Roland KOŚCIÓŁEK (b. 1988), Last Unicorn, 2025

ceramic sculpture, 22 x 14 x 25 cm, signed on the inside (ROKO logo)

Born in 1988 in Rzeszow, Poland. Graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (2019) and the Faculty of Interior Design at PWSW in Przemyśl (2013). His graduation sculpture as an honorable mention was exhibited at the Palace of Art on Szczepanski Square in Krakow, and was later purchased by the Westerplatte Museum in Gdansk, where we can still see it as part of the permanent exhibition. He currently lives and works in Krakow and Pcim. His works can be found in private collections in Poland and abroad.

Awards and distinctions:

- Prize of the Marshal of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship in the competition "Painting, Graphics, Drawing, Sculpture of the year 2019/2020".

Post-competition exhibitions:

- National competition of the series New Situations entitled. "Revival," Art Pharmacy Gallery, Warsaw (2021)

- Second national biennial of drawing "Time, Movement, Space", Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wloclawek (2021)

- "Image, Graphics, Drawing, Sculpture of the Year 2019/2020", BWA Rzeszów, Rzeszów (2020 - 2021)

- "4th Student Biennial of Small Sculptural Forms 2017". Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Cracow (2017-2018)

Group exhibitions:

- "Between" Koridor Gallery, Ostrava, Czech Republic (2019)

- "Sculpture of the Year. Drawing of the Semester 2018 - 2019", ASP Kraków (2019)

- "Ceramics from the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts," Krypta u Pijarów Gallery, Cracow (2018 - 2019)

- "Ceramics from the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts," Glass Gallery, Zator (2018)

- "Ceramics from the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts," Gallery W sam raz, Boleslawiec (2018)

- "Outlined space," Urbańczyk House, Chrzanów (2018)

- "Poland Whole," Head Office of PKO Bank Polski, Warsaw (2017)

- "Poland the Whole" , Sektor I Gallery, Jaworzno (2017)

- "Materia[ł] and Forma[t]", Bronowice Academy, Cracow (2017)

- "Harenda 2016", Gallery ASP , Krakow (2016)

Plein-airs:

- International plein-air in Imatra, Finland (2018)

- Ceramic Plein-Air, Ćmielów Porcelain Factory, Ćmielów (2018)

- Ceramic Plein-Air, Szklarska Poreba (2017)

- "Harenda 2016," Zakopane (2016)

- "Ceramic Plein Air," Szklarska Poreba (2015)

- "Sit in the City," MOK, Nowy Targ (2012)

Publications:

- "No. 22", FISHka magazine, Rybnik (2020-2021).