The Bridge
Exhibition of paintings and sculpture
The SOPRA Gallery cordially invites you to an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Katarzyna Bułka Matłacz and Daniel Pielucha.
Katarzyna Bułka Matłacz
Polish sculptor born in Warsaw. She graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Sculpture. She studied under professors: Gustaw Zemla, Jan Kucz, Piotr Gawron, Stanisław Kulon, Janusz Pastwa and Tadeusz Łodziany.
She was awarded a Master of Arts degree in 1991 and a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Art in 1996. She is a member of the Association of Polish Artists in Warsaw and the French Association Art'PAIR International.
Katarzyna Bulka Matłacz's works are a poetry of accurate mental shortcuts encapsulated in a surreal form, creating complete stories with deep philosophical meaning.
The sculptor uses the lost-wax technique, a casting method known as far back as antiquity.This method of making artistic bronze casts requires exceptional patience and great precision on the part of the artist.
After many years of experimentation, she also developed a proprietary technique for melting glass in a high-temperature furnace.
Using this technique, she creates unique sculptures in glass, combining them with bronze elements. For one of these, she received an award at the Paris Art Competition.
She is the author of many prestigious statuettes and awards for, among others:
European Bridge League (HALL of FAME), Puls Biznesu (GAZELE BIZNESU),
TVN (ZWYKŁY BOHATER), Polska Akademia Nauk (CHEMICZNE MARZENIE)
WPROST (PORTFEL WPROST), TVN Turbo (MĘSKA RZECZ)
He works on a permanent basis with art galleries in Poland, the Netherlands, the UK, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Germany and France.
She has won numerous national and international awards for her work.
Particularly close to the artist are:
Second Prize and the Audience Award at the Wielkopolska Salon,
for the sculpture ,,Carmen" - 2012.
GRAND PRIX (gold medal) at the Salon d'Automne Coubron - Paris, for the sculpture 'Dream of Venice' (November - 2013).
Participation in the Final Post Competition Summer Exhibition 2016 at Castle Gallery, Birmingham, organised by INSIGHT Building Creative Talent.
Distinction in the 3rd Edition of the 'NanoArt' Art Competition, for the sculpture 'Nanoparticle' (Galerie Roi Dore - Paris August - 2017).
Daniel Pielucha
Born in 1959 in Wieluń. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, receiving his diploma from the Department of Graphics in Katowice in 1985. The type of easel painting practised by the artist is called "Polish Surrealism".
In his work, the painter, following the example of his great predecessors, searches for features that testify to the distinctiveness of our culture. With great respect for the technique and history of Polish painting, he emphasises its unique character. He finds inspiration in the passing landscape of our provinces, which is why he regularly participates in the most important plein-airs of figurative art. The folklore of the Polish countryside, beliefs and customs are the setting for the painter's visions, in which he expresses his attitude to the contemporary world and the existence of others.
The painter presented his work at individual exhibitions in Arłamów, Chorzów, Czeladź, Częstochowa, Gdańsk, Głogówek, Gniezno, Gorlice, Iława, Katowice, Lublin, Oświęcim, Rzeszów, Sieradz, Szczyrk, Warsaw, Wieluń, Wrocław and Zielona Góra. He also represented Polish art at collective exhibitions in Astana, Berlin, Mexico, New York, Istanbul and Stockholm. Most recently, he participated in Art Capital at the Grand Palais Ephemere in Paris (2023).
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