Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich (born 25 June 1969 in Szczecinek, Poland) is a Polish sculptor and drawing artist.
Education
She passed the matura exam in Liceum im. KsiÃÂÃ
¼nej ElÃ
¼biety (Lyceum of Princess Elizabeth) in Szczecinek and later Academy of Fine Arts in PoznaÃ
Â. She learned sculpturing from Professor Józef Petruk and Professor Józef KopczyÃ
Âski. 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 PiÃ
Âsudski 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 â 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: StanisÃ
Âaw Sojka, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Grzegorz Turnau, Kayah and Justyna Steczkowska.
In 1997, then Warsaw Mayor Marcin Ã
ÂwiÃÂcicki chose her work "MaÃ
Âa skrzypaczka" (Little violinist) as an award for the best Polish violinist in the International Tadeusz WroÃ
Âski 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.
Exhibitions
- 1994 â individual, Art Galeria, Szczecinek
- 1995 â individual, Galeria P., Pruszków
- 1995 â individual, Radziejowice Palace
- 1996 â individual, Galeria "Zamek", Ostróda
- 1996 â group, "RzeÃ
ºba w przestrzeni publicznej i prywatnej" (Sculpture in public and private space), Galeria Domu Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw
- 1997 â individual, "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeÃ
Â" (Fryderyk, music, space), Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
- 1997 â individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeÃ
Â" (Single Evening Exhibition "Fryderyk, music, space"), foyer of Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw
- 1998 â individual, "Twarze Fryderyków" (Faces of Fryderyks), Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
- 1998 â individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Twarze Fryderyków" (Single Evening Exhibition "Faces of Fryderyks"), foyer of Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw
- 1998 â group, "BliÃ
ºniemu swemu..." (To your neighbour...), exhibition and auction for Towarzystwo Pomocy im. Ã
Âw. Brata Alberta, Teatr Miejski im. Wandy Siemaszkowej, Rzeszów
- 1998 â group, "Bliscy i Oddaleni" (Those near and far away), Art Galeria, Szczecinek w Szczecinku and Bergen op Zoom (Holland)
- 1999âÂÂ2000 â group, "BliÃ
ºniemu swemu... 2000" (To your neighbour... 2000), Galeria STUDIO, PaÃ
Âac Kultury i Nauki (Warsaw), Muzeum Historyczne Miasta GdaÃ
Âska, Muzeum Archidiecezjalne (WrocÃ
Âaw), Galeria Sztuki Artemis (Kraków), Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej (Rzeszów)
- 2001 â individual, "Dziecko" (Child), Bergen op Zoom (Holland) and Galeria Zapiecek (Warsaw)
- 2001âÂÂ2002 â group, "BliÃ
ºniemu swemu... 2002" (To your neighbour... 2002), ZachÃÂta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki (Warsaw), Galeria Miejska ArsenaÃ
 (PoznaÃ
Â), Muzeum Archidiecezjalne (WrocÃ
Âaw), PaÃ
Âac Sztuki (Kraków), Muzeum Sztuki (Ã
ÂódÃ
º), Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej (Rzeszów)
- 2002 â group, 30th Jubilee of Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
- 2003 â individual, PaÃ
Âac Sztuki, Kraków
- 2003 â individual, during Witold Hulewicz award ceremony, Dom Literatury, Warsaw
- 2005âÂÂ2006 â several group exhibitions â "Sztuka w 18 aktach" (Play in 18 acts), "Tutaj malowane" (Painted here), "Dialog ze sztukÃÂ
" (Dialogue with art) organised by Galeria Tess, Pruszków
- 2009 â individual, Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
Significant artistic achievements and works
- 1996 â Fryderyk statuette
- 1997 â "MaÃ
Âa skrzypaczka" (Little violinist) used as a first prize the International Tadeusz WroÃ
Âski Solo Violin Competition
- 2000 â plaque commemorating Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
- 2002 â statuette promoting the national action "CaÃ
Âa Polska czyta dzieciom" (All of Poland reads to kids)
- 2005 â special prize for statue/concept commemorating the visit of John Paul II, Warsaw
- 2006 â medal for Fundacja Urszuli Jaworskiej Dawców Szpiku
- 2007 â statuette for the award of Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich for extraordinary artistic achievements
- 2008 â medal awarded on Ã
Âwiatowy DzieÃ
 Chorego (World Day of the Sick)
- 2009 â statue of Adam Giedrys, Szczecinek
Other works
- statuette for the Astrid Lindgren contest for best Polish book for children
- statuette for bank "Bank Gospodarki Ã
»ywnoÃ
Âciowej"
- statuette for foundation "Fundacja Warty i Kredyt Banku"
- medal for Pruszków city council
- statuette for Otwock city council
- statuette and medal for Polish branch of the financial firm Deloitte & Touche
- statuette for Polish branch of Panasonic
- statuette for action "Gryf Swoim Dzieciom"
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