fryderyk
Fryderyk
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...
statuette. In 1998, she presented an exhibition titled "Twarze Fryderyków" (Faces of the Fryderyks) held in Galeria Zapiecek. The exhibition presented personalised Fryderyk statuettes and small sculptures of the awarded: Stanisław Sojka, Grzegorz Ciechowski
Grzegorz Ciechowski
Grzegorz Ciechowski was a Polish rock musician and film music composer.Ciechowski was the founder and frontman of the band Republika, which was one of Poland's most popular rock groups...
, Grzegorz Turnau
Grzegorz Turnau
Grzegorz Turnau is a Polish composer, pianist, poet and singer.He was born on 31 July 1967 in Kraków, Poland. At age seventeen he won First Prize at The Student Song Festival in Kraków in 1984...
, Kayah
Kayah (singer)
Katarzyna Rooijens , professionally known as Kayah, is a Polish singer-songwriter. She began her career with her 1995 album Kamień and established herself as one of the most successful Polish singers with her further releases, including Zebra and Kayah i Bregović...
and Justyna Steczkowska
Justyna Steczkowska
Justyna Steczkowska is a Polish singer, song-writer, and actress.She comes from a big musical family, and played violin in a family band before becoming a solo singer. She has a vocal range of 4 octaves....
.
In 1997, then Warsaw Mayor Marcin Święcicki chose her work "Mała skrzypaczka" (Little violinist) as an award for the best Polish violinist in the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition.
In 2006 she received third prize in a competition run by the Warsaw Mayor for a concept commemorating the visit of John Paul II.
In 2009 she won the contest for the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek.
Works
She presented her sculptures and drawing a few dozen of times in individual and group exhibitions in PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
and Europe. Her bronze works are held in private collections in many countries including Germany, Holland, France and Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
.
Exhibitions
- 1994 – individual, Art Galeria, Szczecinek
- 1995 – individual, Galeria P., Pruszków
- 1995 – individual, RadziejowiceRadziejowiceRadziejowice is a village in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Radziejowice. It lies approximately south-east of Żyrardów and south-west of Warsaw.-References:...
Palace - 1996 – individual, Galeria "Zamek", OstródaOstródaOstróda is a town in Ostróda County in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, with 33,603 inhabitants as of January 1, 2005. It lies in the Masurian Lake District and is a growing tourist site owing to its relaxing natural surroundings.-History:...
- 1996 – group, "Rzeźba w przestrzeni publicznej i prywatnej" (Sculpture in public and private space), Galeria Domu Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw
- 1997 – individual, "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeń" (Fryderyk, music, space), Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
- 1997 – individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeń" (Single Evening Exhibition "Fryderyk, music, space"), foyer of Sala KongresowaSala KongresowaThe Congress Hall is a 2,880 seat theater at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. It was opened in 1967....
, Warsaw - 1998 – individual, "Twarze Fryderyków" (Faces of Fryderyks), Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
- 1998 – individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Twarze Fryderyków" (Single Evening Exhibition "Faces of Fryderyks"), foyer of Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw
- 1998 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu..." (To your neighbour...), exhibition and auction for Towarzystwo Pomocy im. św. Brata Alberta, Teatr Miejski im. Wandy Siemaszkowej, RzeszówRzeszówRzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
- 1998 – group, "Bliscy i Oddaleni" (Those near and far away), Art Galeria, Szczecinek w Szczecinku and Bergen op ZoomBergen op ZoomBergen op Zoom is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands.-History:Bergen op Zoom was granted city status probably in 1266. In 1287 the city and its surroundings became a lordship as it was separated from the lordship of Breda. The lordship was elevated to a margraviate...
(Holland) - 1999–2000 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu... 2000" (To your neighbour... 2000), Galeria STUDIO, Pałac Kultury i Nauki (Warsaw), Muzeum Historyczne Miasta GdańskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
a, Muzeum Archidiecezjalne (Wrocław), Galeria Sztuki Artemis (KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
), Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej (Rzeszów) - 2001 – individual, "Dziecko" (Child), Bergen op Zoom (Holland) and Galeria Zapiecek (Warsaw)
- 2001–2002 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu... 2002" (To your neighbour... 2002), Zachęta Narodowa Galeria SztukiZachetaThe Zachęta National Gallery of Art, short Zachęta, , is one of Poland's most notable institutions for contemporary art. Situated in the centre of Warsaw, the main aim of the gallery is to present and support primarily Polish contemporary art and artists...
(Warsaw), Galeria Miejska Arsenał (PoznańPoznanPoznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
), Muzeum Archidiecezjalne (Wrocław), Pałac Sztuki (Kraków), Muzeum Sztuki (Łódź), Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej (Rzeszów) - 2002 – group, 30th Jubilee of Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
- 2003 – individual, Pałac Sztuki, Kraków
- 2003 – individual, during Witold HulewiczWitold HulewiczWitold Hulewicz was a Polish poet, literary critic, translator and publisher. He fought in the German army during World War I, then on the Polish side during the Greater Poland Uprising . He lived in Poznań, later, in Wilno and Warsaw. He founded a literary magazine, Zdrój, and worked with the...
award ceremony, Dom Literatury, Warsaw - 2005–2006 – several group exhibitions – "Sztuka w 18 aktach" (Play in 18 acts), "Tutaj malowane" (Painted here), "Dialog ze sztuką" (Dialogue with art) organised by Galeria Tess, Pruszków
- 2009 – individual, Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
Significant artistic achievements and works
- 1996 – FryderykFryderykThe Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...
statuette - 1997 – "Mała skrzypaczka" (Little violinist) used as a first prize the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition
- 2000 – plaque commemorating Gen. Kazimierz SosnkowskiKazimierz SosnkowskiKazimierz Sosnkowski was a Polish independence fighter, politician and Polish Army general.-Life:Sosnkowski served successively as founder and first commander of Związek Walki Czynnej , chief of staff of the 1st Brigade of the Polish Legions, Polish minister of military affairs, vice-president of...
, Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw - 2002 – statuette promoting the national action "Cała Polska czyta dzieciom" (All of Poland reads to kids)
- 2005 – special prize for statue/concept commemorating the visit of John Paul II, Warsaw
- 2006 – medal for Fundacja Urszuli Jaworskiej Dawców Szpiku
- 2007 – statuette for the award of Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich for extraordinary artistic achievements
- 2008 – medal awarded on Światowy Dzień Chorego (World Day of the Sick)
- 2009 – statue of Adam Giedrys, Szczecinek
Other works
- statuette for the Astrid LindgrenAstrid LindgrenAstrid Anna Emilia Lindgren , 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish author and screenwriter who is the world's 25th most translated author and has sold roughly 145 million copies worldwide...
contest for best Polish book for children - statuette for bank "Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej"
- statuette for foundation "Fundacja Warty i Kredyt Banku"
- medal for Pruszków city council
- statuette for OtwockOtwockOtwock is a town in central Poland, some southeast of Warsaw, with 42,765 inhabitants . It is situated on the right bank of Vistula River below the mouth of Swider River. Otwock is home to a unique architectural style called Swidermajer....
city council - statuette and medal for Polish branch of the financial firm Deloitte & Touche
- statuette for Polish branch of PanasonicPanasonicPanasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
- statuette for action "Gryf Swoim Dzieciom"