The didactic team
Head of Department – Natalia Moszak-Kaczmarek, PhD, assistant – graduated from the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (Painting 2009, Restoration and Reconstruction of Ceramics and Glass 2014, Glass Art and Design 2017). She studied as part of the Erasmus scholarship programme at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2012), completed a course organised by International Academic Projects entitled Conservation of Glass Objects (2015), participated in the international ICOM-CC conference entitled RECENT ADVANCES IN GLASS AND CERAMICS CONSERVATION (2016) and the international OSTRAKON Ceramics and Glass Symposium (2014, 2015, 2017). She works in teams on numerous conservation projects involving glass objects, paintings and polychrome sculpture. Other interests: theatre, film, plants, travel, vegetarian cuisine.
Michał Matuszczyk assoc. prof. Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts – a conservator of historical monuments who, in addition to his teaching duties, specialises in the conservation and restoration of works of art, primarily wall paintings, polychrome sculpture and ceramics. He also conducts research into conservation materials and publishes in specialist journals. Other interests: hunting for cheap flights; he spends his free time travelling near, far and very far afield – sometimes even with friends from our Department.
Maria Gąsior PhD, ass. prof. – art conservator. Her work focuses on the conservation of sculpture, architecture and ceramics, as well as the study of historic objects and instrumental analysis of historic materials. She was awarded a scholarship by POLITYKA in 2003 as part of the ‘Stay with Us’ campaign. Other interests: the culture of Peru, Wrocław, the Kurpie region, the Nadbużański Landscape Park, and more recently, ornithology.
Marcin Czeski assoc. prof. Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts – stained-glass artist, conservator and restorer of stained-glass windows, and an expert appointed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the field of stained-glass art. He specialises in the conservation and restoration of stained-glass windows and creates numerous original stained-glass works for architectural projects. His main interests lie in his work and hobby: creating new stained-glass works and conserving historic ones. He lives in the countryside outside Wrocław, which is not without significance for his well-being.
Katarzyna Wantuch PhD, ass. prof. – art conservator. She specialises in the conservation of paintings, sculptures, metalwork and glassware, as well as the study of historic artefacts. Other interests: painting and gilding techniques, engaging with children, skiing in early spring and Mozart’s music – especially playing loudly in the car whilst enjoying the view.
Łukasz Karkoszka PhD, ass. prof. – Studied at the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. He completed his degree in Prof. Przemysław Lasak’s studio in 2005. Since 2006, he has been working at his alma mater, currently as an assistant professor in the Studio of Artistic and Applied Ceramics Design within the Department of Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics and Glass. Ceramics is the medium he employs in his work, both in sculpture and painting. The subject of his sculptural works is the human figure, its transformed, reimagined image. For him, the human figure is merely a pretext for creating the ideal form, for working with the solid mass. Similarly, in his paintings, the most important aspect is the experience of the material, the colour palette and the texture of clays, glazes and angobes.
Piotr Romiński, PhD, ass. prof. – a ceramic artist who creates both unique and industrial ceramics, as well as drawings; he revives traditional ceramic firing methods – the raku kiln, the paper kiln and the Hungarian kiln. He has taken part in over 70 exhibitions in Poland and abroad, and his works are held in museum and private collections both in Poland and abroad. Recipient of a POLITYKA scholarship for 2004 – the “Stay with Us” campaign. Other passions: off-season trekking, skiing in the Czech Republic, the history of the Nysa/Neisse, intense virtual shooting games and a film to start the day, strong black and sweet coffee, and 21 others.
Paweł Rzeźnik, PhD – an archaeologist with a particular interest in the study of historical pottery from the early and late Middle Ages. In his numerous academic publications, he explores topics relating to historical pottery, ceramic bodies, tools and pottery techniques. He relaxes in tune with the changing seasons, enjoying classical music, gardening, barbecues – always accompanied by Czech beer – and hiking.
Katarzyna Czaja-Arkabus, MFA, ass. tutor – a graduate of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. She completed her degree in 2015 in the Stained Glass Conservation and Restoration studio, where she is currently an assistant. Her daily work involves teaching and stained glass work – both conservation and collaboration on new projects. Outside of work, she enjoys summer evening walks, literature and good company…
Marek Weselski, PhD, senior. lec. – a chemist by training, a chemist by passion… A graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wrocław, PhD in Chemistry, specialising in inorganic chemistry. Interests: history, gardening, running, gazing at the starry sky…
Agata Środa, MFA, ass. tutor – graduated in Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, specialising in the conservation and restoration of ceramics and glass, from the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław in 2020. Since 2020, she has been working as an assistant in the Stained Glass Conservation and Restoration Studio and the Glass Technology and Techniques Studio at her alma mater. She teaches courses on the Theory and Practice of Stained Glass and Glass Processing Techniques. She specialises in the conservation and restoration of historic stained glass.
Marcelina Siwik, MFA, ass. tutor – a graduate of the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. She completed her degree in 2024 in the Ceramics Conservation and Restoration Studio, where she is currently an assistant.
Maria Nitka PhD, ass. prof. – an art historian at the University of Wrocław, where she completed her doctoral thesis *The Work of Polish Painters in Rome in the 19th Century*. I also studied at the Università di Roma Tre and the Technische Universität in Berlin. The greatest adventure of my academic life was working on the catalogue raisonné of the paintings of Henryk Siemiradzki – still the most expensive Polish painter, and (perhaps) the only artist in the world whose works have inspired the creation of two national museums of different nations: the Poles – the National Museum in Kraków, and the Russians – the Russian Museum in St Petersburg. The international aspect of Siemiradzki’s work is explored in the publication *Henryk Siemiradzki and the International Artistic Milieu in Rome*, edited by Agnieszka Kluczewska-Wójcik and myself, the result of a conference at the Polish Academy of Sciences Station in Rome. I am interested in the art of Central and Eastern Europe in the global 19th century, and the issue of cultural exchange between this part of Europe and the rest of the continent, and indeed the world. For me, the global perspective is always intertwined with the local one; this is why I contributed to the editing of an art catalogue in Poland (Trzebnica County) and worked in the expert department of the POLONIKA Institute, looking after Poland’s cultural heritage abroad, particularly in the East. I always strive to combine basic research with theoretical reflection, enabling the use of modern tools of contemporary humanities to observe, understand and describe forgotten local cultural heritage, which always contributes to the vital task of its preservation and protection. I see caring for the cultural heritage left to us as part of caring for our planet and ourselves, following Riegl in recognising the connection between cultural and natural monuments. I seek this connection between nature and art in my travels, most often through the Italian wilderness, but also in the ever-rediscovered Sudetes and across the lands of the former, multicultural Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, particularly the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Ewa Łukaszewicz-Jędrzejewska PhD – an art historian who graduated from the University of Wrocław, but holds a PhD in engineering from Wrocław University of Technology. A specialist in the documentation and restoration of historic architecture, she collaborates with studios designing the regeneration of post-industrial sites, produces documentation and historical-conservation studies, and publishes. I am interested in historic buildings as witnesses to the material culture and way of life of previous generations. Sometimes a seemingly ‘ordinary’ object introduces us to extraordinary stories, evokes associations, and inspires us to explore. I share this passion for discovering the extraordinary in the ordinary with my students in my cultural history classes. My third area of research lies at the intersection of art and politics – the artist in times of dictatorship. Other interests: Wrocław 1900–1945, last-minute getaways anywhere, cinema before noon, September in the Tatra Mountains, Mercury, Cocker and Bonamassa in the car, white port, two cats and colourful shoes.