Piotr Michnikowski, Checkered abstract.
Raku ceramics, 19 cm x 19 cm, in frame 40 cm x 40 cm.
Piotr Michnikowski
Artist-sculptor, born in Warsaw in 1960. Graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, received his diploma in the sculpture department in the studio of Prof. Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz in 1985. He deals with sculpture in a wide range of areas: small sculptural forms in bronze, ceramics - mainly treated as a way to create sculptures in the RAKU technique, auxiliary metalwork and work in wood, building musical instruments, creating abstract spatial constructions from various materials. One of his characteristic and unique projects is a series of ceramic paintings using the painterly nature of ceramic glazes, created mainly according to his own recipes. He is also the author of statuettes and medals that constitute awards at film festivals, among others: Pola Negri Award- an award of the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles, Warsaw Phoenix- an award of the Jewish Film Festival, Annual PISF statuettes- an award of the Polish Film Institute. Annual Lewada Art Cup statuettes - awards related to equestrianism.
