fot. Ela Lempp

born: 1973, Warsaw, Poland

1993- 1994 Den Danske Husflidshojskole, Kerteminde, Denmark
1994- 1999 Academy of Fine Arts (Department of Ceramics), Wroclaw, Poland
          1999 graduated from Academy Of Fine Arts, Master Degree 

IX / X 1996 Ulrike Weiss Studio, Paris
   I-XI. 2001 designer at ZPtS Pruszkow, Poland
          2002 set up own ceramic studio, Milanówek
 since 2008- president of International Ceramics Symposium „Porcelain Another Way"
 since 2009- member of IAC (international Academy of Ceramics), Geneve,
                    Switzerland

awards:

1993- study grant, Kulturminesteriet Danmark and Den Danske Husflidshojskole,
          Denmark;
2000- Judges Special Award, 3rd Mashiko International Pottery Contest 2000,
          Mashiko, Japan;
2000- Forma 2000, Poznan International Fairs DOMEXPO, Poznan, Poland
2005- Publiekspris, Theepottenshow, Goudse Keramiek Dagen, Gouda, Netherlands
2008- Mloda Polska/ Young Artists Grant, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,
          Poland
2008- Finalist Prize, Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taiwan
2009- Premio Per Il Design, V° Simposio della Ceramica Contemporanea, Bassano
          Del Grappa, Italy;
2011- Honorable Mention, 9th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan;
2011- Honorable Mention Award, 1st China Kaolin Grand Prix, Jingdezhen, China

shortlisted for: Kutani International Decorative Ceramics Competition, Japan (1997); International Ceramic Competition: Teapot, Carouge, Switzerland (1999); Dobry Wzor/ Good Design Award (2001); Elle Deco Award (2002); International Ceramics Festival Mino, Japan (2008); European Ceramics- Westerwald Prize, Germany (2009); 57° Premio Faenza-Concorso Internazionale Della Ceramica D'Arte Contemporanea, IT (2011); XXIIème Biennale Internationale de Vallauris, F (2012); Prix Européen des Arts Appliqués, B (2012)

works in public collections:
Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland (1999, 2007); Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan (2000); Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan (2008);  Fondazione Accademia dell'Artigianato, Este, Italy (2009); Mungyeong Ceramics Museum, Mungyeong, South Korea (2010); FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums (FLICAM), Fuping, China (2010); Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum, China (2011); Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany (2011)

solo & two-person exhibitions:

2002- (Nie)powtarzalnosc/ (Un)repeatibility, Blue Melon, Warsaw;
2007- Sweets, Bohema, Szczawno Zdroj (with Billie Theide);
2008- Ponawianie-panowanie, Serenissima, Warsaw;
2009- Nr.13, Galerie Frederik Bollhorst, Freiburg, Germany (with Gabriele Hain)
2010- Fragment og forvandling, Galleri Brantebjerg, Nakke, Denmark (with Tine
          Jakobsen & Kamila Slocinska)
2011- Spor af porcelæn & magi, Galleri Brantebjerg, Nakke, Denmark (with Michael
          Flynn)
2011- Monika Patuszynska, Puls Contemporary Ceramics, Brussels, Belgium

group exhibitions:

1997- Kutani International Decorative Ceramics Competition, Komatsu, Japan;
          Young Ceramics’97, Galeria Zamkowa, Lubin;
1998- Erwartung, Künstlerhaus 188, Halle, Germany;
1999- Young Ceramics’99, Galeria Zamkowa, Lubin;
          Dyplomy'99 (The final exam show), Galeria Szkla i Ceramiki, Wrocław;
          International Ceramic Competition: Teapot, Carouge, Switzerland;
          Form&Function, Poznań International Fairs DOMEXPO 1999, Poznań (with
          Wrocław Academy of Fine Arts);;
2000- Ab Ovo, Galeria Opera, Warsaw;
          Art of Design 2000, Galeria DAP, Warsaw;
          Form&Function, Poznan International Fairs DOMEXPO, Poznan;
          Young Design 2000, Institute of Industrial Design, Warsaw;
          Mashiko International Pottery Contest 2000, Mashiko, Japan;
2001- Rok po, touring exhibition, Poland;
          Poznan International Fairs DOMEXPO 2001, Poznan (with ZPtS Pruszkow);
          Art of Design 2001, Institute of Industrial Design, Warsaw;
2002- Polka design, touring exhibition, Poland;
          PRODECO 2002, Palac Krolikarnia, Warsaw;
2004- Amarant table, Comforma, Wrocław;
          Polka Design Goes Berlin, Inselgalerie, Berlin (DesignMai);
          Design.PL, Lengyel Intézet, Budapest (Budapest Design Week);
2005- Theepottenshow, Goudse Keramiek Dagen, Gouda, Netherland;
          The Polish Art of the Object, Racim Gallery, Algiers, Algeria (The Polish Week
           in Algeria);
          Transdesign, Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Wiesbaden,
          Germany (The Polish Year in Germany);
2006- Small pleasures of Life”, New Delhi, India (The Polish Year in India);
          XXX International Ceramic Symposium “Porcelain Another Way”, Wałbrzych
          Museum;
2007- Different faces of ceramics 4, Muzeum Historii Przemysłu, Opatówek;
          XXX ICS “Porcelain Another Way”, The Municipal Museum of Wrocław;
          Decentryzm, Kalisz Museum;
          XXXI ICS “Porcelain Another Way”, Wałbrzych Museum;
          A Polish House, Łódź Design, Łódź Art Center;
          Dark & Light, Galerie Santee, Nietap, Netherlands;
          Art of Fire, Galeria Design, Wrocław;
          Different faces of ceramics 8, Norblin Factory, Warsaw;
2008- Ziemia Palona, Muzeum Ziemi Otwockiej, Otwock;
          XXX ICS “Porcelain Another Way”, The Municipal Museum of Wrocław;
          Salon du Decentrisme, Galerie im Hofgut, Reinheim, Germany;
          Decentryzm. W poszukiwaniu ukrytej dominanty, BWA, Ostrowiec Swiętokrzyski;
          XXXII ICS "Porcelain Another Way", Wałbrzych Museum;
          Decentryzm. W poszukiwaniu ukrytej dominanty, Kalisz Museum;
          Decentryzm. W poszukiwaniu ukrytej dominanty. Centrum Promocji Kultury,
          Warsaw;
          Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, Taipei, Taiwan;
2009- Porcelain Another Way 2008, Galeria Szkła i Ceramiki BWA, Wrocław;
          Design- Antydesign, Muzeum Architektury, Wrocław;
          European Ceramics– Westerwald Prize 2009, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany;
          XXXIII ICS Porcelain Another Way, Muzeum w Wałbrzychu;
          V° Simposio della Ceramica Contemporanea, Bassano del Grappa & Nove. IT;
          Non Object ive, Łódź Design 2009, Łódź Art Center, Łódź;
          Rzecz Małopolska. Etnodizajn Festiwal, Muzeum Etnograficzne, Cracow;
          Polish Design, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai, China
2010- V° Simposio Internazionale della Ceramica, Accademia dell'Artigianato
          Artistico. Este. IT;
          Porcelain Another Way 2009, Galeria Szkła i Ceramiki BWA, Wrocław;
          Mun-gyeong Chassabal Festival, Mun-gyeong, ROK;
          UnPOLISHED 3, Museum Tuch + Technik, Neumünster, D;
          UnPOLISHED 4, The Nordic Design Fair CODE, Copenhagen, DK;
          UnPOLISHED 5, Bella Center, Copenhagen, DK;
          Circuit céramique at Sèvres, Sèvres – Cité céramique, Sèvres, F;
          Materia Prima, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko Biała;
          XXXIV ICS Porcelain Another Way, Muzeum w Wałbrzychu
2011- Porcelana Inaczej 2010, Galeria Szkła i Ceramiki, BWA, Wrocław;
          ART-emocje, Rosyjski Ośrodek Nauki i Kultury, Warsaw;
          Nina Hole- Friends and Fire Mates, Apple House Gallery, Guldagergaard,DK;
          UnPOLISHED 6/ Milan. Salone del Mobile, Milano, IT;
          Formwelt- Farbwelt- Fliese, Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, D;
          UnPOLISHED 7/ Paris. Designers Days, Paris, F;
          57° Premio Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, IT;
          UnPOLISHED 8/ Cologne. Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Koln, DE;
          UnPOLISHED/ edition speciale, Paris Design Week, F;
          9th International Ceramics Festival '11 MINO, JP;
          UnPOLISHED 8/ Hannover. Handwerksform Hannover, DE;
          UnPOLISHED 9. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, H;
          XXXV ICS Porcelain Another Way, Muzeum w Wałbrzychu, PL;
          1st China Kaolin Grand Prix, Great China Museum, Jingdezhen, China;
          UnPOLISHED 10/ Zagreb. Centar za dizajn, Croatia;
2012- Światło i materia, Muzeum Karkonoskie, Jelenia Góra, PL;
          Nina Hole- Friends & Firemates, Danmarks Keramikmuseum, Grimmerhus, DK;
          Porcelain Another Way 2011, Galeria Szkła i Ceramiki BWA, Wrocław;
          Archeologia Fabryki, Zamek Cieszyn, Cieszyn

symposia, residencies & festivals:

2006, 2007- International Ceramics Symposium “Porcelain Another Way”- Walbrzych,
2007- Sztuka Ognia/ Art of Fire, Luboradow,

since 2008- president of International Ceramics Symposium „Porcelain Another Way"

2008- Communication Through the Fire, Luboradów,
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011- ICS „Porcelain Another Way"
2009- V° Simposio della Ceramica Contemporanea, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2010- Mun-gyeong Chassabal Festival, Mun-gyeong, South Korea
2010- FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums (FLICAM), Fuping, China

lectures, demonstrations:
Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff, UK (january 2010);
De Koploper, Harelbeke, B (march/april 2010, april 2011);
Syntra West, Sint-Michiels, B (april 2010);
konferencja "Ceramika- obszary działań twórczych", ASP Wrocław, PL (mai 2010);
'Nie-Formalność', Warsaw Design Week, PL (june 2010);
'Porcelain Another Way', Kolloquium Mixed Media- Keramik plus..., Keramik Museum Westerwald, Hohr Grenzhausen, D (september 2010);
Porcelana, Mistrzowska Szkoła Ceramiki i Szkła, Ceramiq, Warsaw (february 2011);
deKunstAcademie, Knokke-Heist, B (april 2011);
Academie voor Beeldende Kunst (SABK), Ieper, B (april 2011);
Kunst Akademie, Tielt, B (april 2011)
Wald als Theater. Michael Flynn (Einfuhrung). Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen, D (june 2011)
Casting of experimental plaster moulds: talk/demo. Art in Clay. Hatfield House, Hatfield, UK (august 2011)
Archeologia Fabryki, Porcelana Śląska, Bogucice, PL (october 2011)