Pati Dubiel
The artist studied at the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass in Wroclaw. Freelancer. Since 2013 also owner of art gallery "Versus" in Wroclaw and co-owner of Vesrus Studio & Art. Gallery in Grodziec.
Scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Kiwanis Wratislavia Foundation and Glass Studio Borowski. She has exhibited her works at more than sixty exhibitions at home and abroad, including in the USA, Denmark, Germany, Belgium. Winner of numerous awards: min. 2015 - second place in the competition of Deutsche Welle Television and TVP Kultura "Artist, Show Yourself!", 2013 - first place in the competition for the design and execution of a stained glass window for the Association of Polish Artists in Wroclaw, 2010 - prize of Archicom company in the competition "Design-Antydesign", 2003 - first prize in the competition "Glass of the Young".
Her works are present in the collections of museums min. In the Karkonosze Museum in Jelenia Gora, in the National Museum in Poznan, in the Glass Heritage Center in Krosno, in the Ernsting Foundation, in Coesfeld, Germany, in the European Organization ECCO, in Denmark, in art-related institutions and collections of private individuals.
Pati Dubiel has always been interested in drawing, color and form. She has developed her own technique for "enclosing" an image, a kind of story, in glass. Dubiel, using the whole range of available possibilities for glass processing, has created her own, very individual and recognizable style, which cannot be confused with any other. In her work, the artist is guided by intuition, fearing to show her world.
Pati-sculptures light in form turn out to be strong in content. Painting, drawing and sculpture always go hand in hand, complementing and continuing the main idea.In a slightly exaggerated version, Dubiel's works illustrate the world of the 21st century, which is a modern Tower of Babel.
The artist often refers to the cultural melting pot in which we live today, the social turmoil and problems of civilization - issues of integration, tolerance, understanding, as well as the eroticization of society. She is most inspired by man, his sensuality and emotions, which translate into his functioning and behavior. The rich narrative that characterizes Pati Dubiel's sculptures is accompanied by great attention to detail. The artist does not shy away from the use of devices such as airbrush, silk-screen, waterjet in her work - no less, she believes that true art should "contain" in itself "as much as possible of the artist himself", his sensitivity, spirit and creative action. Dubiel's works are inspired by what surrounds her - both nature and man himself, with a whole range of emotions and feelings.
The creation of Pati Dubiel's glass sculptures is, as she herself says, like building a house - she starts with the foundations, the base, the general outline of the work and finishes with refining the details of the composition. The details and finishing touches complete and add to the whole. With the help of various techniques, she achieves the intended effect - she shows the beauty and possibilities of glass and includes in it the story she wants to convey to the viewer.
Pati Dubiel's works escape the usual patterns, which makes her objects look like a Trojan horse - they will start to reveal more than what is visible at first glance!
