Wojciech Pondel. Dynamics and statics

10 January - 9 February 2025
Gallery of Contemporary Art BWA SOKÓŁ - foyer

vernissage:

10 January 2025, hour 18:00

An exhibition of sculptures titled „Dynamics and Statics” by artist Wojciech Pondel.
Born in 1973 in Kluczbork, Poland. He graduated from the State Secondary School of Fine Arts (now Complex of State Schools of Fine Arts Education - Zespół Państwowych Szkół Kształcenia Plastycznego) in Opole, Poland. In 1999, he graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. For many years, he has been living in Czarny Dunajec in the Podhale region of Southern Poland, where he has an art studio.

Selected projects:

· Monument to Władysław Biegański, Częstochowa, Poland, 2008
· Monument to Pope John Paul II, Krzyżowice, Poland, 2012
· Monument to Marek Perepeczko, Częstochowa, Poland, 2014
· Monument to Pope John Paul II, Buglose, France, 2017
· Monument commemorating World War I soldiers, Mont-de-Marsan, France, 2019
· Monument to Pope John Paul II, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2000
· Monument to Prof. Ariadna Gierek-Łapińska, Katowice, Poland, 2024

Selected exhibitions:

· XVIII Congress of the  International Art Medal Federation FIDEM 2002, Paris, France
· XXIX Congress of the International Art Medal Federation FIDEM 2004, Seixal, Portugal.
· XXX Congress of the International Art Medal Federation FIDEM, 2007 Colorado Springs, USA
· International Sculpture Festival SCULPTURE LINE 2020, Czech Republic
·,,Rzeżba'' ("Sculpture"), solo exhibition, 2022, Museum in Praszka, Poland
·,,Salon Wiosenny'' ("Spring Salon"), 2022, Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, Poland
· ,,Nie tylko taniec'' ("Not Dance Alone"),  2022, BWA Jatki, Nowy Targ, Poland
· ,,Dwugłos'' ("Duet of Voices"), 2023, Diocesan Museum of Opole, Poland
· Sculpture Laboratory Biennale, ToTuart Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2024



The exhibition will be on until 9th February, 2025.

(t/r AK)