Miłosz Płonka

Miłosz Płonka Sculptor, painter and draftsman, who can boast of a considerable creative output. He was born in Wadowice in 1969, spent his youth in Andrychów at the foot of the Beskid Mały Mountains, currently lives and works in Warsaw, however he regularly returns to his hometown also looking for inspiration there. He is a graduate of the State High School of Fine Arts in Zakopane. In the years 1990-92 he studied at the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, in the sculpture studio of Alojzy Gryt. He continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in the sculpture studio of prof. Adam Myjak and prof. Jan Kucz, where he received a diploma with distinction. He also received an annex to his diploma in the drawing and painting studio of prof. Jacek Sienicki. In the years 1997-1998 he was on foreign scholarships at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Bratislava, Slovakia, in the intermedia studio of prof. Juraj Bartusz, and then at the Benares Hindu University in Varanasi, India, where he gained experience and knowledge in the sculpture studios of prof. Balbir Singh Katt and at the Faculty of Visual Arts. He was later able to use his experience as a teaching employee at the Fine Arts High School in Nowy Wiśnicz in 2000-2001. Miłosz Płonka participated in numerous international symposia and creative meetings, art festivals, individual and collective exhibitions, and art projects in Poland and abroad, including China, India, France, Germany, and Slovakia. The artist's work was greatly influenced by the works of sculptors Jędrzej Wowra, Edward Sutor, Antoni Rząsa, and Władysław Hasior, whose work he encountered in the early period of his fascination with art. An interesting and inspiring experience in the artist's life was his encounter with the teachings of Buddha, as well as his interest in the philosophy, culture and iconography of Asia, which resulted in the creation of works that refer in their form and content to the cultures of the East. The artist collaborated with the Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw, presenting his sculptures and paintings at international exhibitions. Since 1999, the sculpture entitled Creation Buddha has decorated the courtyard of the Museum's "Oriental Oasis". The artist's works can be found in state, church and private collections in Poland and abroad.