Nationality Polish Known for sculpture, drawing | Name Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich Role Artist | |
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Full Name Dorota Dziekiewicz Education Jozef Petruk and Jozef Kopczynski Notable work Statuette of Fryderyk (annual award in Polish music) | ||
Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich [dɔrɔˈta d͡ʑekiɛˈvit͡ʂ piˈlix] (born 25 June 1969 in Szczecinek, Poland) is a Polish sculptor and drawing artist.
Contents
- Education
- Style and type of sculptures
- Awards and achievements
- Works
- Exhibitions
- Significant artistic achievements and works
- Other works
- References
Education
She passed the matura exam in Liceum im. Księżnej Elżbiety (Lyceum of Princess Elizabeth) in Szczecinek and later Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. She learned sculpturing from Professor Józef Petruk and Professor Józef Kopczyński. She graduated in 1993.
Style and type of sculptures
Dziekiewicz-Pilich creates sculptures mainly made of bronze with the lost-wax casting technique. Her favourite types of sculptures are portrait and grotesque. She also makes small forms like: statuettes, medals, commemorative plaques, jewellery and other items.
An important place in Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich creations take children topics. She made many sculptures, which in realistic or grotesque ways portray children, their play, dance, dalliance and mischief.
Dziekiewicz-Pilich also creates large sculpturing works like statues: concept and project of the statue commemorating a visit of John Paul II in Piłsudski square, Warsaw (2005), concept of fontain titled "Mali muzykanci z Pruszkowa" (Little musicians from Pruszków) (2009) and the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek (2009).
Awards and achievements
In 1993, she was awarded the first prize for the statuette of Bytów town.
In 1996 she won the competition for a concept of the Polish annual music award – the Fryderyk statuette. In 1998, she presented an exhibition titled "Twarze Fryderyków" (Faces of the Fryderyks) held in Galeria Zapiecek. The exhibition presented personalised Fryderyk statuettes and small sculptures of the awarded: Stanisław Sojka, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Grzegorz Turnau, Kayah and Justyna Steczkowska.
In 1997, then Warsaw Mayor Marcin Święcicki chose her work "Mała skrzypaczka" (Little violinist) as an award for the best Polish violinist in the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition.
In 2006 she received third prize in a competition run by the Warsaw Mayor for a concept commemorating the visit of John Paul II.
In 2009 she won the contest for the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek.
Works
She presented her sculptures and drawing a few dozen of times in individual and group exhibitions in Poland and Europe. Her bronze works are held in private collections in many countries including Germany, Holland, France and Malta.