Agata Materowicz Explained

Agata Materowicz
Nationality:	Polish
Field:	Artist
Training:	Faculty of Visual Arts at Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland University Of Computer Sciences and Skills, Łódź, Poland
Website:	Agata Materowicz Facebook

Agata Materowicz (born 1963) is a contemporary Polish artist. She is a multi-disciplinary artist specialises in oil painting, including copies of masterworks and portraits painting, animation, puppetry, installation art, photography, sculpture, drawing, graphic design and others.

Biography

Born in Warsaw, Materowicz received her MFA in Visual Arts (Puppet Animation, Painting and Drawing) from the Academy of Fine Arts, and BFA in Computer Graphic Design from University Of Computer Sciences and Skills, both in Łódź, Poland.Materowicz graduated with honours from the Faculty of Visual Arts at Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, Poland. She achieved top marks for her(Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window – Johannes Vermeer's) project and theory thesis assignments: "Puppet for Film Animation" Faculty of Puppet Animation, promoter prof. Marek Skrobecki and "Painting for the Scenography of the Animated Film" Faculty of Painting and Drawing, promoter prof. Jolanta Wagner. Contemporary Multimedia Artist. She is very active in the following art areas: photography, painting, sculpture, ceramics, illustrations, computer graphics art, design and editorial. She illustrated children's book and also some of them designed and published.The author of several scientific articles and publications including copyright infringement.^[1] She gained her Computer Graphic Design Bachelor of Arts from the WSInf, Łódź. She has also Diploma of Landscape Architecture- Warsaw College of Architecture, Diploma of Marketing- Ciechanow Collage of Marketing, Diploma of Architecture – Warsaw Collage. She received the certificate – ArtCamp Digital Photography / Open Air-International Summer School of Art, University of West Bohemia – Czech Republic. – University of West Bohemia in Plzeň and the certificate of the Academy of Photography in Warsaw. She also holds a certificate of Internet Marketing, Adobe, Corel Draw, computer graphics, web design organised by Apple. In the 1980s she was the co-founder and then president of the Music Club. Anna Jantar "Bursztyn"and as the chairman she organized concerts, authors readings and exhibitions.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} Honorary Members of the Club were: Jarosław Kukulski, Natalia Kukulska, Eleni Tzoka, Halina Frackowiak, Romuald Lipko, Zbigniew Holdys, Marek Karewicz, Michal Rybczynski, Danuta Mizgalska. From 1985 to 1987 Agata worked as a graphic editor for "Weekly Ciechanowski".In 1991, she was co-founded of the "Association of Painters and Sculptors – Warsaw Old Town".She was the Photography Instructor teaching young people techniques how to see things differently.

Awards and honors

• 2014 – Scenography, puppets: design and construction for Natalia Kukulska video "Headdress" (Polish: Pioropusz)^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}
• 2013 -Master's Degree, project: "Illusions in Art – the road from painting to the movie" – nominated for the Best Fine Arts Diploma in Poland, Diplomas 2013
• 2012 – Art Scholarships for her outstanding achievements: from the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education
• 2012 – Art Scholarships from the Marshal of Łódź Region in 2013^[13]
• 2011 – Award Gallery Kobro in 29 Strzeminskiego Competition at ASP Łódź^[14]
• 2006 – Award Photo Competition "Mokotow", Warsaw
• 2007 – Award Photo Competition "My way of seeing Warsaw". Awarded photo was promoted the city of Warsaw on billboards, citylighs and other promotional materials in Poland and aboard.^{[15] [16]}
• 2004 – Winner ADDage.com Logo Competition (USA)
• 1979 – Silver Medal at Shankar's International Children's Competition, New Delhi, India

Solo exhibitions

• 2013 – "Alter Ego" – Photo Exhibition at Parramatta Art Gallery Sydney – Australia – July 2013^[17]
• 2007 – "The Four Eyes" – Art Gallery „Ogrod” – Jablonna^[18]
• 1998 – Polish Art and Handicrafts Exhibition – Trade Formex '98 in Stockholm
  • 1987 – "Fimo World of Agata Materowicz” Cultural Centre in Ciechanów 1984 – "Anna Jantar- First Step- Last Step” at the Students Club „Stodola” – Warsaw, then moved to Lublin, Łódź, Kraków. Poznań

Group exhibitions

• 2015 – The Spring Arts & Heritage Centre, Havant, UK
• 2014 – Gallery Neon "Łódź z Łódzi" (eng: Boat from Boat), Wrocław^[19]
• 2014 – Museum of Textiles "Prime Time", Łódź ^{[20] [21] [22] [23]}
• 2013 – International Festiwal "Art & Documentation", Łódź^{[24] [25] [26]}
• 2013 – Exhibition:"Boat from Łódź". Work exhibition- "Brick Boat", Strzegom
• 2013 – Professors and students post symposium exhibition:"Me, Here and Now" Gallery Kobro – Łódź^{[27] [28]}
• 2012 – Participant's exhibition ArtCamp Digital Photography/ Open Air– International Summer School of Art. University of West Bohemia – Plzen, Czech Republic
• 2012 – Exhibition: „Łódź, the Transborder City, Transmediale Art” Scheiblera Factory, Łódź
• 2012 – The Winners Exhibition: XXIX W. Strzeminskiego Competition. Gallery Kobro^[29] Łódź, catalogue:
• 2012 – Paintings Exhibition: VII Charity Auction: "Seed Art – Garden of Hope". Under the auspices of the National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw University Library. Warsaw.^[30]
• 2012 – Participation in the project: "Embroider Łódź", Ksiezy Mlyn, Gallery Manhattan, Łódź
• 2012 – Exhibition "Łódź, the Transborder City", Park-Gardener's Cottage, Zrodliska in Łódź
• 2012 – Painting Exhibition:"Corpus", Gallery -Free Space, ASP Łódź^[31]
• 2011 – Painting Exhibition:"Risk" – Gallery: Short and Up to the Point. Łódź
• 2007 – Participation in the post-competition Exhibition, PKiN Warsaw
• 2007 – Participation in the Photo post-competition Exhibition: “Mokotow” Warsaw
• 2007 – Photo Exhibition:"Janow Podlaski”, Town Hall, Deblin
• 2006 – Participation in the Landscape Photographic Exhibition:"Janow Podlaski”, Ermitaz, Lazienki Krolewskie,^[32] Warsaw, Zielona Gora, Deblin.
• 2005 – Photo Exhibition:"Remember the Summer", Warsaw – Bemowo^[33]
• 1991 – The Association of Artists, Painters and Sculptors Painting Exhibition, Warsaw – Old Town,” Landscape otherwise” – Club „Kadr” Warsaw
• 1979 – The Winners post-competition Painting Exhibition:"Shankar'a”, New Delhi – India ^{[34] [35] [36]}

Publications

• 2013 – Participation in the International “The Booooooom and Adobe Remake Photo Project”. Photo interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci “The Last Supper” Vancouver, Canada
• 2013 – The catalogue “Me, Here and Now” from International symposium ASP Łódź,
• 2010 – The article "Examples of copyright infringement by daily newspaper Zycie Warszawy" published in “Ethics in the media vol.7: World standards vice everyday life" by Scriptorium, 2010.
• 2009 – The article "A Puff of Absurdity , TVN Warsaw, 2011, Retrieved 10 June 2013
• 2002 – “Peas around wild animals”,
• 2002 – "Peas and forest animals”,
• 2001 – Eleni CD "Something from Odysseus" Group members polymer clay figurines made by Agata Materowicz, Hellnic-Records / Pomaton EMI
• 2001 – “Peas and country animals”,
• 2000 – "Peas discovers wild animals”,
• 2000 – "Peas – kindergarten children's first book”,
• 1991 – Illustrations made for prof. Anna Sieradzka book: "Cloak, train dress, peaked for-pointed cap: art and fashion in Polish Modernism", Ossolineum, 1991,,

Art catalogues

• A. Materowicz – coauthor “Strzeminski 2012 – Creative Arts and Design”, 2012,
• Agata Materowicz “Me, Here and Now”, 2013,

Art galleries displaying her art

• Kobro Gallery of Art, Łódź
• Gallery: Free Space, Łódź

See also

• List of Polish artists
• Anna Jantar

External links

• • Dzbenska-Karpinska Marta. “Mothers- brave or crazy”, Published by Centrum Mysli Jana Pawla II, 2012,
• Shankar’s International Children’s Competition, Delhi
• Anna Sieradzka: "Cloak, train dress, peaked for-pointed cap: art and fashion in Polish Modernism", Ossolineum, 1991,,
• Eleni CD "Something from Odysseus", Group members polymer clay figurines made by Agata Materowicz, Hellnic-Records / Pomaton EMI 2001
• Tygodnik Ciechanowski
• Agata Materowicz on World Photography Organisation
• Materowicz's solo photo exhibition in Warsaw-Bemowo, Gazeta Echo, 25 Maj 2007
• Video interview with Agata Materowicz by TV Polsat -Teleepress
• Materowicz artwork:I don't give up ArtInfo,2012
• Video interview with Agata Materowicz, TV WOT
• Video interview with Agata Materowicz, EMI DVD-"Small Handful of Life" memories of Anna Jantar and Jaroslaw Kukulski January 2013
• A. Materowicz photo/promotional material Dziennik Łódzki, 4 April 2013
• Warsaw Guest, page 8, Gosc Warszawski Retrieved 17 June 2013

Notes and References

1. Agata Materowicz: ”Examples of copyright infringement by daily newspaper Zycie Warszawy” published in Ethics in the media vol.7: World standards vice everyday life' by Scriptorium,, online edn. 2010, Retrieved 03 June 2013
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkihwc0q6fY&list=UUI5EKSuemmWw3i80hpMAgEA&index=3 Video interview with Agata Materowicz, EMI DVD-"Small Handful of Life" memories of Anna Jantar i Jaroslaw Kukulski
3. Iza Parynow, Renata Jarecka, Whatever was sent by fate would be lost, InfoPl, 30 October 2010
4. Bloog Anna Jantar, First logo of Agata Materowicz: Bursztyn Fan Club’
5. Memories of Anna Jantar,‘Agata Materowicz: In memory of Anna Jantar
6. [Anna Jantar]
7. [Natalia Kukulska]
8. http://www.nataliakukulska.pl/archiwum-maxi-singiel/3354-premiera-juz-dzis, Headdress (Pioropusz), Natalia Kukulska
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNQIhcMudE, Headdress (Pioropusz), Natalia Kukulska
10. http://www.nataliakukulska.pl/archiwum-maxi-sigiel/3343-pioropusz-nowa-piosenka-nowy-pomysl-na-clip Pioropusz – new song, new video idea
11. [Natalia Kukulska]
12. [Marek Skrobecki]
13. http://www.lodzkie.pl/wps/wcm/connect/lodzkie/departamenty/Kultura/Stypendia/ Scholarship Marshal of Łódź
14. 29 Strzeminskiego Competition, ASP Łódź, ‘Award Galerii Kobro Agata Materowicz, position 34, 26 April 2012
15. Warsaw City Council Warsaw-News, Agata Materowicz, Photo Competition: My way of seeing Warsaw, 29 October 2007, Retrieved 03 June 2013
16. M. Rychter, T. Bonda, ‘Agata Materowicz: Golden children, Tygodnik Wprost, Nr13/2008
17. "ALTER EGO” Photos by Agata Materowicz exhibition
18. M. Smolinski, Council Jablonna, Materowicz's Photo exhibition, Gallery Ogrod 9 Maj, 2008, Retrieved 03 June 2013
19. http://www.asp.lodz.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4239%3A140827-lodz-zlodzi&catid=142%3Ainne-wystawy&Itemid=195&lang=pl Gallery Neon Exhibition Wroclaw
20. http://asp.lodz.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3647:140114-wyniki-prime-time-2013&catid=41:wydarzenia&Itemid=96&lang=e Prime Time
21. http://www.plasterlodzki.pl/sztuka/rzeba/8920-prime-time-2013-w-centralnym-muzeum-wokiennictwa-foto Prime Time 2013 Muzeum of Textiles
22. http://lodz.gazeta.pl/lodz/51,35153,15333070.html?i=3 Graduation Works Exhibition, in ASP
23. http://m.wyborcza.pl/wyborcza/1,105406,15333070,Wystawa_dyplomow_lodzkiej_ASP__Najlepszy_to____stroje.html Graduation Works Exhibition in ASP
24. http://www.doc.art.pl/sztuka_obiekt_zapis5.htm International Art & Documentation Festival
25. http://www.lodz-art.eu/wydarzenia/sztuka_obiekt_zapis5 International Exhibition: “Art for Documentation – Documentation for the art”, (paragraph#7)
26. http://www.livinggallery.info/text/art_and_documentation2013 Lesniak Anka, Between art and Documentation
27. Milano Expedition, Photos by Agata Materowicz, September 2012
28. A. Materowicz, Agata Materowicz, Video photos presentation: Milan: Me, Here and Now, September 2012
29. Galeria Kobro,‘Exhibition Kobro's House, Photos Agaty Materowicz’, November 2012
30. http://www.artinfo.pl/?pid=catalogs&sp=auction&id=1765&id2=297770&lng=1 Materowicz artwork:I don't give up
31. Group exhibition Corpus, 'Pillow – painting made by Agata Materowicz, Galleria Cobro', February 2012
32. Group Photo Exhibition, Agata Materowicz Galery Ermitaz – Lazienki Królewskie Warsaw, August 2006, Retrieved 03 June 2013
33. http://www.gazetaecho.pl/bedzie-sie-dzialo_20048 Materowicz's solo photo exhibition in Warsaw-Bemowo
34. http://www.childrensbooktrust.com/sicc.htm Shankar’s International Children’s Competition
35. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B98i2xjTQ6YtSE93eEVwQ09fUmc/edit Materowicz Shankar's Letter#1
36. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B98i2xjTQ6YtNElyb0hIa0JRa1E/edit?pli=1 Materowicz Shankar's Letter#2