Peszko Wojciech
Fundamentals of Artistic Glass
In 1987, I graduated in Glass Design from the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass at the State Higher School of Fine Arts (now the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław).
I work primarily with artistic glass; however, every creative process always begins with drawing. Drawing takes the form of a spontaneous record of what is unconscious and undefined. Glass is created through a fascinating yet controlled process, carried out step by step. Each stage brings me closer to transferring imagined forms, textures, and colours into another dimension that exists solely within glass. The figurative world hidden inside glass is seemingly inaccessible. Shape, colour, and carefully arranged situations create a metaphorical and sensuous aura for the constructed images.
Awards and Scholarships
2012 – Honorary Badge Meritorious for Polish Culture, awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
1996 – Individual Second-Degree Rector’s Award of the Academy of Art and Design for overall artistic and teaching achievements
1987 – Diploma ’87, Award of the Minister of Culture and Art, CBWA Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw
Exhibitions
2015 – Polish Art from the Collection of the Gallery in Náchod, Czech Republic
2014 – Animal Planet, Europeum Glass Festival in Wrocław, Wrocław
2013 – Dreamscapes V. Contemporary Imaginary Realism, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2012 – Lineart, Flanders Expo in Ghent, International Art Fair, Belgium
1992 – Glass Now, 95 World Studio Glass Exhibition, Japan
Publications
2018 – Dreamscapes. Contemporary Imaginary Realism 6, exhibition catalogue, Linz, Austria
2016 – Publication in Neues Glas magazine
2016 – Wer hätte das gedacht, exhibition catalogue, Glasmuseum Hot Herding Glasdepot, Germany
2015 – Polish Art from the Collection of the Gallery in Náchod, exhibition catalogue, Náchod, Czech Republic
2014 – The Space Between Us, exhibition catalogue, Wiesbaden, Germany
