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Tomasz Urbanowicz (born 1959 in

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 ...

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) is an architect and a designer of architectural glass art.

Biography

Tomasz Urbanowicz graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of the

Wrocław University of Technology 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 ...

(1978–85). He took glass-window studies at the Fine Arts Academy of

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, Poland (1982–85) and worked as an assistant in the Painting and Sculpture Establishment at the Architecture Department of Wrocław Institute. In 1987, together with his wife, architect Beata Urbanowicz, he established his own studio, Archiglass, focused on creating architectural glass art. In 2016, Tomasz Urbanowicz was awarded the Honorable Graduate Award by

. His glassworks were featured in 'Colours of Architecture' by Andrew Moor (

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, 2006), 'Contemporary Kiln-formed Glass' by Keith Cummings ( London / Philadelphia 2009) and 'Szkło we Współczesnej Architekturze' by Ewa Wala. Urbanowicz's artworks took part in World Fairs EXPO three times representing Poland; at

EXPO 2000 Expo 2000 was a World Expo held in Hanover, Germany from 1 June to 31 October 2000. It was located on the Hanover Fairground (Messegelände Hannover), which is the largest exhibition ground in the world. Initially some 40 million people were expe ...

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- as part of the presentation of Lower Silesia; at

EXPO 2005 Expo 2005 was a World Expo held for 185 days between Friday, March 25 and Sunday, September 25, 2005, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. Japan has also hosted Expo '70 Osaka (World Expo), Expo '75 Okinawa (Specialised Expo) ...

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, Japan, where his glass composition ‘the Soul of the Piano’ was the main artefact in the Polish Pavilion, designed by prof. Krzysztof Ingarden, and at

EXPO 2008 Expo 2008 was an international exposition held in the year 2008 from 14 June (Saturday) to 14 September (Sunday) in Zaragoza, Spain, with the theme of "Water and Sustainable Development". The exposition was placed in a meander of the river Ebro. ...

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, where his composition ‘Poland - Wind in the Sails’ was part of the national presentation. Architectural glass art composition by Tomasz Urbanowicz can also be found in many places around the world: the glass orb ‘ The United Earth’ is a central artistic element on

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building agora in Strasbourg,

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; the glass rainbow ‘Larc en ciel’ decorates G. Brassens College in

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, France; green glass castings enlight the lobby of the

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Headquarters in

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, Germany; and the composition ‘Blue Sunset in the Ocean’ cruises around the world on one of the world's biggest ocean liners

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. One of the artist's works is a complex architectural glass composition with diverse musical notations in the foyer of the newly built Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic building in Białystok, Poland. In 2014, Urbanowicz's glass art works from the 'GlassHenge' series were exhibited at the Wrocław Airport. In the years 2018-2019 Tomasz Urbanowicz together with prof. Przemysław Tyszkiewicz developed a new own technique to consolidate graphics in glass art. They created several joint works called 'Corsydians' series, exhibited among others at the collective exhibition "Para.Ceramics.Prints' in Oblastni galerie in Liberec or the collective exhibition "Robinson's Ship" organized by the City Gallery and Museum of Architecture in Wrocław. The latest realizations of large-scale architectural glass art, made by Tomasz Urbanowicz in cooperation with his son, arch. Konrad Urbanowicz, include the composition "The Spirit of Health" at the Integrative Medical Center Clinic in Żerniki Wrocławskie and the glass art EGG - concierge desk in the baroque interior of the historic Main Building of the University of Wrocław.

Selected projects

* 2019 - Glass Art EGG, Concierge Desk, Main Building,

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* 2018 - 'The Spirit of Health', Glass Compositions, IMC Integrative Medical Center Clinic, Żerniki Wrocławskie * 2015 - Artistic Glass Panels in Main Hall and Chapel, T. Marciniak Lower Silesian Specialist Hospital,

* 2015 - Glass Waterfalls Facade, Ultranet Office Building,

* 2015 - Artistic Glasing, Senate Hall,

University of Economics in Katowice University of Economics in Katowice (former Karol Adamiecki Academy of Economics in Katowice) is a public higher education institution in Katowice, Poland. History The University of Economics in Katowice was founded in December 1936 (by t ...

* 2014 - Artistic Glass Balustrade, 'ODRA' European Cooperation Center,

Oława Oława (pronounced , , szl, Oława) is a historic town in south-western Poland with 33,029 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975–1998 it was in the former Wrocław Voivodeship), within the Wrocław ...

* 2013 - Glass Sculpture 'Big Bang', Campus of the University in Białystok * 2012 - Architectural Glass Art – columns, capitals, walls, panels - interior & exterior, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic, Białystok * 2011 - 'Baroque glasses', Main Building,

* 2011 - Glass & Stone Compositions, Muzeum Karkonoskie,

Jelenia Góra Jelenia Góra (pron. ; Polish: ; german: Hirschberg im Riesengebirge; Exonym: ''Deer Mountain''; szl, Jelyniŏ Gōra) is a historic city in southwestern Poland, within the historical region of Lower Silesia. Jelenia Góra is situated in the Low ...

* 2010 - 'Silver Meteorites', Glass & Stone Compositions, Optical fiber backlit, Swimming Pool, Srebrna Góra * 2010 - 'Catamaran Sails', Glass Compositions, Optical fiber backlit, Swimming Pool in 'Catamaran House', Chyby * 2010 - Artistic Glass Panels, Słoneczne Termy, Wielka Pieniawa, Polanica Zdrój * 2010 - First Psalm on Curved Artistic Glasses, Church St. Józef, Przedbórz * 2010 - Glass Facade, Justin Center,

* 2010 - Architectural Glass Art Panels, Restaurant 'Pod Złotym Głogiem', Market Square,

Głogów Głogów (; german: Glogau, links=no, rarely , cs, Hlohov, szl, Głogōw) is a city in western Poland. It is the county seat of Głogów County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), and was previously in Legnica Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

* 2008 - Glass Sculpture 'Wind in the Sails',

* 2008 - 'Kudowater', A three-story-high Glass Art Composition, Sanatorium 'Zameczek', Kudowa Zdrój * 2008 - Architectural Glass Art Panels, Centuria Wellness & Spa Hotel, Ogrodzieniec * 2008 - Glass Art Cross and Artistic Glasing, Church of the Savior of the Evangelical-Augsburg Parish, Działdowo * 2008 - Parisian Motifs in Glass Art Panels, 'Bistro de Paris' Restaurant,

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* 2006 - 'Angel', Polish Institute in

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* 2006 - Electric Glass Art Compositions, Science and Research Center, Faculty of Electrical Engineering,

Wrocław University of Science and Technology Wrocław University of Science and Technology ( pl, Politechnika Wrocławska, founded as german: link=no, Technische Hochschule Breslau) is a technological university in Wrocław, Poland. With buildings and infrastructures dispersed throughout t ...

* 2005 - Glass Sculpture 'The Soul of the Piano',

, Japan * 2004 - Artistic Glass Panels, University's Chapel, Faculty of Theology,

University of Silesia in Katowice The University of Silesia in Katowice ( pl, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, UŚ) is an autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland. The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergrad ...

* 2004 - Glass Sphere '

United Earth ''United Earth'' ( pl, Zjednoczony Świat) is a public artwork by Tomasz Urbanowicz and Beata Urbanowicz in the Agora of the Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The glass sculpture has a diameter of and symbolizes the idea of openne ...

, Strasbourg,

* 2003 - Curved Glass Composition 'Blue Sunset in the Ocean', 10th Deck, Transatlantic RMS Queen Mary II * 2001 - Featured Glass Wall Composition, Museum of Architecture,

* 2000 - Architectural Glass Art, The Palace in Opypy * 2000 - Glass Compositions 'Brewing Process',

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* 2000 - 'Bear', Glass Sculpture,

* 2000 - Glass & Brass Portal, 'Under the Blue Sun' Passage, Rynek,

* 1999 - Glass Eagle Compositions, Supreme Court,

* 1999 - 'Hope', Glass Art Cross, Evangelical-Augsburg Parish of God's Providence,

* 1996 - Silver-inspired Glass Composition, 'Muse' Cultural Center,

Lubin Lubin (; german: Lüben, szl, Lubin) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is the administrative seat of Lubin County, and also of the rural district called Gmina Lubin, although it is not part of the territory o ...

* 1995 - Glass Rainbow Sculpture, Bank Pekao S.A.,

* 1993 - Glass Rainbow Composition, Collège Georges-Brassens,

Selected national and international exhibitions

* 2019 - 'Robinsons's Ship', Collective Exhibition, The City Gallery and Museum of Architecture, Wrocław * 2018-2019 - 'Para.Ceramics.Graphics', The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Arts and Design Collective Exhibition (host/guest), Oblastni Galerie, Liberec,

* 2018 - '

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', Archiglass Gallery 'Szopa Jazowa',

* 2017-2018 - „Glasstosteron”, Collective Exhibition (Andrzej Kucharski, Marcin Litwa, Mariusz Łabiński, Wojciech Olech, Kazimierz Pawlak, Wojciech Peszko, Janusz Robaszewski, Czesław Roszkowski, Stanisław Sobota, Grzegorz Staniszewski, Tomasz Urbanowicz, Ryszard Więckowski, Igor Wójcik, Maciej Zaborski) **

Książ Castle Książ Castle ( pl, Zamek Książ, ; german: Schloss Fürstenstein) is a castle in northern Wałbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The largest castle in the region of Silesia, it is the third-largest in Poland behind Malbork Castle ...

, March - April 2017 ** The City Art Gallery,

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 ...

, April – May 2017 ** Glass Heritage Centre,

Krosno Krosno (in full ''The Royal Free City of Krosno'', pl, Królewskie Wolne Miasto Krosno) is a historical town and county in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in southeastern Poland. The estimated population of the town is 47,140 inhabitants as of ...

, June – August 2017 ** Glass and Ceramics Cenre, Cracow, September – November 2017 ** WINDA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Kielce, January – February 2018 * 2016 - 'Glass and Ceramics - Sensual Areas', European Capital of Culture, City Arsenal,

* 2016 - Glaskunst Exhibition,

Cannenburgh Castle Cannenburg Castle (Dutch Language, Dutch: Kasteel De Cannenburgh) or Cannenburch Castle ( nl, Cannenburch) is a watercastle in the Netherlands. It is situated in Vaassen, a town in the province of Gelderland. History The Guelders, Guelderian fiel ...

Vaassen Vaassen (; Low German: ''Vaossen'') is one of four villages in the Dutch municipality of Epe. Vaassen is situated between Apeldoorn and Zwolle, on the eastern edge of the Veluwe in the province of Gelderland. Vaassen was an independent munici ...

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* 2016 - Festival dell' Arte,

Wojanów Wojanów (; german: Schildau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Mysłakowice, within Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Jelenia Góra, and west of t ...

Palace * 2014 - 'Painted with Glass', Contemporary Arts Gallery,

Ostrów Wielkopolski Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated ''Ostrów Wlkp.'', formerly called simply ''Ostrów'', german: Ostrowo, Latin: ''Ostrovia'') is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; ...

* 2014 - 'GlassHenge', Wrocław Airport * 2014 - Festival dell' Arte, Pakoszów Palace * 2013 - Festival dell' Arte,

Palace * 2013 - Glaskunst Exhibition,

* 2012 - Festival dell' Arte,

Palace * 2008 - EXPO Zaragoza, Glass Sculpture 'Wind in the Sails' in the Polish Pavilion,

* 2006 - 'Tomasz Urbanowicz, Szkło , Glass', The City Gallery 'Arsenal',

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 ...

* 2005 - EXPO 2005 Aichi, Glass Sculpture 'The Soul of the Piano' in the Polish Pavilion, Japan, * 2003 - Polish Embassy Gardens,

* 2000 - EXPO 2000 Hanover,

* 1999 - 'URBANOWICZ-SZKŁO , -GLASS', Museum of Architecture,

References

External links

Official website
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