Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich


Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich is a Polish sculptor and drawing artist.

Education

She passed the matura exam in Liceum im. Księżnej Elżbiety in Szczecinek and later Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. She learned sculpturing from Professor Józef Petruk and Professor Józef Kopczyński. She graduated in 1993.

Style and type of sculptures

Dziekiewicz-Pilich creates sculptures mainly made of bronze with the lost-wax casting technique. Her favourite types of sculptures are portrait and grotesque. She also makes small forms like: statuettes, medals, 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 in Piłsudski square, Warsaw, concept of fontain titled "Mali muzykanci z Pruszkowa" and the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek.

Awards and achievements

In 1993, she was awarded the first prize for the statuette of Bytów town.
In 1996 she won the competition for a concept of the Polish annual music award – the Fryderyk statuette. In 1998, she presented an exhibition titled "Twarze Fryderyków" held in Galeria Zapiecek. The exhibition presented personalised Fryderyk statuettes and small sculptures of the awarded: Stanisław Sojka, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Grzegorz Turnau, Kayah and Justyna Steczkowska.
In 1997, then Warsaw Mayor Marcin Święcicki chose her work "Mała skrzypaczka" 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 and Europe. Her bronze works are held in private collections in many countries including Germany, Holland, France and Malta.

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", Galeria Domu Artysty Plastyka, Warsaw
  • 1997 – individual, "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeń", Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
  • 1997 – individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Fryderyk, muzyka, przestrzeń", foyer of Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw
  • 1998 – individual, "Twarze Fryderyków", Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw
  • 1998 – individual, Wystawa Jednego Wieczoru "Twarze Fryderyków", foyer of Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw
  • 1998 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu...", exhibition and auction for Towarzystwo Pomocy im. św. Brata Alberta, Teatr Miejski im. Wandy Siemaszkowej, Rzeszów
  • 1998 – group, "Bliscy i Oddaleni", Art Galeria, Szczecinek w Szczecinku and Bergen op Zoom
  • 1999–2000 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu... 2000", Galeria STUDIO, Pałac Kultury i Nauki, Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Gdańska, Muzeum Archidiecezjalne, Galeria Sztuki Artemis, Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej
  • 2001 – individual, "Dziecko", Bergen op Zoom and Galeria Zapiecek
  • 2001–2002 – group, "Bliźniemu swemu... 2002", Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Galeria Miejska Arsenał, Muzeum Archidiecezjalne, Pałac Sztuki, Muzeum Sztuki, Teatr im. Wandy Siemaszkowej
  • 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", "Tutaj malowane", "Dialog ze sztuką" organised by Galeria Tess, Pruszków
  • 2009 – individual, Galeria Zapiecek, Warsaw

Significant artistic achievements and works

  • 1996 – Fryderyk statuette
  • 1997 – "Mała skrzypaczka" used as a first prize the International Tadeusz Wroński Solo Violin Competition
  • 2000 – plaque commemorating Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
  • 2002 – statuette promoting the national action "Cała Polska czyta dzieciom"
  • 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
  • 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 city council
  • statuette and medal for Polish branch of the financial firm Deloitte & Touche
  • statuette for Polish branch of Panasonic
  • statuette for action "Gryf Swoim Dzieciom"