Biografie von Tomek KAWIAK (1943)
Personal data
Birth : 11/26/1943 - Lublin, Poland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Poland
Address
Grasse, FranceRepresentatives
Fire Patrol n°5 – 307 West 121 Street #1 – New York NY, United States
Galerie Cupillard – 4 rue Voltaire – Grenoble, France
Het Cleyne Huys – Noordeinde 117 – The Hague, Netherlands
Education
1962 – 1968 : Academy of Fine Arts (Diploma) – ul. Wronskiego 1a – Warsaw, Poland
1971 – 1973 : ENSBA Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Sculpture course) – 14 rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Pupil of / student of CÉSAR [ 1921-1998 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1999 – 01/07/2000:Invited by China to bury 369 statuettes of jeans from 30 cms to 1 meter side of the 7500 warriors of the dynasty Qin’s army, on Xian’s archaeology site. Made by Chinese ceramists to Fu Shan, China. Committed to the earth on 07/01/2000.
He stayed in Italy for his work.
He stayed in USA for his work.
He goes in Australia for exhibitions.
Other professions
1977 – 1990 : Professor
IAV Institut d’Arts Visuels – 14 rue Dupanloup – Orleans, France
Affiliated to an association
AIAP UNESCO – Association Internationale d’Arts Plastiques – 1 rue Miolis – Paris, France
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : Marble - Polished bronze - Resin 
Photography : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Artistic periods
1978 : Brick in the pocketJean Pocket
Works
| Longue Marche du Jeans | |
| Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Bronze | |
| In the Pocket | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Bronze Size : 250 cm | |
| Big Pocket | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Bronze Size : 300 cm | |
| Tomek Brick | |
| Date of creation : 1976 Medium : Gilded bronze Size : 23 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Hats off, America
Fire Number Five – New York NY, United States
09/2002
2001
Galeria Sztuki Wspólczesnej “Zapiecek” – Warsaw, Poland
2001
1997
Galerie Sassi Milici – Vallauris, France
1997
Galerie Cupillard – Grenoble, France
1997
1996
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Menton, France
1996
1995
1112 Gallery – Society of Arts – Chicago IL, United States
1995
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2001
Europ’ART Genève – Foire internationale d’art, n°10
Palexpo – Geneva GE, Switzerland
04/27/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Jacques Boulan Editeur – 11 Rue Jacques Jeunon – Vigneux-sur-Seine, France
1992
Art Jonction
Nice, France
1992
Europ’ART Genève – Foire internationale d’art 1992
Geneva GE, Switzerland
1992
1989
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
1989
1986
Art Jonction
Nice, France
1986
Group exhibitions
1994
Le Jardin des Sculptures
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Menton, France
1994
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Monographies
2000
Safari-Jeans, La Longue Marche du Jean
02/2000
On the artist
Monographies
L’Homme qui marche, The Walking Man
Author: Czaplinski Czeslaw
Periodicals
2002
CHAUSSIER Jean – Tomek : plus que jamais “l’homme de briques” !
in: Nice-Matin n° 19822 p. 32
Nice, France
26/06/2002
2001
DIEGUEZ VIDELA Albino – Maravillas del mundo surrealizado
in: La Prensa
Nicaragua
14/01/2001
2000
SAMET Janie – La longue marche des décalés
in: Le Figaro n° 17298
Paris, France
23/03/2000
1999
DESFORGES Michel – Objet-Culte, Objet d’art
in: Figaro Méditerranée p. 92
Paris, France
04/12/1999
Television broadcasts
2000
L’Homme qui marche
Director: Nahoun Philippe
Organizer: Arte – 2A, rue de la Fonderie – Strasbourg, France
05/2000
1995
Jeans in Vence
Organizer: France 3 Méditerranée – 2 allée Ray Grassi – Marseille, France
29/09/1995
1992
Sculptures by Tomek
Organizer: TMC Télévision Monte Carlo – Monte Carlo, Monaco
28/09/1992
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