Statement
My particular area of interest is working with the jewellery and stone. The two has got a hidden value upon which I would like to explore new possibilites and limits.
Elements of arts, craft, and design are the focus on my future research in the field of jewellery. Contemporary ways of expressing form and contents are particulary interesting to me. Searching the possibilities, experiences, feelings and working with material give me an incredible pleasure.
The material becomes the mirror of my thoughts and the experience of visual form. Feeling the material qualities, listening to its meaning, and opening to the context becomes an opportunity to create objects that speak their own language.
Sara Gackowska / 1987 / live in Międzychód / Poland
Education:
| 2015-2017 | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Management and Visual Culture, Pedagogical studies- artistic education, Warsaw, Poland |
| 2011-2013 | M. A. Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Industrial Design, Gdańsk, Poland |
| 2012 | Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Exchange student, Jewellery art, Imatra, Finland |
| 2007-2011 | B. A. Koszalin University of Technology, Design Institute, Industrial Design, Koszalin, Poland |
| 2009-2010 | Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, Exchange student, Jewellery art, Imatra, Finland |
| 2011 | Design Management, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland |
Exhibitions:
| 2018 | ILLUSION, XXVII Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland |
| 2018 | METAMORPHOSIS- solo exhibition, Gallery YES, Design Festiwal Poznań, Poland |
| 2018 | LOEWE CRAFT PRIZE, Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, London Craft Week DESIGN MUSEUM London/UK |
| 2018 | TRANSFORMATION, Munich Jewelry Week, Gothar Lothar Atelier Munich, Germany |
| 2017/2018 | 2 GDAŃSK AMBER BALTIC BIENNALE, „Baltic Amber. Tradition and Innovation.”, European Solidarity Center in Gdańsk, Poland/ Gallery Villa de Bondt, Ghent, Belgium/ TOUR&TAXIS, The Royal Depot, Bruxelles/ CERAMIC MUSEUM, Valencia , MELTING POINT 2018, Spain |
| 2017 | ŁÓDŹ YOUNG FASHION ,”Softly Touched”, Galeria OdNowa, Łódź, Poland |
| 2017 | 5 Years Retrospective Steinbeisser’s Experimental Gastronomy, Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy in Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2017 | RADIANT PAVILION, Melbourne Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennial, “Material Thought”, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2017 | Merging, duo exhibition together with Federica Sala, 84 GHz Gallery, Munich, Germany/ Gallery of Art in Legnica – Jewellery Silver Festival , Poland |
| 2017 | Polish Design. Tomorrow is Today, Salone Del Mobile 2017, Superstudio Piu, Milan Design Week, Italy |
| 2017 | SCHMUCK 2017, International Handwermesse, selection by Cornelie Holzach, Munich, Germany |
| 2017 | NATURE MORTE: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate Still life Nature, National Museum in Wrocław, Poland |
| 2017 | Between the Object and Jewellery, solo exhibition, Regional Muzeum in Międzychód, Poland |
| 2017 | Amber and Design, Amber Museum in Gdańsk, Poland |
| 2016 | TRIPLE PARADE, Dialogue across You and Me to Them: Creator, Wearer, Viewer, SHENGXI Art Museum Tianjin / GAUGUIN Gallery, Beijing , China |
| 2016 | Steinbeisser Experimental Gastronomy, Merian Garten, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2016 | CITY,XXV Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland |
| 2016 | Design: LAB-design: HUB, 10 years of jewellery design at the Academy of Fine Arts, Amber Museum, Gdańsk, Poland/ Ningbo Science Exploration Center, Polish Institute in Beijng, China |
| 2016 | From the Ornament to the Announcement, From the Collection of the Gallery of Art in Legnica, Galerie N, Jablonec, Czech Republic |
| 2015 | KORU5, International Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra / Vaasa Art Hall, Vaasa, Finland |
| 2015 | SURFACING, duo exhibition with Patricia Domingue, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2015 | BOUNDARIES, XXIV Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland |
| 2015 | Zlokalizowani, Exhibition of Young Tricity Designers, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdańsk, Poland |
| 2014 | MARI FUNAKI AWARD FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2014 | CLASSIC, XXIII Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland JOYA, Art Jewellery Fair, presentation Gallery of Art in Legnica, Barcelona, Spain Gallery N, Jablonec, Czech Republic / Gallery Yes, Poznań / Inhorgenta International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany / International Fair Amberif, Gdańsk / Gallery Otwarta, Sandomierz, Poland |
| 2014 | Silver Schools, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Legnica Cultural Centre, Legnica, Poland |
| 2014 | Art use(d), Presentations 2013, National Jewellery Competition, Legnica, Poland Łódź Design Festiwal – Gallery Adi Art, Łódź / Gallery Otwarta, Sandomierz, Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER |
| 2014 | Materia Prima, Amberif Design Award, 18th International Competition, Gdańsk, Legnica, Poland |
| 2014 | Amber in Contemporary Art Jewellery, Art Gallery Putti, Riga, Latvia |
| 2014 | Jewelry of emerging artist, Dojima Rhizome Gallery, Osaka, Japan |
| 2013 | The Art of Copper, The Gallery of Art Legnica, Legnica, Poland |
| 2013 | 3rd International Amber Art Prize of the Baltic Sea, Amber Museum, Ribnitz – Damgarten, Germany |
| 2013 | Jewellery in Proximity, Re:view Gallery, Detroit, USA |
| 2013 | Graduation Show, Gdynia Design Days, Gdynia Design Centre, Gdynia, Poland |
| 2013 | 4our Artist Exhibition, Gallery Maruni, Kobe, Japan |
| 2013 | REVOLT, XXII Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland JOYA, Art Jewellery Fair, presentation Gallery of Art in Legnica, Barcelona, Spain Gallery N, Jablonec, Czech Republic / Gallery Yes, Poznań / Inhorgenta International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany / International Amberif, Gdańsk, Poland |
| 2013 | THIS END UP, SNAG conference, Toronto, Canada |
| 2012 | Baltic Amber Festiwal, Hong Kong, China |
| 2012 | TALENTE, Internationale Handwerkmesse, Munich, Germany |
| 2012 | N:Joy, Amberif Design Award, 16th International Competition, Fairs AMBERIF, Gdańsk, Poland |
| 2012 | RITUAL, XXI Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland Gallery N, Jablonec, Czech Republic / Gallery Yes, Poznań / Inhorgenta International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany / International Fair Amberif, Gdańsk, Poland |
| 2011 | SEXY, XXth Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland Gallery N, Jablonec, Czech Republic / Gallery Yes, Poznań / Inhorgenta International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany / International Fair Amberif, Gdańsk, Poland / MBWA Leszno |
| 2010 | Stone Matters II, Sieraad International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2010 | Stone Matters I, Inhorgenta Europe-International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany |
| 2009 | Green, students exibitions, Taidemuseo, Imatra, Finland |
Seminars / Workshops:
| 2012 | Koru IV, Symposium, Imatra, Finland |
| 2012 | Lahti Korut, Jewelry Seminar, World Design Capital Helsinki, Finland |
| 2012 | Artistic Presentation, workshop -Tanel Veenre |
| 2012 | The Methods of Jewellery, Eija Mustonen, Imatra, Finland |
| 2010 | New Folk Design, workshop (company W.KRUK), Poznań, Poland |
| 2010 | Enamel workshop, Mia Maljojoki, Imatra, Finland |
| 2010 | Jewellery Art, Helena Lehtinen, Imatra Finland |
| 2009 | Skill, THINK TANK, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2009 | Jewellery in the Nordic Countries Yesterday and Today, Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2009 | Koru III, Symposium and workshop (Materialistic drawing, Constanze Schreiber) Imatra, Finland |
| 2009 | Stone Work, Tarja Tuupanen, Imatra, Finlandia |
| 2009 | Archive, Nelli Tanner, Imatra, Finland |
Jury Experience:
| 2018 | Jury member of 27th International Jewellery Competition ILLUSION, with: David Bielander , Norman Cherry, Sławomir Fijałkowski, Nanna Melland |
Teaching experience:
| 2017-now | Assistant, Department of Visual Art, UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| 2015 | “Surfacing” workshop & seminar (lecture) Creating individual / collective alphabets, Studio Northcity 4, Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia |
Awards:
| 2017 | Scholarships „Young Poland” 2017 by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage |
| 2016 | TRIPLE PARADE, Honorable Mention for the Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition Dialogue across You and me Me to Them: Creator, Wearer, Viewer. |
| 2015 | BOUNDARIES, XXIV Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland – Honourable Mention of the Goldsmithing Artists’ Association – statuette |
| 2014 | MARI FUNAKI AWARD FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY – emerging prize |
| 2013 | REVOLT / XXII Legnica International Jewellery Competition – The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland – 2nd Award of the Marshall of the Lower Silesia Province |
| 2012 | AMBERIF DESIGN AWARD N:JOY – Grand Prix |
| 2012 | AMBER AND FOOTBALL, Honourable Mention of International Amber Association, Gdańsk |
| 2011 | SEXY / XXth Legnica International Jewellery Competition, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland – Honourable Mention of the Director Gallery of Art in Legnica |
Publications:
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BOUNDARIES, XXIV Legnica International Jewellery Competition 2015, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland
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AMBER IN CONTEMPORARY ART JEWELLERY / Art Gallery Putti / Riga 2014 / Latvia
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MIĘDZYNARODOWA KOLEKCJA WSPÓŁCZESNEJ SZTUKI ZŁOTNICZEJ / The Gallery of Art in Legnica 2014 / Poland
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Silver Schools, The Gallery of Art in Legnica 2014 /Poland
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CLASSIC / XXIIIth Legnica International Jewellery Competition 2014,Legnica, Poland
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TREND BOOK 2014+, Sławomir Fijałkowski, Gdańsk 2013
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REVOLT / XXII Legnica International Jewellery Competition 2013/ Legnica/ Poland
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TREND BOOK 2013+, Sławomir Fijałkowski / Gdańsk 2013
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TALENTE 2012 / Internationale Handwerkmesse / Munich/ Germany
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Amberif Design Award 2012 / International Fairs AMBERIF / Gdańsk / Poland
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RITUAL / XXI Legnica International Jewellery Competition 2012 / Legnica / Poland
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TREND BOOK 2012+, Sławomir Fijałkowski / Gdańsk 2012
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SEXY / XXth Legnica International Jewellery Competition 2011 / Legnica / Poland
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International Jewellery Art Fair SIERAAD 2010 / The Netherlands
Articles:
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Architecture AU,Unnatural phenomena: Patricia Correira Domingues and Sara Gackowska, author: Eli Gianinni, 15 June 2015 / Klimt 02 International Jewellery, 6 July 2015
http://klimt02.net/forum/articles/unnatural-phenomena-patricia-correia-domingues-and-sara-gackowska-eli-giannini -
Art Jewelry Forum, MARI FUNAKI AWARD FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY, author: Bonnie Levine, 26 August 2014
http://www.artjewelryforum.org/galleries/mari-funaki-award-for-contemporary-jewelry -
CRAFT ARTS INTERNATIONAL, Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewelry, author: Eli Gianinni, Issue 93, 2015
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STONE IDEAS, Natural Stone Jewelry, May 2013
http://www.stone-ideas.com/2013/05/22/design-natural-stone-jewelry/ -
amber.com.pl, Playing with the Material – an Interview with Sara Gackowska, author: Anna Sado, 17 March 2012
http://www.amber.com.pl/en/news/interviews/item/1800-playing-with-the-material-an-interview-with-sara-gackowska -
Magazine Goldschmiede Zeitung nr.12 June / 86-89 pages
Works in collections:
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International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery Art, The Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland
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Amber Museum in Gdańsk, Poland
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Private collections