Mirek Baranski

Mirek Baranski , Polish Mirosław Barański , (born July 27, 1959 in Tolkmicko near Elbing ) is a Polish Roman Catholic priest , ceramic artist and graphic artist living in Vienna .

Life

Baranski passed the Matura at the Gymnasium for Fine Arts in Gdynia-Orłowo . In 1987 he graduated from the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Kraków. In the same year he was ordained a priest in Cracow. Since 1997 he has been working as a teacher and pastor in Vienna. From 2006 to 2007 he was chaplain in Maria Treu and since 2008 he has been pastor in the Piarist Church of Maria Treu (Vienna) .

He is a versatile artist; In addition to ceramic art, he is interested in painting, graphics and book illustration. He exhibited his work in Munich, Valencia, Osaka, Kraków, Katowice, Vienna and in the Austrian Thürnthal Castle. In 2001 he took part in the ceramics workshop in Nowy Wiśnicz and a year later in the International Ceramics and Sculpture Workshop in Bolesławiec (German: Bunzlau, Lower Silesia). In 2007 he exhibited his work at the International Exhibition Prague Contemporary Ceramic Art.

He is the initiator and organizer as well as artistic curator and participating artist of the international exhibition series "Ceramic Art from Central and Eastern Europe" in the Art Forum Piarists. In 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2013, works by important ceramic artists from Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Ukraine, Spain, Taiwan and Mexico were presented to the Viennese public. His last solo exhibition for the time being took place in December 2011 at the Kunstforum Piaristen in Vienna.

He is a member of the Association of Polish Visual Artists ZPAP .

Web links

• Homepage Art Forum Piarists [2]
• Homepage Piarist Parish Maria Treu [3]

Individual evidence

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