Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich
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Dorota Dziekiewicz 25 June 1969 Szczecinek, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Education | Józef Petruk and Józef Kopczyński |
| Known for | sculpture, drawing |
| Notable work | Statuette of Fryderyk (annual award in Polish music) |
Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich [dɔrɔˈta d͡ʑekiɛˈvit͡ʂ piˈlix] (born 25 June 1969 in Szczecinek, Poland) is a Polish sculptor and drawing artist.
She passed the matura exam in Liceum im. Księżnej Elżbiety (Lyceum of Princess Elizabeth) in Szczecinek and later Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. She learned sculpturing from Professor Józef Petruk and Professor Józef Kopczyński. She graduated in 1993.
Dziekiewicz-Pilich creates sculptures mainly made of bronze with the lost-wax casting technique. Her favourite types of sculptures are portrait and grotesque. She also makes small forms like: statuettes, medals, commemorative plaques, jewellery and other items.
An important place in Dorota Dziekiewicz-Pilich creations take children topics. She made many sculptures, which in realistic or grotesque ways portray children, their play, dance, dalliance and mischief.
Dziekiewicz-Pilich also creates large sculpturing works like statues: concept and project of the statue commemorating a visit of John Paul II in Piłsudski square, Warsaw (2005), concept of fontain titled "Mali muzykanci z Pruszkowa" (Little musicians from Pruszków) (2009) and the statue of Adam Giedrys in Szczecinek (2009).
In 1993, she was awarded the first prize for the statuette of Bytów town.
In 1996 she won the competition for a concept of the Polish annual music award – the Fryderyk statuette. In 1998, she presented an exhibition titled "Twarze Fryderyków" (Faces of the Fryderyks) held in Galeria Zapiecek. The exhibition presented personalised Fryderyk statuettes and small sculptures of the awarded: Stanisław Sojka, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Grzegorz Turnau, Kayah and Justyna Steczkowska.
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