Małgorzata Kalińska-Denis
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jewellery complemented by light
Plastic bags, disposable package for disposable products
after they’ve served their purpose, become useless –
they reside in our drawers, as well as being chased by the wind in the African desert,
they constitute an unwanted powerful force.
Building from plastic bags to create rhythmical, ordered structures,
I have found for them a new place in my designs.
Embedded in necklaces and rings they function as
gemstones and pearls…
Małgorzata Kalińska – Denis
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź, Faculty of Textile and Fashion Design, diploma with mention at the Department of Jewellery Design (2008). Scholar of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Member of Polish Goldsmithing Artists’ Association. She lives in Szczecin, where she runs a studio of jewellery design and Gallery of Jewellery Designers PRATA.
Participation in exhibitions and competitions:
2006 – National Jewellery Competition Quarter, Yes Gallery, Poznań, Poland
2007 – Legnica International Jewellery Competition ABSOLUTE BEAUTY, Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland
– National Jewellery Competition Presentations 2007, Warsaw, Poland
– Still life and…, group exhibition of the artistic environment of Poznań, Castel in Kórnik, Poland
2008 – The moment, last! You are so beautiful!, Amber Trip, International Baltic Jewellery Show, Vilnius, Lithuania
– International Competition for the Design of Jewellery with Amber Elektronos, Gdańsk, Poland
– Legnica International Jewelllery Competition EXCLUSIVE, Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland
– Silver mouth, Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland
– Painting and jewellery, Neue Greifengalerie, Greifswald, Germany – solo exhibition
– Silver & Amber Time, Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland
2009 – Gold Creations – jubilee of 50 years anniversary of Jewellery Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Łódź, Poland
– International Competition for the Design of Jewellery with Amber Pop - Amber, Gdańsk, Poland – honourable mention
– For you, Amber Trip, International Baltic Jewellery Show, Vilnius, Lithuania
– …and camouflages, Gallery of Art, Legnica, Poland – solo exhibition during Legnica Jewellery Festival SILVER
– Informal Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland – solo exhibition
– Jewellery with Amber, Amber Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia
– Fresh Design, Sopot Collage, Sopot, Poland
– KORU3, Imatra Art Museum, Imatra, Finland
2010 – Amber & Silver Time, Caritas Culture Center, Wuppertal, Germany
– Co – Małgorzata Kalińska & Oliwia Kuczyńska, Contemporary Theater, Warsaw, Poland
– participation in Amberif gala, Gdańsk, Poland
2011 – Stripped-flint – Stone of the optimism, Open Gallery, Sandomierz, Poland
2012 – participation in Brand New New Brand, Inhorgenta, Munich, Germany
– Jewellery complemented by light, Yes Gallery, Poznań, Poland
