Sculpture patinated bronze, on a base of patinated polished bronze (own technique), dimensions: H 54 cm, D 26 cm, W 15 cm., edition II on IV, signed
Anna Beata Wątróbska - Wdowiarska, born January 17, 1960 in Warsaw.
Sculptor - medal maker, studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, from 1981 to 1987.
She completed her specialization in medal making in the studio of Prof. Zofia Demkowska.
She completed her diploma in the studio of Prof. Stanislaw Slonina.
The diploma work was awarded the Prof. Marian Wnuk medal.
Lane and minted medals are in the collections of foreign and domestic museums and private individuals.
His artistic output includes more than two hundred realizations of beaten medals.
For 20 years she has worked with the Mint of Poland S.A. and the National Bank of Poland ,
for which she has realized a series of coins commemorating the Smolensk tragedy (a gold coin with portraits of Maria and Lech Kaczynski) and is currently realizing a series of coins with portraits of Polish kings according to medals ordered by Stanislaw August Poniatowski.
Member of the International Federation of Medal Making, FIDEM, and ZPAP. Vice president of the Polish Association of Medallic Art.
In his work, he does not limit himself to flat relief, but also realizes spatial sculptural forms, from small form to monument.
In 2000, she realized a commemorative plaque with the bust of Primate Stefan Wyszynski for the Zamojski Museum in Kozlowka.
Individual Exhibitions:
-Medals and Plaques, Museum of Medallic Art, Wroclaw 1998.
-Medal Art, Museum of Kurpie Culture, Ostrołęka 1999.
-Two Generations - Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt, Anna Wątróbska-Wdowiarska,
Museum in Brodnica 1999.
-Medal Art, Historical Museum of the City of Warsaw, Warsaw 2000,
-Museum of the Silesian Piasts, Brzeg 2004, Medallic Art Exhibition.
-Medallary exhibition Beijing , Shanghai 2013.
-Exhibition of sculpture and medal "Between space and illusion "Doha- Qatar 2014.
-Sculpture and medal exhibition PROM/Saska Kępa, Warsaw2016.
Collective Exhibitions:
III All-Polish Exhibition of Medal Making in Torun * " Zofia Demkowska's Studio " in Warsaw. * 2nd Triennial of Portrait Sculpture in Sopot * FIDEM Helsinki 1990 * FIDEM Budapest 1994 * FIDEM Neuchatel 1996 * Participation in the International Medal Symposium in Kremnica 1996 * FIDEM The Hague 1998 * Tunnel of Time Warsaw End-of-Century Sculpture, ZPAP Warsaw District 1999 * 1st International Biennial of Contemporary Medal, Portugal, Seixal 2000 * FIDEM Weimar 2000 * Syndrome of the Millennium Breakthrough, ZPAP Warsaw District 2000 * II International Biennale of Contemporary Medal, Portugal, Seixal 2001 * Sacrum-Today Kielce 2001 * Polish Medallography of the Nineties, Museum of Medallic Art Wroclaw 2001 * FIDEM Paris 2002 * Polish-American Medallion Exhibition 2001-2002 Colorado Springs, Pennsylvania, Wroclaw, organized by ANSA and Museum of Medallic Art Wroclaw * Polish Medallion Exhibition 2002 Belgium, organized by the Museum of Medallic Art in Wroclaw * 1st International Exhibition of Medallic Art " Masaccio 600 " Israel 2002 * 2nd International Exhibition of Medallic Art " Anime Spiritus Violin " Israel 2002 * FIDEM Polish Medal 2002, Museum of Medallic Art in Wroclaw * 30 Years of the Asia-Pacific Museum Nusantara 2003-2004 *FIDEMSeixal 2004, 7th Autumn Art Salon Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski 2004, III International Biennale of Contemporary Medal - Seixal 2004 Portugal, IV International Biennale of Contemporary Medal -Seixal 2005, VIII Autumn Art Salon Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski 2006, 2006 Budapest 1956 , FIDEM Colorado Springs 2007 Portugal, " From the Danube, Vltava and Vistula River " medal exhibition-2007-2008 Wroclaw, Budapest, Kremnica , Uhers Hradiste, V International Biennale of Contemporary Medal-Seixal, Portugal 2008. Sculpture Exhibition-Warsaw Circle "Between Light and Shadow" 2009.1st Sculpture Exhibition-Novotel garden Gallery , Warsaw 2010. Sculpture Exhibition-Warsaw Circle "Obsession or Fascination" 2010. FIDEM Tampere-Finland 2010. Polish and Lithuanian Medallurgy-History and Present Day-Museum of Samogitian Art-Plunge, Lithuania. Sculpture exhibition-Novotel Garden Gallery , warsaw 2011.Znad Dunaju Wełtawy i Wisły-Medaliers and their works, 10th edition of the exhibition 2012.Medallion exhibition FIDEM Scotland-UK.
2012.Sculpture Exhibition "Human Dimension "2013.French-Polish Painting and Sculpture Exhibition "Visual Dance "Warsaw 2014.Sculpture and Medal Exhibition "Between Space and Illusion "Doha- Qatar 2014..Sculpture Exhibition OW ZPAP "Genesis" 2014 . Medallion exhibition FIDEM Sofia-Bulgaria 2014.Exhibition and auction of artworks for Syria, Asia-Pacific Museum Warsaw 2015.Medallion exhibition FIDEM Belgium-Gent/Namur.2016.
Awards:
Second place in a closed competition announced by the Department of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts and the Head of the City of Lowicz, on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of Lowicz (minted medal) 1986.
Award for artistic level by the Hungarian Numismatic Institute "Salvador Dali", FIDEM 1994 (cast medal).
Third place in the FIDEM 1996 congressional medal competition (minted medal).
First place in the competition announced by the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Society in Tribute and the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of radium (minted medal) 1996.
Second place in a competition announced by the Warsaw City Hall for a medal dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the Capital City of Warsaw (beaten medal) 1996
First place in a competition announced by the Chancellery of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, for a Sejm medal
(cast medal) 1996.
Second place in the 1st International Competition "Masaccio 600" , Tel Aviv (cast medal) 2002.
Honorable Mention in the 2nd International Competition "Spirit of the Violin", Tel Aviv (cast medal) 2002.
Special Prize Awarded by Bassis School of Sculpture in the 2nd International Competition in Tel Aviv (lany medal) 2002.
First place in the International Coin Competition organized by the Japanese Mint (plaster design) 2003.
Third prize in the competition VII Autumn Art Salon in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski 2004.( Dante Europeo)
Third place in the International Coinage Competition organized by the Japanese Mint (plaster design) 2004.
Distinction in the competition VIII Autumn Art Salon in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski 2006(diptych "Kropla").
Third prize in the International Monetary Contest organized by the Mint of Japan (plaster project).
(together with Magdalena Dobrucka) 2006
Second prizein the 2011 International Coin Contest in St. Petersburg for the Silver Coin of the Year ( Icon of Our Lady of Smolensk).
Third prize in the 2011 International Coin Contest in St. Petersburg for the Silver Coin of the Year ( Slavic Woman).
First prize in the International Medallion Contest "Beauty of Animals" China/Beijing 2015 .
