Maciej Kasperski

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“I am interested in the mutual relations between form and function of an object. It is connected with my belief in an exceptional aesthetic value of every-day items. Functionality comes for me as a starting point for analysing an aesthetic form.

I aspire to make art understandable, if not on the level of rational or intelectual analysis, then at least on the level of feelings, senses or aesthetic pleasure.” Maciej Kasperski

Maciej Kasperski was born in 1969. In 1996 graduated from Ceramics and Glass Department of Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. At present, he is a tutor at the Ceramics Faculty of AFA in Wrocław.

Maciej Kasperski’s C.V. (resume) – View his works

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1997 – Scent – BWA Glass and Ceramics Gallery, Wrocław
2000 – Ceramics & Drawing – Epicentrum Gallery, Jastrzębie-Zdrój
2002 – Mack – BWA Glass and Ceramics Gallery, Wrocław
2003 – Ars Amandi – Muza Gallery, Lubin
2003 – Three Elements – Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec
2005 – Ctrl C, Ctrl V – Epicentrum Gallery, Jastrzębie-Zdrój
2007 – Ctrl C, Ctrl V – BWA Glass and Ceramics Gallery, Wrocław
2007 – Ctrl C, Ctrl V – Browar Mieszczański, Wrocław
2009 – To Look or to Use? – Winda Gallery, Kielce
2009 – To Look or to Use? – Marquardt Gallery, Łódź
2009 – To Look or to Use? – Długa Gallery, Bolesławiec
2009 – 12+1 – BB Gallery, Kraków

Selected group exhibitions:
1997 – Form´97 (competition) – International Fair, Poznań
1998 – Youth Ceramics – Wzgórze Zamkowe, Lubin
1998 – Unknown Ceramics – History of Industry Museum, Opatówek; BWA Design Gallery, Wrocław; Museum of Applied Arts, Poznań
1998 – Design of the Young – Institute of Industrial Design, Warsaw
2000 – Polish Ceramicists – University Art Gallery, Akron (Ohio/USA)
2003 – Wroclaw Garden of Ceramics – History of Industry Museum, Opatówek; BWA Gallery, Wrocław; Zamek Książąt Pomorskich, Szczecin
2003 – Black-and-White – BWA Glass and Ceramics Gallery, Wrocław; BB Gallery, Kraków
2003 – High Fever – Jatki, Wrocław
2003 – 2nd International Drawing Competition – Architecture Museum, Wrocław
2003 – Miscellanies – Nizio Gallery, Warsaw
2004 – 2nd International Drawing Competition – Kielce, Sandomierz, Częstochowa, Leszno
2004 – Egeria – Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Ostrów Wielkopolski
2004 – Bread and Art or Art and Bread, vol. I Silos – Mamut Bakery, Wrocław
2004 – Youth Ceramics, First Fire – Wzgórze Zamkowe, Lubin
2004 – Design.PL – Polish Institute, Budapest (Hungary)
2004 – Polish Ceramics and Glass of XXth – National Museum, Wrocław
2005 – 1, 2, 3… Countdown – BB Gallery Wrocław, Kraków
2005 – Tygiel Artystyczny – Modlin
2005 – Geformte Erde – Schwandorf-Fronberg (Niemcy)
2005 – Sculpture, Lower Silesian Art Exhibitions (competition) – BWA Awangarda Gallery, Wrocław
2005 – Wroclaw Genius Loci – Art Fair – Salzburg (Austria)
2006 – Figura a Struktura – El Gallery, Elbląg; Gdańsk
2006 – Wieżowce Wrocławia – Muzeum Narodowe, Wrocław
2006 – Other Media, Lower Silesian Art Exhibitions (competition) – BWA Awangarda Gallery, Wrocław
2006 – Gebrannte Kunst, Wroclaw School of Ceramics – Villa Streccius Gallery, Landau (Germany)
2007 – Narrative Keramik, Ceramic Art from Eastern Europe – Ceramic Museum Westerwald, Höhr-Grenzhausen 2007 – (Germany); Galerie Freihausgasse Villach (Austria)
2007 – Céramique du verre – Rabat (Marocco)
2007 – Spiral of Time – Pod plafonem Gallery, Wrocław
2007 – Wrocław Ceramic Art – New Approaches, New Artists – Art Gallery Wozownia, Toruń
2007 – 8th Biennal International de Cermica (competition) – Manises (Spain)
2007 – 31st International Ceramics Symposium – Porcelain in Other Way – Muzeum Miejskie, Wałbrzych
2008 – Aus polnischen Feuern – Brigitte Knyrim Gallery, Regensburg (Germany)
2008 – Sconce – Browar Mieszczański, Wrocław
2008 – 8th International Ceramics Competition Mino (Japan)
2009 – Schätze aus Breslau – Buttenheim (Germany)
2009 – Design-Antidesign, Lower Silesian Art Exhibitions (competition) – Museum of Architecture, Wrocław
2009 – 4th International small-form porcelain exhibition – Porcelain Museum, Riga (Latvia)
2009 – 4th International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Kunstforum – Vienna (Austria)

Symposia:
1996 – Autorsje`96, Interdisciplinary Symposium, Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
1999 – 35th International Ceramics and Sculpture Workshop, Bolesławiec
2000 – 36th International Ceramics and Sculpture Workshop, Bolesławiec
2000 – Art of Fire – wood firing ceramics, Luboradow
2007 – 31st International Ceramics Symposium – Porcelain in Other Way, Wałbrzych

Awards and honour mentions:
2000 – Artist in Residence University of Akron, Ohio – USA
2003 – Honourable Mention in competition LED ART, 9th International Light Fair in Warsaw
2008 – Nomination of the Association Polish Artists and Designers ‘Work of the Year 2008’
2008 – Honourable Mention of the 8th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan (category dizajn)
2009 – Grant from the Marshall’s Office in Wrocław
2010 – Grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Publications:
1999 – “ 35th International Ceramics and Sculpture Workshop in Bolesawiec”, p.9 (text: Adriana Sarnowicz), pub. BOK Bolesławiec
2000 – “ 36th International Ceramics and Sculpture Workshop in Bolesawiec”, p.9 (text: Maria Jeżewska), pub. BOK Bolesławiec
2002 – “MACK”, exhibition catalogue, p. 5 (introduce: Krzysztof Rozpondek), Pub. BWA Gallery, Wrocław
2002 – “Ceramicy w Plenerze” – , p. 12, Oko, nr.1 (6)2002, pub. AFA Wrocław
2004 – “Młodzi ceramicy wrocławscy”, p. 57, ODRA 5/rok XLIV
2004 – “Ceramika i Szkło Polskie XX wieku”, katalog zbiorów Muzeum Narodowego we Wrocławiu
2006 – “Wrocław Sztuki”, str. 225, 241, 328 (tekst: Barbara Banaś), wyd. ASP Wrocław
2007 – “Ceramika Wrocławska – nowe postawy, nowi twórcy”, str. 3, wyd. Galeria Sztuki Wozownia, Toruń; ZPAP Wrocław
2008 – “Sawdust Kiln” – “Sawdust Kiln”, the catalogue of Festival of High Temperatures, p. 16-17, pub. AFA Wrocław
2008 – “Between Handicraft and Industrial Production”, p. 30-47, Dyskurs, nr 8, pub. AFA Wrocław
2009 – “500 Ceramic sculptures: contemporary practice, singular works”, p. 93, Larks Books, New York/London
2009 – “Contemporary Ceramics”, Emmanuel Cooper, p. 129, 174, 293, pub. Thames&Hudson, London
2010 – “Ceramics Today”, Jeffrey B. Snyder, pub. Schiffer Books

Works in collections:
– National Museum, Wrocław
– Muzeum of Academy of Fine Art and Design, Wrocław
– Museum of Ceramics, Bolesławiec
– University of Akron, Ohio – USA

Exhibitions under his curatoring:
2000 – International Ceramics Workshop Luboradów – Museum ASP, Wrocław
2006 – Wystawa Rzeźb Ogrodowych studentów Katedry Ceramiki, Piknik Ceramiczny – AFA Wrocław
2007 – Wroclaw Ceramic Art – new Approaches, new Artists – Wozownia Art Gallery, Toruń
2008 – International Ceramics Workshop – International Youth Meeting Center, Krzyżowa
2009 – Design-Antydesign – Museum of Architecture, Wrocław (exhibition commissar)
2009 – International Ceramics Workshop – International Youth Meeting Center, Krzyżowa