Boguslaw Zen
Born in Wroclaw in 1963. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw at the Faculty of Sculpture, where he received his diploma in 1997. During his studies he also did a course in historic preservation. Since graduation, he has been professionally engaged in sculpture in stone, wood, bronze, sculpture installation, he also creates small sculptural forms of medals. Since 2003 he also deals with sculpture in perishable materials, sculpture of short duration, i.e. he sculpts in ice, snow and sand.
One of his favorite arts is drawing. He lives and works in Wroclaw.
MAJOR SCULPTURAL REALIZATIONS:
- Sculpture POLONIA, Wądroże Wielkie
- Monument to Christ in Polkowice( 3.3m high sandstone)
- Monument to John Paul II in Milicz (3.4m high bronze)
- Side altar in the Church of the Fathers of St. John of God in Wroclaw (restoration)
- Main altar in the Theological Seminary in Wroclaw (sandstone)
- Sculpture of a knight on top of a palace in Kwietno, Lower Silesia, and conservation of historic ceilings in the palace
- 1996 Medal for Cuprum Bank, 2nd prize in the competition realization
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS:
- 2020 - Jubilee exhibition 4x6x25, 25 years of creative work Arsenal Wroclaw.
- 2019 - Individual exhibition Oborniki Śl.
- 2018 - sculpture in sand "Marshal Józef Piłsudski" in Legnica
- 2018 - International festival of ice sculpture Pakruojos Dwaras ,Lithuania
- 2018 - International Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival Harbin, China
- 2016 - Exhibition of ice sculptures ,Berlin,Germany
- 2016 - Individual exhibition of sculpture "Gallery Na Wprost "Ilawa".
- 2015 - XXVII Exhibition of Art of the Copper Belt,Legnica
- 2014 - International Ice Sculpture Festival and International Sand Sculpture Festival ,Jelgava, Latvia
- 2013 - International Ice Sculpture Festival , Helsinki, Finland
- 2012 - Exhibition "New National Art" at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
- 2012 - Exhibition International Competition for Smolensk Monument CRP, Orońsko
- 2008 to 2011 - International Festival of Sculpture in Sand, Warnemunde , Germany
- 2005 to 20010 - International Festival of Sculpture in Ice, Rostock , Germany
- 2008 - VI Triennale of Polish Contemporary Drawing,Lubaczow
- 2007 -Sculpture in Eben Emael park/Liege, Belgium
- 2005 -Group exhibition,sculpture BWA Awangarda, Wroclaw, Poland.
- 2004 -Group exhibition "Wilde Galerie",Dusseldorf,Germany
- 2003 - XIV Biennale Internationale Dantesca, Ravenna, Italy (bronze medal in the collection of the Dante Museum in Ravenna).
PLENERS
- 2018 - plein-air "beauty of the Cracow district", Czajowice near/Ojcowa
- 2017 - plein air "Joyfully about Poland" Myślenice Jasienica 2017
- 2016 - Plein air "Joyfully about Poland" in Myślenice.
- 2010 - Plein air sculpture in Zwickau, Sculpture Schuman and Klara wood sculpture
- 2004 and 2005 - plein-air in Osieki
- 2003 to 2010 - International art workshops in Myslenice.
- 2017 - Participation in the competition for the Monument to President Lech Kaczynski and the 2010 Monument to the Victims of the Smolensk Tragedy
- 2020 - Participation in the competition for the Battle of Warsaw and the competition for the monument to the Soldiers of the Wyklêty in Wroclaw
MAJOR AWARDS:
- 2018 - Honorable Mention International Snow Sculpture Festival Harbin, China.
- 2012 - Artists Award Livigno ,Italy, International Snow Sculpture Festival
- 2006 - Third prize Harbin, China,International Snow Sculpture Fesitval
- 2005 - 2nd prize Valloire, France, International Snow Sculpture Festival
- 2004 - 1st and 2nd prize Innichen,San Vigilio , Italy, International Festival of
