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.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 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.Video interview with Agata Materowicz, EMI DVD-"Small Handful of Life" memories of Anna Jantar i Jaroslaw Kukulski January 2013Iza Parynow, Renata Jarecka, Whatever was sent by fate would be lost , InfoPl, 30 October 2010Bloog Anna Jantar, First logo of Agata Materowicz: Bursztyn Fan Club’Memories of Anna Jantar,‘Agata Materowicz: In memory of Anna JantarAnna Jantar i Jaroslaw Kukulski, In memory of Anna Jantar: Small Handful of Life – Agaty Materowicz, November 2012Natalia Kukulska Bloog, In memory of Anna Jantar: Small Handful of Life – Agaty Materowicz 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) Headdress (Pioropusz), Natalia Kukulska Warsaw, Retrieved, 04 November 2014 Headdress (Pioropusz), Natalia Kukulska, Retrieved 04 November 2014Pioropusz – new song, new video idea Retrieved 04 November 2014Natalia KukulskaMarek Skrobecki 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 2013Scholarship Marshal of Łódź , 2013 2011 – Award Gallery Kobro in 29 Strzeminskiego Competition at ASP Łódź29 Strzeminskiego Competition, ASP Łódź, ‘Award Galerii Kobro Agata Materowicz, position 34, 26 April 2012 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.Warsaw City Council Warsaw-News, Agata Materowicz, Photo Competition: My way of seeing Warsaw , 29 October 2007, Retrieved 03 June 2013M. Rychter, T. Bonda, ‘Agata Materowicz: Golden children, Tygodnik Wprost, Nr13/2008 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"ALTER EGO” 2007 – "The Four Eyes" – Art Gallery „Ogrod” – JablonnaM. Smolinski, Council Jablonna, Materowicz's Photo exhibition, Gallery Ogrod 9 Maj, 2008, Retrieved 03 June 2013 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), WrocławGallery Neon Exhibition Wroclaw , The News ASP, Łódź, 2014 2014 – Museum of Textiles "Prime Time", Łódź Prime Time , Muzeum of Textiles, Łódź, 2014Prime Time 2013 Muzeum of Textiles , Plaster Łódzki, 25 January 2014 Graduation Works Exhibition, in ASP , Gazeta Łódzka, 24 January 2014Graduation Works Exhibition in ASP , Gazeta Wyborcza 24 January 2014 2013 – International Festiwal "Art & Documentation", ŁódźInternational Art & Documentation Festival, Łódź, April 2013International Exhibition: “Art for Documentation – Documentation for the art”, (paragraph#7), Anka Lesniak, Retrieved 17 June 2013Lesniak Anka, Between art and Documentation, Living Gallery, July 2013 2013 – Exhibition:"Boat from Łódź". Work exhibition- "Brick Boat", Strzegom 2013 – Professors and students post symposium exhibition:"Me, Here and Now" Gallery Kobro – ŁódźMilano Expedition, Photos by Agata Materowicz , September 2012A. Materowicz, Agata Materowicz, Video photos presentation: Milan: Me, Here and Now, September 2012 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 KobroGaleria Kobro,‘Exhibition Kobro's House, Photos Agaty Materowicz’, November 2012 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.Materowicz artwork:I don't give up ArtInfo,2012 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 ŁódźGroup exhibition Corpus, 'Pillow – painting made by Agata Materowicz, Galleria Cobro', February 2012 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,Group Photo Exhibition, Warsaw, August 2006, Retrieved 03 June 2013 Warsaw, Zielona Gora, Deblin. 2005 – Photo Exhibition:"Remember the Summer", Warsaw – BemowoMaterowicz's solo photo exhibition in Warsaw-Bemowo, Gazeta Echo, 25 Maj 2007 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 Shankar’s International Children’s Competition , DelhiMaterowicz Shankar's Letter#1Materowicz Shankar's Letter#2
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
References
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
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