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AZ ART Warsaw

Poland

AZ ART from Warsaw, Poland, a group of art merchants and consultants with worldwide partnerships, is presenting two remarkable artists at the Zurich Art Fair: Marek Sulek and Dobiesław Gala.

AZ ART team was involved in organising the exhibitions of contemporary Polish artists such as Wojciech Siudmak, Józef Wilkoń, Adam Bakalarz, Anna Wysocka, Aleksandra Prusinowska, Tomasz Sętowski, The Krasnals, Justyna Grzebieniowska, Paulina Domagalska, Bartek Stypka and Mark Gray.
The "Laboratorium Rzeźby" (Sculpture Laboratory), the largest Polish sculpture exhibition, has been held three times. Each edition presents between 100 and 160 works by a few dozen artists; the list of artists participating in the last edition is as follows: Stanisław Babik, Bartosz Banasik, Zbigniew Blajerski, Katarzyna Bułka-Matłacz, Mariusz Dydo, Mirosław Gołofit, Jan Gostyński, Zuzanna Grochowska, Tomasz Górnicki, Małgorzata Jabłońska, Maciej Januszewski, Jerzy Kędziora, Tomasz Koclęga, Monika Katarzyna Koprowska, Dorota Koziara, Bartosz Ługowski, Natalia Magalska, Konrad Makowski, Dagmara Malinowska, Alicja Motyka, Klaudia Nachumeniuk, Marika Nowak, Michał Puszczyński, Tomasz Radziewicz, Alicja Sidorowicz, Mateusz Sikora, Weronika Surma, Arkadiusz Szwed, Bartosz Śnieciński, Patrycja Załucka and Marek Zyga.

Other highlights included sculpture exhibitions by Rafał Olbiński and Zdzisław Beksiński, a photography exhibition by Kalua K. Krynska, and an exhibition by Jurek Owsiak (art collector and founder of the Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy Foundation).
The most important exhibitions organised by AZ ART in the Sułek Art Space in 2023 were exhibitions with the Centrum Praskie Koneser, Warsaw, and artists Marta Bystroń, Praskie Aniołki, Bożena Wiślicka and Piotr Piecko.

Marek Sułek

Marek Sułek (born 1963 in Tarnów) is a Polish multidisciplinary artist. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
He was a lecturer at the European Academy of Photography in Warsaw. Since completing his studies, Marek Sułek has been active in the European art scene, creating projects such as the cycle 'The Spheres of Unreal Reality' and 'Destruction=Creation'. His works have been exhibited in the urban spaces of Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Antwerp, The Hague, Sarajevo and a number of Polish cities - Krakow, Gdansk, Toruñ, Warsaw.

Sułek is the creator of a concept called 'Extraordinary Warsaw', which consists of a number of urban projects such as the floating sculpture Paper Boat, Disposable Sculpture - Mariensztat, The Pink Tree near the Palace of Culture in Warsaw, Red on Grey - De Gaulle Roundabout and the sculpture of a little refugee near the UN roundabout. Marek Sułek was twice nominated to represent Warsaw at the World Expositions - Expo 2000 in Hanover and Expo 2015 in Milan. In New York City, the artist realised a significant sculpture in the central part of the city - The Piece of Sky over Manhattan, created in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, the Institute of Polish Culture and the New York City. The Irish Saint Patrick Foundation awarded him a grant to create the project for the New Children's Hospital in Warsaw (an installation of 200 sculptures). In 2018 he received an official grant from the City of Warsaw.

Dobiesław Gała

Dobiesław Gała (born 1975), PhD, assistant professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and vice-dean at the Faculty of Sculpture.
Dobiesław Gała was distinguished by the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, where he collaborated with the world-famous sculptor, Prof. Tim Scott. Dobiesław Gała's talent was appreciated by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, awarding him creative scholarships. He was honored with the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture for his entire achievements. He is, among others, laureate and winner of the Grand Prix of the 10th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing and prestigious price Orły "Wprost" 2024 for his infuence in polish culture.
In Italy, renowned curators and art critics, including Dr. Francesco Saveiro Russo and Dr. Sandro Serradifalco, were delighted with Dobiesław Gała's work, awarding him the Phoenix Prize in April 2024 for his entire artistic output, the stylistic content of his works, and the media introduced by Dobiesław Gała, which influence the innovative form of his works and, at the same time, the development of the discipline of sculpture. In June 2024, Dobiesław Gała was awarded the International Artistic Career Award 2024, awarded by the Constanza Foundation in Florence, and in July 2024, the International Artistic Prize awarded by the Effetto Arte Foundation for innovative artistic creation, the influence on the development of the discipline of sculpture, and the protection and correctness of cultural activities that include environmental activities.
His works were presented at over 90 individual and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad. The last three years have definitely been his. Individual exhibitions, in renowned galleries and museums in Italy, including Treviso, Como and Lugano in Switzerland, in Monaco and Venice. His innovative art is appreciated in his native Krakow.
It was a beautiful illustration of the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of Arena Krakow, becoming a permanent, timeless symbol of the birthday. Dobiesław Gała's works can be found in private collections, museums and galleries in Poland and abroad, such as the USA, China, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Slovakia, France and Germany.