Jolanta Wagner
Jolanta Wagner (* 1950 in Łódź ) is a Polish artist and university professor. She creates watercolors , drawings, collages , tapestries , objects and installations. Her husband is the Polish artist Marek Wagner.
From 1967 to 1973 she studied at the Art Academy in Łódź (Polish: Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Władysława Strzemińskiego , then still: Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Sztuk Plastycznych w Łodzi - PWSSP) under Roman Modzelewski and Maria Zielińska . After graduation, she was employed as an assistant in the textile department. Later she was a lecturer at the chair for painting. In 2002 she was appointed professor there. She draws in her own studio; objects and installations are also created here. Wagner's works have been shown at more than 300 solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including in Belgium ( Brussels and Kortrijk ), Denmark ( Løkken and Horsens ), Germany ( Berlin , Düsseldorf , Greiz , Hamburg , Hanover , Magdeburg , Nuremberg and Stuttgart ), France ( Bordeaux and Paris ), Luxembourg, Sweden ( Stockholm ) and the USA ( Cleveland ).
Wagner has won several awards in national and international competitions. At the 2nd Polish Triennial for Watercolors (Polish: II. Ogólnopolskie Triennale Akwareli ) in Lublin in October 1987 she received the 1st prize. She was also awarded the first prize at the painting exhibition "Szlakiem Fałata" of the BWA in Bielsko-Biała in December 1987. She was also awarded at the 2nd Spring Salon (Polish: II Łódzki Salon Wiosenny ) in Łódź in May 1988. At the exhibition " Leon Wyczółkowski " (Polish: Wystawa i Konkurs im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego ) in September 1988 in Bydgoszcz she received an award. She received a "Grand Prix" at the 6th International Biennale for Portrait Painting and Graphics in Tuzla in autumn 1990 and a prize at the 2nd International Drawing Competition in the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw in October 2003. In October 2004 she received an "honorary award" the 4th International Drawing Biennale in Plzeň . Two years later she received the prize of the International Art Association (Europe) in the same place .
“ Jolanta Wagner's art is archetypal and modern at the same time. The original lies in the steady, feminine weaving of the pictures. They are like a spider web of a seemingly mechanical record of events, thoughts and objects that are inscribed in clear structures and orders. Also archetypal is the belief in the power of symbols created in this way - totems and signs with magical powers. Jola Wagner has to believe in this power. How else would she find the strength and perseverance to patiently draw profiles of girls, vases, spoons, garden sheds and cream jars, patiently like a calligrapher - similar to the Irish monk who painted his mythical dragons in the illuminated Gospels? "
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to Anne Schroeder, Jolanta and Marek Wagner , in: Tageblatt (Luxembourg) of April 28, 1995
- ↑ according to Short biography ( memento of the original dated November 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Łódź Art Academy (in English)
- ↑ Wojciech Tuleya, inventories on the website of Galeria Art
Web links
- Artist's website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Jolanta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish artist and university teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łódź |