Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski
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Biography
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1950 Born in Gdansk, Poland
1971-76 Sculpture studies at the State University of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland with Professor A. Wi?niewski and Professor A. Smolana
since 1976 Freelance artist
since 1981 Living and working in Hamburg
By order of the 'Bund der Polen in Deutschland e.V.' (registered association of the Polish in Germany): A monument in memory of the deportees of the Warsaw Rebellion in 1944 for the memorial for the victims of the Nazi concentration camps Neuengamme, Hamburg/Germany - an organization of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg / Germany.
Art awards:
1971 1st prize for sculpture (competition of the State University of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland)
1975 3rd prize for sculpture (art competition of all universities of fine arts throughout Poland)
1978 Awarding at the sculptural form competition within the framework of the Polish Film Festival, Gdansk
1998 1st prize, Prix du Jury, at the 'Salon de Printemps 98', donated by the Luxembourg Department of Cultural Affairs (European competition of Contemporary Art in Luxembourg)
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Statement
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My artistic considerations have concentrated upon exploring wood as a material and upon understanding its structure and its core. The question, to which extent is it legitimate to influence the material by means of intervention without interfering with its identity, has accompanied my work and will continue to accompany my work.
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Exhibitions
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Individual exhibitions
'Der Kunstler und die Natur. Geschichte einer Kollaboration.' (The artist and the nature, a story of a collaboration.) Gallery 'Kunst im Licht' Hamburg / Germany
Jan de Weryha-Wysoczanski. Wooden Objects 1999-2000. Main workshop of the Deutsche Bahn AG , Hamburg / Germany
Wooden objects 1997-2004. DB-Ausbesserungswerk, Hamburg / Germany
Group exhibitions (a selection)
1978 Arsenal, BWA, Poznan / Poland
SARP, Gdansk / Poland
1980 Gallery 'Bei der Komodie', Augsburg / Germany
1983 'Kunstpreis Altona' (Art award Altona), Hamburg / Germany
1988 Lauenburg Academy of Science and Culture, Molln / Germany
1989 'Herbstsalon', Kunsthaus (Art Museum), Hamburg / Germany
'Kunstforum Nord' (Northern art forum), OPD, Hamburg / Germany
1990 Gallery of Visual Arts, Montana / USA
1992 Park Art Center Bozeman, Montana / USA
Western Montana College Dillon, Montana / USA
1993 Paris Gipson Square Museum, Montana / USA
1993 - 1995 'Skulptura im offentlichen Raum' (Skulptura in the open space), Kevelaer / Germany
1996 'Impressionen' (Impressions), Museum Rade near Reinbek castle, Reinbek / Germany
1997 8th Art award of the city of Ebersberg, Ebersberg / Germany
1998 'Salon de Printemps 98', Luxembourg
Exhibition of sculptures in Hamburg-Vierlanden, Hamburg / Germany
Annual exhibition, Ebersberg / Germany
1999 '100 Hamburg artists in the Speicherstadt' , Hamburg / Germany
9th Art award of the city of Ebersberg, Ebersberg / Germany
2002 Galerie am Leewasser, Brunnen / Switzerland
2002 8th Art Exhibition NATUR-MENSCH, (Andreas-Kunstpreis), Sankt Andreasberg / Germany
2004 Galerie ART FORUM, Belgium
2004 Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany
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