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Monika Patuszyńska 1973, Warsaw, Poland

one of the leading ceramic artists of the time


 * From 2008 to 2013 organizer of the International Ceramics Symposium "Porcelain Another Way", Poland.
 * Teaches at the School of Form, Poznań, Poland. (from 2014)

Main technique: Slip casting

She uses dilapidated, broken molds from the ceramic industry to cast fine porcelain. A technique that allows her to create surprising new shapes, that often reference the fine pieces of dinnerware that industry produced.

Bastards & Orphans

A series of work that came to be around 2002. Small intimate objects such as saucers, sugar pots with a cancer growing out of them. The 'cancer' drives directly from the neglect of the precious capital of factories-gone-bust, thus giving the onlooker an insight in the rapidly changing world in which we live. Were these objects the pride and joy of our mothers and grandmothers, now there is no market for them. And so the molds are discarded. Monika picked them up and made an intricate image of the era: hard and sensitive at the same time. A manifestation of the material that used to be smooth, shiny and precious, now unpolished, rough and direct…

awards:
 * 2015- grant Polish culture worldwide, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
 * 2016- Artists Grant, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland
 * 2015- Master Prize, European Prize for Applied Arts, Mons, Belgium
 * 2015- grant/ Polish culture worldwide, Adam Mickiewicz Institute
 * 2013- Artists Grant, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland
 * 2012- Prix de la Ville de Vallauris, XXIIème Biennale Internationale de Vallauris,France
 * 2011- Honorable Mention Award, 1st China Kaolin Grand Prix, Jingdezhen, China