STANISŁAW SZWECHOWICZ · A life devoted to sculpture

Biography

The artist, imagination and years of working with material.

Born on 18 July 1949 in Gdańsk. He studied at the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, graduating in 1973 from the studio of Professor Alfred Wiśniewski. He taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk from 1973 to 1984.

He has taken part in many sculpture exhibitions and competitions in Poland and abroad, including:

  • National Sculpture Exhibitions in Sopot and Warsaw,
  • Biennale of Small Sculpture Forms, Poznań — distinction,
  • Gdańsk Art Biennale — first prize,
  • Winter Sculpture Salons, Warsaw — Silver Medal twice,
  • Open-air Sculpture Exhibitions, Sopot — two awards and commissions,
  • Portrait Exhibition at the 11th International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw — award,
  • Gdańsk Friends of Art Society artistic award for 1994,
  • first prize in national monument design competitions ten times.

Selected awards and public commissions:

  • monument to Commander Tadeusz Ziółkowski — Gdańsk,
  • monument to Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski — Gdynia; first prize in the competition,
  • monument to Leonid Teliga — first prize in the competition,
  • monument to General Józef Haller — Władysławowo,
  • open-air sculptures — Sopot; competition awards,
  • “Tree” monument — Świecie on the Vistula,
  • monument to Antoni Abraham — Gdynia; first prize in the competition,
  • Fisherman sculpture for the Sopot fountain — Sopot; first prize in the competition,
  • monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski — Toruń; first prize in the competition,
  • fountain for the city of Wejherowo — first prize in the competition; commission pending,
  • monument “To Those Who Never Returned from the Sea” — Jastarnia,
  • monument to General Józef Haller — Puck,
  • monument to Pope John Paul II at the parish church in Puck,
  • monument to the Holy Family — Missionaries of the Holy Family, Bąblin near Poznań,
  • sacred sculpture: a monumental composition of the Risen Christ for the church in Szebnie near Krosno,
  • monument to Józef Wybicki and Hieronim Derdowski — Rumia,
  • “Jurata” fountain — Jurata on the Hel Peninsula,
  • Chapel of the Martyrs of the Tczew Region, together with a monument to Pope John Paul II, at the Church of Our Lady, Mother of the Church, in Tczew,
  • monument to Our Lady, Queen of Families — Tczew,
  • monument to Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski — Tarnów-Azoty,
  • monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski — Gdynia; first prize in the competition,
  • “Coat of Arms Bench” — Puck; first prize in the competition,
  • “General Mariusz Zaruski Bench” — Puck; first prize in the competition,
  • monument to President Lech Kaczyński — Warsaw; competition award,
  • equestrian monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski — Nowy Sącz,
  • monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski — Kartuzy,
  • monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski — Tarnów; first prize in the competition,
  • monument to President Lech Kaczyński — Warsaw; first prize in the competition,
  • monument to General Kazimierz Sosnkowski — Sulejówek near Warsaw,
  • monument to President Lech Kaczyński — Tarnów,
  • equestrian monument to King Przemysł II — Poznań; first prize in the competition.

He has also created numerous commemorative plaques and reliefs. His sculptures are held in museum and private collections in Poland and abroad.