Bogdan Kosak

Designer and manufacturer of functional ceramics, an exhibition curator, and an author of publications on the history of industrial ceramic craftsmanship.

A 1987 graduate of the Secondary School of Ceramics in Katowice, he went on to earn his degree in 2019 from the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław. There, he studied in the Ceramic Design in Architecture Studio, the Pottery Wheel Studio, and the Intermedial Actions in Ceramics Studio.

Since 2012, he has taught sculpture and modeling at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Previously, from 1995 to 2008, he managed the modeling workshop at Porcelana Śląska in Katowice. He is the co-founder of the KOSAK Ceramic Modeling Workshop (1995), the Ceramic Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (2013), the Trail of Unobvious Monuments (2018), and the Ceramic Rehabilitation Workshop (2019).

Kosak is the recipient of numerous awards, including the main prize in the "Śląska Rzecz" (Silesian Thing) competition in the product category for his TOMASZÓW coffee and tea set (2009), as well as 1st Prize in the "ON The Table" competition for his Po obiedzie (After Dinner) porcelain dessert set at the Łódź Design Festival (2019).

He has participated in over 20 solo exhibitions and more than 80 group exhibitions both in Poland and abroad. His works are held in the permanent collections of the National Museum in Warsaw (Modern Design Centre), the National Museum in Kraków, the Silesian Museum in Katowice, the Museum in Gliwice (Willa Caro), the Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, and the Regional Museum in Tomaszów Lubelski.

2026