Dimensions: 20 x 6 x 8 cm
at the base, imprint in the mass: 'MAREK CECUŁA'
State of preservation
no fragment of detail in hand
Biography
One of the most prominent ceramic artists in Poland. From the age of 16 he lived in Israel, later in Brazil, and in 1976 settled in New York, where he founded Modus Design and the Contemporary Porcelain gallery. From 1985 to 2004 he was dean of the Ceramics Department at Parsons School of Design in New York, and also taught as a guest lecturer at the National Academy of the Arts in Bergen. In 2012, he opened Design Centrum Kielce, followed a year later by Ćmielów Design Studio. He is currently a professor at the Royal College of Art in London. Although he has been teaching at prestigious art and design academies for years, the artist himself does not have a degree from any of the schools he attended. He learned his craft through practice: in the countries he lived in and visited, in various studios, communes and kibbutzim. In addition to designing utilitarian objects, Cecula creates art installations with archaeological and anthropological themes that fill entire gallery rooms.
