Gorzelak Mariusz
In 2005 he completed his Master studies at the E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Faculty of Graphics and Media Art. He received a diploma in printmaking for his work performed in the Intaglio and Relief Printing Studio under the supervision of Professor Andrzej Basaj and Professor Anna Janusz-Strzyż and in graphic design for his work performed under the supervision of Professor Roman Kowalik. In 2013 he obtained a doctoral degree at the E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Faculty of Graphics and Media Art, supervisor: Professor Anna Janusz-Strzyż
I deal with artistic printmaking, mainly intaglio and relief printing, artistic books and drawing. I am passionate about the printmaking of the old masters and fascinated by the contemporary achievements of printmakers who believe in the possibilities of this field of art. I like Mario Vargas Llosa's Nobel speech, especially the fragment where he said that, "Just like writing, reading is also a form of protest against the shortcomings of life'. I think that it is the same with printmaking, which is why I say: just like engraving, cutting, printing, and reflecting, reading prints is also a form of protest against the shortcomings of life.
Awards and scholarships
2019 – Honorary distinction, The International Sint-Niklaas 2019 bookplates and small printmaking competition, Belgium
2018 – Grand Prize, International Ex Libris Skopje, Macedonia
2008 – Honorary distinction, 1st edition of the Ludwig Meidner printmaking competition in Oleśnica
2007 – Grand Prize Energy, Festival of Young Art, Bełchatów
2003 – Scholarship granted by the Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Foundation
Exhibitions
2020 – Wonderful emptiness, individual exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Poland
2019 – Bienal Internacional de estampa "José Guadalupe Posada", Mexico
2019 – Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing, Thailand
2018 – 4th International Ex Libris Exhibition Skopje
2012 – International Printmaking Triennial in Cracow, Poland
Conferences
2019 – Collaborative printmaking: randomnesss matters!, Facultad de Bella Artes, Valencia, Spain
2018 – Randomness matters Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2015 – Artist-in-Residence, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, USA
2015 – Internship Grafikwerkstatt, Dresden, Germany
2014 – Internship Primitive Printmaking, Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, United Kingdom
Publications
2019 – Internationale Exlibris- & Kleingrafiekwedstrijd publisher: Stedelijke Musea Sint- Niklaas Internationaal Exlibriscentrum
2018 – Para.Ceramics.Printmaking, published by Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Faculty of Ceramics and Glass, Faculty of Graphics and Media Art, co-published by Liberec Regional Gallery, ed. B. Sacharczuk
2018 – 9th International triennial of graphic art Bitola, published by NI Institute and Museum Bitola, Macedonia
2016 – Idea-process-case study in intaglio and relief print techniques, [in:] Wrocław School of Printmaking, Department of Printmaking, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, eds. J. Szewczyk, D. Miłkowska, published by Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
2012 – International Printmaking Triennial Cracow 2012, published by Association of the International Printmaking Triennial in Cracow, eds.: K. Vyšata, M. Raczek-Karcz
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