From the series "Figures", Weronika Surma

From the series "Figures", ceramic painting, grog mass, glaze, engobe, dimensions: 58 x 39 x 2cm, signed: W.Surma'13, 2013

ARTIST ABOUT SCULPTURE:

Artistic ceramics is the field that I mainly deal with. I am most interested in the widely understood concept of ceramic painting, on the surface of which I can combine into a coherent whole both drawing, sculpture, graphics and painting. I am particularly absorbed by the interrelations between ceramics and man, especially the relationship between ceramics and women. The material is also important to me, in this case clay and its unique similarity to human matter, especially its color and carnality.

BIO ARTISTS:

Graduated from the Department of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, graduating with honors (2013). In 2018 she completed Interdepartmental Doctoral Studies at the Department of Ceramics and Glass of the E. Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław where she currently works as an assistant to Prof. J. Teper in the Studio of Ceramic Technologies and Techniques in Painting and Sculpture.  She also runs her own ceramic studio in CK Agora in Wroclaw. She did an internship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic (2012), at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vilnius, Lithuania (2016) and at the Kay Aplin Ceramic Studio in Brighton, England (2017). She graduated from the A. Kenar High School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. Winner of the Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2015) and several awards during international exhibitions such as Ex Tempore in Zagreb, Croatia and Together 2015 in Riga, Latvia. She takes part in numerous group exhibitions (both national and international), international plein-airs, symposia and artistic residencies. Curator of competitions, art and design exhibitions and the 12th and 13th editions of the High Temperature Festival.