Helena SUŁKOWSKA-PAWLIK (b. 1940), "Planetarium" comb kilim, Zakopane Pattern Workshop, 1990.

linen, wool: 114 x 183 cm
preserved label: Zakopane Pattern Workshops / SP-NIA WORKSHOPS OF PEOPLE'S HANDICRAFT. AND ART. / Zakopane, ul. Szymony 17 B / Export no. 90/670/S/219 / Art des gewebes kilim comb / Name "PLANETARIUM" / Author H.Sułkowska / Kette linen / Schuss wool / Lein % 8 wolle % 92 / HAND MADE IN POLAND
Zakopane Pattern Workshop, 1990

Helena Sułkowska-Pawlik - born March 12, 1940 in Tylmanowa. She graduated from PLSP in Zakopane under the direction of professors A. Kenar and T. Brzozowski. In 1959-1966 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture in the studio of Prof. M. Wnuk and at the Faculty of Painting and Graphics in the Department of Artistic Tapestry in the studio of Prof. A. Sledziewska. She received her diploma with honors in sculpture in 1965 and in fabric in 1966. She cultivates artistic fabric, fabric-sculpture, drawing, painting. She has had 32 solo exhibitions at home and abroad and participated in more than 200 group, district, national, international exhibitions and competitions: Brussels, New York, Marl, Hagen, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt, Bordeaux, Bayonne, Anglet, Leningrad, Berlin, Moscow, Stuttgard, Prague, San Sebastian, Siegen, Smokovec, Bergkamen, Bratislava, Lyon, Kiezmark, Leipzig. Since 1965 she has been a member of ZPAP o/Zakopane. She was an appraiser for the National Artistic and Ethnographic Commission of the "Cepelia" Foundation and a long-time member of the Artistic and Diploma Commissions at the Artistic Weaving Technical School in Zakopane. She cooperated with the Fine Arts Studio in Zakopane. From 1966 to 1996 she worked as a designer and head of artistic supervision at the Zakopane Pattern Workshop. She is the recipient of many awards, honors and distinctions, including: the Second Degree Award of the Governor of Nowy Sącz for outstanding artistic achievements, 1982; the St. Witkiewicz Award for outstanding artistic achievements and a lifetime of creative achievements, 1991; the "Meritorious to Culture Gloria Artis" medal, 2024. Her works are in many collections and private collections at home and abroad. (Source: Municipal Art Gallery in Zakopane)