Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich (born 25 June 1969 in

Szczecinek Szczecinek ( ; German until 1945: ''Neustettin'') is a historic city in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with a population of more than 40,000 (2011). Formerly in the Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–1998), it has been the capital of Szczecine ...

, Poland) is a Polish sculptor and drawing artist.

Education

She passed the

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exam in Liceum im. Księżnej Elżbiety (Lyceum of Princess Elizabeth) in Szczecinek and later

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Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

. She learned sculpturing from Professor Józef Petruk and Professor Józef Kopczyński. She graduated in 1993.

Style and type of sculptures

Portret Madzi by Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich

Dziekiewicz-Pilich creates sculptures mainly made of bronze with the

lost-wax casting Lost-wax casting (also called "investment casting", "precision casting", or ''cire perdue'' which has been adopted into English from the French, ) is the process by which a duplicate metal sculpture (often silver, gold, brass, or bronze) i ...

technique. Her favourite types of sculptures are

portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

and

grotesque Since at least the 18th century (in French and German as well as English), grotesque has come to be used as a general adjective for the strange, mysterious, magnificent, fantastic, hideous, ugly, incongruous, unpleasant, or disgusting, and thus ...

. She also makes small forms like: statuettes,

medal A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

s, commemorative plaques, jewellery and other items. An important place in Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich creations take children topics. She made many sculptures, which in realistic or grotesque ways portray children, their play, dance, dalliance and mischief. Dziekiewicz-Pilich also creates large sculpturing works like statues: concept and project of the statue commemorating a visit of

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

in Piłsudski square,

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

(2005), concept of

fontain Fontain () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. On 1 January 2019, the former commune Arguel was merged into Fontain.Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek (2009).

Awards and achievements

Grzegorz Ciechowski by Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich

In 1993, she was awarded the first prize for the statuette of

Bytów Bytów (; csb, Bëtowò; formerly german: Bütow ) is a town in the Gdańsk Pomerania region of northern Poland with 16,730 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The origins of Byt ...

town. In 1996 she won the competition for a concept of the Polish annual music award – the

Fryderyk The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name. Its status in the Polish public can be compared to the American Grammy and the UK's BR ...

statuette. In 1998, she presented an exhibition titled "Twarze Fryderyków" (''Faces of the Fryderyks'') held in Galeria Zapiecek. The exhibition presented personalised Fryderyk statuettes and small sculptures of the awarded:

Stanisław Sojka Stanisław Joachim Sojka (born April 26, 1959 in Żory, Upper Silesia), also known as Stanisław Soyka, is a Polish jazz and pop singer, pianist and composer. Beginnings Sojka began performing as a boy soprano in Gliwice Cathedral Choir, whe ...

Grzegorz Ciechowski Grzegorz Zbigniew Ciechowski (29 August 1957 – 22 December 2001) was a Polish rock musician and film music composer. Ciechowski was born in Tczew. He was the founder and frontman of the band Republika, which was one of Poland's most popul ...

Grzegorz Turnau Grzegorz Jerzy Turnau (born 31 July 1967) is a Polish composer, pianist, poet and singer. He has released eleven albums to date, including one (Cafe Sułtan) made up of his own versions of songs by Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski, and most h ...

, Kayah and

Justyna Steczkowska Justyna Maria Steczkowska (; born August 2, 1972, in Rzeszów,
Poland) is a Polish singer, songwriter, photographer, and actress ...

. In 1997, then Warsaw Mayor Marcin Święcicki chose her work "Mała skrzypaczka" (''Little violinist'') as an award for the best Polish violinist in the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition. In 2006 she received third prize in a competition run by the Warsaw Mayor for a concept commemorating the visit of John Paul II. In 2009 she won the contest for the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek.

Works

She presented her sculptures and drawing a few dozen of times in individual and group exhibitions in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

and Europe. Her bronze works are held in private collections in many countries including Germany, Holland, France and

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

Exhibitions

* 1994 – individual, Art Galeria, Szczecinek * 1995 – individual, Galeria P., Pruszków * 1995 – individual, Radziejowice Palace * 1996 – individual, Galeria "Zamek", Ostróda * 1996 – group, "Rzeźba w przestrzeni publicznej i prywatnej" (''Sculpture in public and private space''), Galeria Domu Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw * 1997 – individual, "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeń" (''Fryderyk, music, space''), Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw * 1997 – individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeń" (''Single Evening Exhibition "Fryderyk, music, space"''), foyer of Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw * 1998 – individual, "Twarze Fryderyków" (''Faces of Fryderyks''), Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw * 1998 – individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Twarze Fryderyków" (''Single Evening Exhibition "Faces of Fryderyks"''), foyer of Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw * 1998 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu..." (''To your neighbour...''), exhibition and auction for Towarzystwo Pomocy im. św. Brata Alberta, Teatr Miejski im. Wandy Siemaszkowej,

Rzeszów Rzeszów ( , ; la, Resovia; yi, ריישא ''Raisha'')) is the largest city in southeastern Poland. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River in the heartland of the Sandomierz Basin. Rzeszów has been the capital of the Subcarpathian ...

* 1998 – group, "Bliscy i Oddaleni" (''Those near and far away''), Art Galeria, Szczecinek w Szczecinku and

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(Holland) * 1999–2000 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu... 2000" (''To your neighbour... 2000''), Galeria STUDIO, Pałac Kultury i Nauki (Warsaw), Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Gdańska, Muzeum Archidiecezjalne (

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

), Galeria Sztuki Artemis (

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

), Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej (Rzeszów) * 2001 – individual, "Dziecko" (''Child''), Bergen op Zoom (Holland) and Galeria Zapiecek (Warsaw) * 2001–2002 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu... 2002" (''To your neighbour... 2002''), Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki (Warsaw), Galeria Miejska Arsenał (

), Muzeum Archidiecezjalne (Wrocław), Pałac Sztuki (Kraków), Muzeum Sztuki (

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...

), Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej (Rzeszów) * 2002 – group, 30th Jubilee of Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw * 2003 – individual, Pałac Sztuki, Kraków * 2003 – individual, during Witold Hulewicz award ceremony, Dom Literatury, Warsaw * 2005–2006 – several group exhibitions – "Sztuka w 18 aktach" (''Play in 18 acts''), "Tutaj malowane" (''Painted here''), "Dialog ze sztuką" (''Dialogue with art'') organised by Galeria Tess, Pruszków * 2009 – individual, Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw

Significant artistic achievements and works

* 1996 –

statuette * 1997 – "Mała skrzypaczka" (''Little violinist'') used as a first prize the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition * 2000 – plaque commemorating Gen.

Kazimierz Sosnkowski General Kazimierz Sosnkowski (; Warsaw, 19 November 1885 – 11 October 1969, Arundel, Quebec) was a Polish independence fighter, general, diplomat, and architect. He was a major political figure and an accomplished commander, notable in p ...

, Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw * 2002 – statuette promoting the national action " Cała Polska czyta dzieciom" (''All of Poland reads to kids'') * 2005 – special prize for statue/concept commemorating the visit of John Paul II, Warsaw * 2006 – medal for Fundacja Urszuli Jaworskiej Dawców Szpiku * 2007 – statuette for the award of Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich for extraordinary artistic achievements * 2008 – medal awarded on Światowy Dzień Chorego (''World Day of the Sick'') * 2009 – statue of Adam Giedrys, Szczecinek

Other works

* statuette for the Astrid Lindgren contest for best Polish book for children * statuette for bank "Bank Gospodarki Żywnościowej" * statuette for foundation "Fundacja Warty i Kredyt Banku" * medal for Pruszków city council * statuette for

Otwock Otwock is a city in east-central Poland, some southeast of Warsaw, with 44,635 inhabitants (2019). Otwock is a part of the Warsaw Agglomeration. It is situated on the right bank of Vistula River below the mouth of Swider River. Otwock is hom ...

city council * statuette and medal for Polish branch of the financial firm

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* statuette for Polish branch of

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* statuette for action "Gryf Swoim Dzieciom"

References

External links

Official website of Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dziekiewicz-Pilich, Dorota 1969 births Living people 20th-century Polish sculptors 20th-century Polish women artists 21st-century Polish women artists 21st-century Polish sculptors People from Szczecinek Polish women sculptors