Włodarczyk Adam
Fundamentals of Functional Glass
Selected Issues in the History of Glass
I graduated from the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass at the Wrocław Academy of Art and Design, earning my PhD in 2022. Since 2021, I have been working at my alma mater, and since 2024, I have served as an assistant in the Studio for Initiating Design Issues in Glass.
My work is inspired by local architecture, abstract art, the influence of color on perception, and historical glass techniques. I create using traditional stained glass, fusing, cast glass, and design decorative vessels. I also edit popular science and scholarly texts on the history of glass and engage in educational and outreach activities. My works have been exhibited nationally and internationally.
Selected exhibitions
2025 – Peryferie, solo exhibition, Museum of Industrial History in Opatówek, Poland
2025 – Dyfuzje, group exhibition, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Katowice
2024 – Ekspresje, solo exhibition, Gallery of Art in Legnica
2024 – Blackout IT, group exhibition, Museo Camuno di Breno Chiesa di Sant'Antonio, Breno, Italy
2024 – Poland’s Vibrant Glass Scene, group exhibition, Glasmuseum Lette, Coesfeld, Germany
2021 – Glass_ON / let’s meet in better times, group exhibition, The Venetian Glass Week, Venice, Italy
2020-2021 – Glass. Masculine Features, group exhibition, Museum of Applied Arts, Poznań
Conferences
2024 – Centre International du Vitrail, Chartres, France – lecture: The Wrocław Glass School – Yesterday and Today
2023 – Light Architecture – the Legacy of Jan Chwałczyk and Contemporary Glass, Chwałczyk / Gołkowska Symposium, Contemporary Museum Wrocław
2021 – Glass Worth Its Weight in Gold, Scientific Conference, XIII High-Temperature Festival, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
2018 – Dawski – From Flames and Fire, Scientific Conference, XI High-Temperature Festival Art Speaks with Fire, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
2018 – Sacro polo – Therapy with Bad Taste, Seminar on Aesthetics and Art Theory, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
Publications
Stained Glass. History, Technique, Examples, exhibition catalogue Music of Light. Stained Glass from Artifact to Metaphysics, Museum of Folk Instruments, Szydłowiec, 2025
From Flames and Fire. The Beginnings of the Department of Glass at the Wrocław Academy of Art and Design, Glass and Ceramics Quarterly, No. 1/2025, ISSN: 0039-8144
Historical and Modern Techniques of Gilding Glass, co-author, Conservation WRO 2024, ASP Wrocław, 2024, ISBN 978-83-66321-95-3
Fusing – The Glass Bakery, pp. 26–33, June 2023, Glass and Ceramics Quarterly, ISSN: 0039-8144
Medieval Stained Glass Technology in Contemporary Artistic Craft Based on the Work of Monk Theophilus, June 2022, Glass and Ceramics Quarterly, ISSN: 0039-8144
