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Halina MrożekGraduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, 2009. Her graduation work Sculpt Couture was awarded the Medal of the Academy of Fine Arts. Won the 1st prize in the international fashion competition Off Fashion Kielce (2010) and the 2nd prize in the international competition Creative Graduate Prize (2009). Her works have been presented at exhibitions, eg at Museum of Contemporary Art MOCAK in Krakow, at the Solvay Centre of Contemporary Art, Galeria Nowa and the Palace of Art in Krakow; at art and fashion festivals such as the Warsaw Art Fair, the Art & Fashion Festival, Off Fashion and Warsaw Fashion Street. They have also been published in Polish and foreign magazines, such as Wysokie Obcasy, Machina, Exklusiv, EksMagazyn, Idoll Mag and Novo Magazine.I graduated in sculpture, since I can remember I was always fascinated by all kinds of space interaction. I consider fashion as a modern kind of sculpture, more demantoid than an independent piece of art, not just a gallery object. What excite, me the most about Sculpt Couture is the fact that those projects, forms cannot be create without thinking about the human body, they live with and depend on it. Read Less

The interaction between man and environment favors creation of masks. Since birth, we wear clothes across the life span. They take various forms, enriched by colors, shapes and fabrics, often possessing artistic values as sculptures. It is a form of symbiosis, an unbreakable bond. Body becomes a medium for art form, combining the person and his/her clothes into one object, gaining new forms andmeanings. In relations with outside world, clothes become a mask, an armor, a camouflage. They are the first message sent when in contact with another human being. People constantly create their image using clothes, emphasizing some qualities of their personality, while hiding the other. We can interpret the image using aesthetic values, or turn to psychological and practical approach. The choice of clothes is never accidental. These carefully selected compositions are my work'sstarting point, defining its form. Through observation, I am creating personas - images determined by people and mental state of their minds. I'm inspired by the cloth forms I encounter, which results in a unique, personal interpretation. I strive to capture the physical form of mental image. I don't present specific persons, merely summarizing the "impressions" of images and behaviors. I'm featuring exceptional (extreme) individuals, highly influencing the environment. Their imageforces us to interpret them in a way they "expect", a way they "let" us for. Those characters appear to be "out of the time", they could have lived in the past, can live now or may live in the future. Their goal is to create delight, desire and concern, to embarrass or disgust, just like strangers who raise extreme, strong feelings. I am well aware that after getting to know the person, his or her visual outlook loses its meaning, but the point of my attention goes further. I focus on the messages carried by the aesthetic values of the created raiment, driving attention to how easily we are influenced by visual suggestions clothes may provide. Read Less

2012
JUNE-
-individual exhibition, CITY GALLERY, Częstochowa
X-FACTOR Poland, costumes
REDD'S CRANBERRY commercial, costume designer
REBEKA- STARS video, costume

EXHIBITIONS
2011
– MUSEUM OF COMNTEMPORARY ART MOCAK in KRAKOW, Between sculpture and fashion, individual exhibition
– CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART SOLVAY, Krakow Art & fashion, individual exhibition
2010
– DIVA WOMAN, group exhibition, The Palace under the Rams, Krakow
– MADE IN POLAND, group exhibition, Krakowska180 Gallery, Wroclaw
– NOT EXISTING BORDERS, group exhibition, Parter Gallery, Lodz
– SCULPTURE & PAINTING, Swiatlocien Gallery, Krakow
2009
– THE MOST CREATIVE GRADUATES in 2009 of Fine Arts Academies in Poland,
national group exhibition, Danzig
– THE MOST CREATIVE GRADUATES in 2009 of Fine Arts Academy in Krakow, group exhibition, The Palace of Art, Krakow
– YOUTH GALLERY group exhibition, NOVA GALLERY, Krakow
– SCULPTURE, group exhibition, "Guido" Mine Museum, Zabrze

FASHION SHOWS
– Warsaw Fashion Street 2011
– Fashion Shows of Real Designers, Grand Hotel Nosalowy Dwor, Zakopane
– “POLtwor” Recycling Fest, Krakow

COMPETITIONS
– finalist of RE-ACT 2011
– I PRIDE IN THE INTERNATIONAL OFF FASHION CONTEST for Fashion Designers, and SPECIAL MENTION for the unconventionality of the collection, Kielce
– II PRIDE in the international contest Creative Graduate Prize 2009
– laureate of the contest for young fashion designers of Wysokie Obcasy magazine 2009
– MEDAL OF THE RECTOR OF ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN KRAKOW the best graduate pride

OTHER
– KRYSTIAN LUPA LABORATORY 2009, scenography and costumes, Dramatic Theatre, Warsaw
– ART & FASHION Festival, Poznan, exhibition of works, live streaming performance – live project creation
– assistant of professor Karol Badyna, Sculpture Department, Academy of Fine Arts Krakow
– DIVERCITY, international project about discrimination, workshops, Edyta Stein House in Wroclaw
– Art Expo, works exhibition, Warsaw
– Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain, studies,stypendium

RADIO AND TELEVISION
– X-FACTOR Poland - costumes
– REDD'S CRANBERRY commercial, costume designer (video)
2011
– TVP2 (Polish public television), “Pytanie na śniadanie”, Clothes or Art - interview
– RADIOFONIA (radio), “Kawowo radiowo”, interview
– RMF CLASSIC (radio), interview
– TVN (one of the most popular Polish TV stations), “Szymon Majewski Show”, costumes designer

CHOSEN PRESS PUBLICATIONS
– PLAYBOY, , NEWSWEEK, IDOLL MAG (US), SOUL MAGAZINE, TWÓJ STYL, GAZETA KRAKOWSKA, MIASTO KOBIET, EKSMAGAZYN, DZIENNIK POLSKI, WYSOKIE OBCASY, EKSMAGAZYN, VIVA MODA, EKSMAGAZYN, MACHINA, EXKLUSIV, WYSOKIE OBCASY, SZTUKA PL, VIVA MODA
CHOSEN INTERNET PUBLICATIONS
– MMKRAKOW.PL, POLAND.ART, WKRAKOWIE.PL, KULTURAONLINE.PL, NOOVO MAGAZINE (España), CARPACCIO MAGAZINE Issue #30 (España), ULTRAZURNAL.PL, MEDIUM MAGAZINE (UK), PLATFORM58 (UK), PLATFORMM.NET, (UK) Read Less