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Marta Klonowska (born in 1964, Warsaw)[1] is a Polish glass maker who is best known for her many animal sculptures. She often depicts animals with a relationship to historical figures or paintings, in natural poses using broken colored glass (cf. Lynx After a Sketchbook Page by Albrecht Durer).[2][3] Her works have been shown are included in collections internationally, including London, Paris, Berlin, and a solo show in Japan.[4]

Biography

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Marta was born in Warsaw, Poland where she began her craft as an artist, and now lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland (1987–1989),[1] where she studied with A.R. Penck.[5] Glass quickly became her favorite artistic medium from which most of her art is created. Marta found inspiration for her work in paintings from great historical figures, in which their pets, mostly dogs, where depicted as a symbol of wealth and power.[1]

Career

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Marta Klonowska attempts to "create installations which should lead the audience into a new universe.”[6] The sense of a theatrical stage the animals and caregivers are presented in is an attempt to blend the realities together to make her audience think of the uncertainties of life.[6]

Klonowska's work is included in the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung Foundation, Munich;[7] the Boca Raton Museum of Art,[8][9] the Corning Museum of Glass, New York;[2] the Gerisch Sculpture Park, Neumünster, DE;[4] the Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany;[10] the Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf;[11] the Glasmuseum Hentrich, Düsseldorf; and the Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries.[12][13]

Marta Klonowska has exhibited in galleries including several exhibitions (2005 to 2015) at the Lorch+Seidel Galerie in Berlin.[14] She participated in the event Glasstress(2011, 2013), Venice, which traveled world-wide.[9][15] Her work was part of the temporary exhibition Glassfever (2016), Dordrecht.[16] A solo show "Marta Klonowska - Istota", was held at the Toyama Glass Art Museum in Toyama, Japan in 2019.[4]

Awards and honors

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Marta Klonowska has been an Artist in Residence(1999) at the Cité International des Arts, Paris, and an Artist in Residence (2002) at the Akerby Skulpturpark. She was a finalist for the Bombay Sapphire Prize (2006), London.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Artist: Marta Klonowska". Habatat Galleries. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Lynx After a Sketchbook Page by Albrecht Durer". Corning Museum of Glass. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Marta Klonowska Assembles Shards of Glass into Delicate Sculptures of Animals". Inhabitat. February 18, 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Geil, Thorsten (3 April 2019). "Neumünster Gerisch-Park Stiftungs-Hund "Baron" reist nach Japan". Kieler Nachrichten (Kiel News). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Marta Klonowska - "My glass animals open a new reality."". Porta Polonica. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Lifelike Animals Formed From Shattered Glass". My Modern Met. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  7. ^ Tatelman, Anna (January 30, 2012). "Opening: Disparate works brought together "In the Name of Love" at The Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung". Urban Glass. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Boca Museum will exhibit the largest glass art collection in the country in January". Southern Palm Beach County. December 24, 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. ^ a b Murray, Mary (March 1, 2017). "The Best of Glasstress". Palm Beach Illustrated. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  10. ^ "The Morning Walk, after Thomas Gainsborough, 1785" (PDF). New Glass Review 31. The Corning Museum of Glass: 106. 2010.
  11. ^ "MARTA KLONOWSKA AT MUSEUM KUNSTPALAST / DÜSSELDORF". Berengostudio. September 28, 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Les Musées de l'Avesnois MusVerre, musée du verre de Sars Poteries". Sars Poteries. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  13. ^ "MUSVERRE". Glass is More!. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Marta Klonowska". L+S. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  15. ^ Khan, Tabish (17 March 2017). "Spectacular Art Made From Glass In Glasstress". Londonist. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Marta Klonowska". Glasstress (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-03-25.
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