Jadwiga Sarzyńska graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. In 2001, she obtained her diploma in the sculpture studio of Professor Kazimierz Raba. Her artistic interests and explorations include geometric abstraction, concrete art, and the search for original concepts that inspire reflection on important values—not only in the visual arts, but also in music, poetry, and philosophy.
In 2007, she received a scholarship from the Marshal of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, which enabled her to carry out the first stage of the sculpture-and-photography project “Day and Night.” The works attracted the interest of the Lower Silesian Center for Teacher Development and the artistic community. Jadwiga Sarzyńska was supported by Professor Krystyna Cybińska, an outstanding sculptor from Wrocław. Thanks to her, Sarzyńska’s works were exhibited at the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław in April 2008.
The artist also received an invitation from Vilnius from Wanda and Romuald Mieczkowski. She exhibited her works at the Polish “Znad Wilii” Gallery, an active Polish diaspora cultural center. The exhibition in Vilnius took place in October 2008 and was very well received by the artistic community.
Sarzyńska presented her photography-and-sculpture work at the National Photography Competition in Poznań, “Dialogue—As Far as I Feel, Understand, See...” (the competition focused on the ecumenical dialogue of three monotheistic religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam). She received an honorable mention for her series “Peeking at the Gray.”
The distinction she received in Poznań, participation in discussion panels, subsequent exhibitions, and meetings always motivate her to continue working and confirm for her that the subjects she explores have broad symbolic significance for different communities and cultures. Invitations to cooperate from educational institutions in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship expand the audience for her art. Below, we present all of the artist’s exhibitions and a film produced by IstotneInformacje.pl.
Solo exhibitions:
2008/X “Day and Night,” Znad Wilii Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2008/IV “Day and Night,” Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Wrocław
2007/XII-2008/I “Return to Conversations on the Journey. Day and Night,” DCDN, Wrocław
2007/IX-X “Return to Conversations on the Journey. Day and Night.” Ceramic sculpture, photography, N... DODN Gallery, Jelenia Góra
2006/V “Conversations with Grasses.” Painting, Format MBP Gallery, Bolesławiec
2006/II-III “Conversations on the Journey.” Painting, photography, N… DODN Gallery, Jelenia Góra
2005/IV-V Sculpture/photography, painting, Dom Jakuba Boehme Gallery in Zgorzelec, organizer: Polish EUROOPERA Association, Zgorzelec
2004/XI Sculpture/photography, “U prstenu” Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2002/I-II Sculpture/photography, Municipal Cultural Center Gallery, Zgorzelec
2001/XI Sculpture/photography, BOK Gallery, Bolesławiec
2001/IX Diploma, sculpture/photography, Rotunda Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznań
2001/VIII Photography, exhibition marking the 37th International Ceramic and Sculpture Symposium in Bolesławiec, Bolesławiec
Group exhibitions:
2008/I Exhibition of the National Photography Competition “Dialogue—As Far as I Feel, Understand, See...,” Stary Browar—Słodownia, Poznań
2006-2008 Ceramic sculpture, post-symposium exhibition of the 42nd International Ceramic and Sculpture Symposium in Bolesławiec
2007/XII-2008/I Museum of Technology, Warsaw
2007/VI Česká Lípa, Czech Republic
2007/IV Municipal Museum, Arsenal in Wrocław
2007/II Gallery, Municipal Cultural Center, Zgorzelec
2006/XII Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec.
2006/III “Does Art Have a Gender?”—sculpture, graphics, BOK Gallery, Bolesławiec
2005-2006 Ceramic sculpture, post-symposium exhibition of the 41st International Ceramic and Sculpture Symposium in Bolesławiec
2006/V Town Hall—Municipal Gallery, Wrocław
2005/XII-2006/I BOK Gallery, Bolesławiec
2005/XII Photography, exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the “Nowy Ląd” Mine in Niwnice, “Nowy Ląd” Mine in Niwnice, Town Hall, Lwówek Śląski
2003/III-V Photography—portraits. Exhibition accompanying the Artistic Ceramics exhibition in Bolesławiec, Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec
1998/I Painting, sculpture “Presentations ’98.” Municipal Cultural Center Gallery, Zgorzelec
1996/X Exhibition of graduates marking the 50th anniversary of the secondary school in Bolesławiec, BOK Gallery, Bolesławiec.
Participation in symposiums:
2005/VIII and 2006/VIII Participation in the International Ceramic and Sculpture Symposiums in Bolesławiec.
Scholarships and awards:
2008 Honorable mention in the National Photography Competition “Dialogue—As Far as I Feel, Understand, and See.” Organizers: COEXIST Association, Faculty of Theology of Adam Mickiewicz University, Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań
2007 Scholarship from the Board of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship for artistic work.
Grażyna Hanaf
based on materials provided by the artist