Roland KOŚCIÓŁEK (b. 1988), Last Parrot, 2024

ceramic sculpture, 23 x 14 x 16 cm, signed with the ROKO logo on the inside

Born in 1988 in Rzeszów. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (2019) and the Faculty of Interior Architecture at the State Higher School of Applied Arts in Przemyśl (2013). His diploma sculpture, which received an honorable mention, was exhibited at the Palace of Art on Szczepański Square in Kraków and subsequently acquired by the Westerplatte Museum in Gdańsk, where it remains on view as part of the permanent collection. He currently lives and works in Kraków and Pcim. His works are included in private collections in Poland and abroad.

Awards and Honors:

– Award from the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship in the “Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Sculpture of the Year 2019/2020” competition

Post-competition exhibitions:

– National competition as part of the “New Situations” series titled “Revival,” Apteka Sztuki Gallery, Warsaw (2021)

– 2nd National Drawing Biennial “Time, Movement, Space,” Contemporary Art Gallery, Włocławek (2021)

– “Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, and Sculpture of the Year 2019/2020,” BWA Rzeszów, Rzeszów (2020–2021)

– “4th Student Biennial of Small-Scale Sculpture 2017,” Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Kraków (2017–2018)

Group exhibitions:

– “Between,” Koridor Gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic (2019)

– “Sculpture of the Year. Drawing of the Semester 2018–2019,” Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (2019)

– “Ceramics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków,” Krypta u Pijarów Gallery, Kraków (2018–2019)

– “Ceramics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków,” Szklana Gallery, Zator (2018)

– “Ceramics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków,” W sam raz Gallery, Bolesławiec (2018)

– “Outlined Space,” Dom Urbańczyka, Chrzanów (2018)

– “All of Poland,” PKO Bank Polski Headquarters, Warsaw (2017)

– “All of Poland,” Sektor I Gallery, Jaworzno (2017)

– “Material[s] and Format[s],” Bronowice Academy, Kraków (2017)

– “Harenda 2016,” Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Kraków (2016)

Plein air workshops:

– International Open-Air Workshop in Imatra, Finland (2018)

– Ceramics Open-Air Workshop, Ćmielów Porcelain Factory, Ćmielów (2018)

– Ceramics Open-Air Workshop, Szklarska Poręba (2017)

– “Harenda 2016,” Zakopane (2016)

– “Ceramics Open-Air Workshop,” Szklarska Poręba (2015)

– “Sit in the City,” MOK, Nowy Targ (2012)

Publications:

– “No. 22,” FISHka magazine, Rybnik (2020–2021).