Marek Cecuła – a world-renowned ceramic artist, designer, educator and curator.

Born in Częstochowa, 1944. In 1960 moved to Israel, where he lived for 12 years. After 4 years in Brazil, 1972-1976, he moved to New York, where he founded the Modus Design Studio (transferred to Poland in 2001) and the Contemporary Porcelain Gallery. Since 2000 he has been living and working in Poland.

Head and coordinator of the Ceramic Department, the Parsons School of Design in New York, USA, 1983-2004. Visiting professor at the National College of Art and Design in Bergen, Norway, 2003-2010, and at the Royal College of Art in London, the Great Britain, 2010. 

Founder and creative director of the Design Centrum Kielce (currently: the Institute of Design Kielce), 2010-2012. Since 2012 the creative director of the Ćmielów Design Studio, operating in the Polskie Fabryki Porcelany “Ćmielów” and “Chodzież” SA. 

Curator of The Third Biennale for Israeli Ceramics, 2004, and several exhibitions, including: “Art of Industrial Ceramics”, the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada 2008; “Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics”, the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA, 2009; “non object-ive”, Łódź Design Festival, 2009; “Table Talk”, Łódź Design Festival 2010.

Has participated in about 60 individual and over 100 group exhibitions in the USA, Israel, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Korea, and Poland.

His works are part of many museum collections, including: the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Great Britain; the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, USA; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA; the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA; the KODE Art Museums, Bergen, Norway; Le Musée Royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, Belgium; the National Museum in Warsaw and in Wrocław, Poland.

Award-winning artist with numerous prestigious prizes, including: the main prize the “Exellence Award” in the category “Product design” for the “Ceremonial Set I & II” on the International Design Fair “Accent on Design”, New York, 1987; the “Award of Excellence” and the scholarship in the Kohler Art Centre for participating in a group exhibition in Wichita, USA, 1990; the New York Foundation for the Arts scholarship, New York, 1991, 1995; the prestigious scholarship in the category Arts & Craft to the amount of 50.000 $ granted by the Luis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, New York, 1999.

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