Bogusław Zen

Born in Wrocław in 1963. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław at the Faculty of Sculpture, where he obtained a diploma in 1997. During his studies, he also took a course in the conservation of monuments. Since graduating, he has been professionally engaged in stone, wood and bronze sculpture, sculptural installations, and also creates small sculptural forms: medallion work. Since 2003, he has also been involved in sculpture in non-durable materials, short-term sculpture, i.e. sculpting in ice, snow and sand. One of his favorite arts is drawing. He lives and works in Wrocław.

The most important sculptures:

– Christ Monument in Polkowice (3.3 m high, sandstone)
– Monument to John Paul II in Milicz (3.4 m high, bronze)
– Side altar in the Church of the Fathers. Hospitallers in Wrocław (conservation)
– Main altar in the Theological Seminary in Wrocław (sandstone)
– Sculpture of a knight on the top of the palace in Kwietno in Lower Silesia and conservation of historic ceilings in the same palace
– 1996 Medal for Cuprum Bank, 2nd prize in the implementation competition

The most important awards and distinctions:

– 2012 – Livigno Artists Award, Italy, International Snow Sculpture Festival
– 2006 – 3rd prize Harbin, China, International Snow Sculpture Festival
– 2005 – 2nd prize Valloire, France, International Snow Sculpture Festival
– 2004 – 1st and 2nd prize in Innichen, San Vigilio, Italy, International Snow Sculpture Festival
– 2004 – audience award, Kiruna, Sweden, International Snow Sculpture Festival
– 2002 – ZPAP award, drawing, Arsenal Historical Museum in Wrocław

MOST IMPORTANT EXHIBITIONS:
– 2018 – Pakruojos Dwaras International Ice Sculpture Festival, Lithuania
– 2018 – Harbin International Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival, China
– 2016 – Ice sculpture exhibition, Berlin, Germany
– 2016 – Individual sculpture exhibition "Galeria Na Wprost", Iława
– 2015 – XXVII Art Exhibition of the Copper Basin, Legnica
– 2014 – International Ice Sculpture Festival and International Sand Sculpture Festival, Jelgava, Latvia
– 2013 – International Ice Sculpture Festival, Helsinki, Finland
– 2012 – “New National Art” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
– 2012 – Exhibition, International Competition for the Smolensk Monument, CRP, Orońsko
– from 2008 to 2011 – International Sand Sculpture Festival, Warnemunde, Germany
– from 2005 to 2010 – International Ice Sculpture Festival, Rostock, Germany
– 2008 – 6th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Drawing, Lubaczów
– 2007 – Sculpture in Eben Emael park/Liege, Belgium
– 2005 – Collective exhibition, sculpture BWA Awangarda, Wrocław
– 2004 – collective exhibition "Wilde Galerie", Dusseldorf, Germany
– 2003 – 14th Biennale Internationale Dantesca, Ravenna, Italy (bronze medal in the collection of the Dante Museum in Ravenna)