Tomasz KOCLĘGA, Tenentes Perfectum, 2018.

Tomasz KOCLĘGA (b. 1968, Zawiercie)
Tenentes Perfectum, 2018.
bronze, glass, corten steel base, 40 x 30 x 18 cm
signed on the bottom of the base: 'Koclęga 2020, 6/10'
author's hologram on the bottom of the base

Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Works at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. He cultivates sculpture. He has received numerous awards at international snow sculpture competitions: The Bronze Award in Harbin, China (2015); The Best Craetivity Award in Harbin, China ( twice: 2014 and 2016); The Fourth Prize in Sapporo, Japan (twice: 2015, 2017); Award of Nayoro City in Nayoro, Japan (2016) and The Audience Award in Krasnoyarsk,Russia (2017). He has outdoor sculptures permanently installed in public spaces in the USA, Czech Rep. and Poland. He has repeatedly presented his sculptures in public spaces, various cities at home and abroad, including Prague (Czech Rep.), St. Louise (USA) Bratislava (Slovakia), Wiener Neustadt (Austria), Gutersloh (Germany), Zlin (Rep. Czech Republic), Sapporo, (Japan), Krasnoyarsk (Russia), Vallorie (France), Nayoro (Japan), Harbin (China), Klenova (Czech Rep.), and in Wroclaw, Katowice, Gdansk, Krakow, Gliwice, Zabrze, Bytom, Swietochlowice, Pabianice, Chelmek, Cieszyn, Zawiercie, Chrzanow, Sosnowiec, Siemianowice, Pacoltov, Górki Wielkie and others. The artist's last solo exhibition was presented from June to August this year in the gardens of the Polish Embassy in Prague (Fürstenberg Palace Garden).