Sculpture pine wood, waxed, unique, dimensions: 90 x 25 x 25 cm, 2018
Milosz Płonka
Sculptor, painter and draughtsman, who can boast a substantial creative output. Born in Wadowice in 1969, he spent his youth in Andrychów in the foothills of Beskid Mały. He is a graduate of the Antoni Kenar State High School of Fine Arts in Zakopane and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1990-92 he studied at the Department of Ceramics and Glass at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, in the sculpture studio of Alojzy Gryta. He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the sculpture studio of Prof. Adam Myjak and Prof. Jan Kucz, where he received a diploma with distinction. He also obtained an annex to his diploma in the drawing and painting studio of Prof. Jacek Sienicki. In 1997-1998, he was on a scholarship abroad at the Higher School of Visual Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia, in the intermedia studio of Prof. Juraj Bartusz, and then at Benares Hindu University in Varanasi, India, where he gained experience and knowledge in the sculpture studios of Prof. Balbir Singh Katt and the Department of Visual Arts.
He was later able to use his experience as a teaching fellow at the High School of Visual Arts in Nowy Wisnicz 2000-2001.
Miłosz Płonka participated in numerous international symposia and creative meetings, art festivals, individual and collective exhibitions, and art projects in Poland and abroad, including China, India, France, Germany, Slovakia, among others. The artist's work was greatly influenced by the works of sculptors Jędrzej Wowra, Edward Sutor, Antoni Rząsa and Władysław Hasior, whose works he encountered in his early period of fascination with art.
An interesting and inspiring experience in the artist's life was his encounter with the teachings of Buddha, as well as his interest in the philosophy, culture and iconography of Asia, which resulted in the creation of works referring in their form and content to Eastern cultures. The artist has collaborated with the Asia-Pacific Museum in Warsaw, presenting his sculptures and paintings at international exhibitions.
Since 1999, a sculpture entitled Creation Buddha has adorned the courtyard of the Museum's "Oriental Oasis."
The artist's works are in state, church and private collections in Poland and abroad.
