DESKUR XAWERY (b. 1988), Flesh - Bone Man, 2023

ceramic, 29 x 24.5 x 7.5 cm, signed on bottom

XAWERY DESKUR - (born 28.12.1988 in Aix-en-Provence, France) visual artist,
filmmaker and sculptor. In 2015, he graduated with a master's degree from the Academy of Fine Arts
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, at the Faculty of Graphic Arts. He is a graduate of the screenwriting course
SCRIPT and the DOK PRO documentary film course at the Wajda School in Warsaw,
A recipient of the "Young Poland" scholarship from the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sports (2021) and the
Creative Scholarship of the City of Krakow (2022). In 2014, he was awarded the
Hestia's Artistic Journey. He has participated in art and film festivals, such as.
Sundance TV Shorts in London, Berlin Short Film Festival, Artloop in Sopot, Biennale
WRO in Wroclaw, Narrations in Gdansk, Etiuda & Anima, Krakow Salon of Art,
ArtBoom in Krakow. He is currently pursuing his doctorate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He is the guardian of Lars
- a guinea pig rescued from a Warsaw laboratory. He is involved in, among other things.
film, comics, animation and interventions in public space, among others. In 2015
Winner (together with Olga Kowalska) in the nationwide competition Narrations #7. Co-founder of the group
Spirala, which for the period 2011-13, managed the artistic events of Zbiornik
Culture in Bunkier Sztuki in Krakow. Co-founder of the More Light group, which for the period
2008-10, organized numerous cultural initiatives in Krakow.