Mariusz Dydo (born 1979), Priest II, 2021

layered glazed ceramic, 125 x 40 x 42 cm (height with base 202 cm), signed with bust title



From 1994 to 1999, he attended the Artur Grottger Polish Academy of Fine Arts in Tarnow, where he graduated from the Artistic Furniture Department. In 2004, he defended his diploma at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, in the sculpture studio of Jerzy Nowakowski. In 1997-2003 he participated in the activities of the Author Art Group of Jacek Kucaba- "Ruchome Święto". In 2007, he opened his first sculpture and painting studio, where he has completed many contract orders for private individuals, film, advertising, museums AND churches. He is the author of the sculptural decoration, design and execution of altar furniture for the Chapel of the Holy Cross in the Rosary Road complex in Hlinik nad Hronom, Slovakia (2011-2013). Raven and dragon figures for the Moving Theater with Cracovian Tales designed by Avishai Hadari (Historical Museum of the City of Cracow under the slab of the Cracow Market Square, 2012). In 2013, together with a second investor, he established the Dydodecor project, which aims to promote a brand for intimate sculpture based on the traditions and technologies used in porcelain manufactories. In his work, he draws on themes from the world of broad culture, which he balances between classical and pop cultural styles, treating them problematically, socially or with wit and lightness. Major awards: 2015 - First ex-aequo prize for the sculpture "Sweet as candy" in the competition Crossroads of Freedom. Gdansk. Realization. Ronald Reagan Park, Gdansk; 2014 - Award in the audience poll for the most interesting realization in the Crossroads of Freedom competition, Gdansk; 2014 - First prize for the art installation " Arrange your freedom: in the Crossroads of Freedom International Competition, Gdansk. Major exhibitions: 2015 - "Half Joke-Half Serious", Mariusz Dydo- Emilia Gąsienica Setlak, Contemporary Art Gallery "City of Art", Cracow; 2013 - "Żubromachia", Lipowa 4 Gallery, Cracow; 2010 - "Chopin, Dialogue of Spaces", Cracow Philharmonic, Cracow; 2008 - "In Fire Created... Cracow Ceramics after 1945", National Museum in Cracow.