Ewa Wawrzyniak

Ewa Wawrzyniak was born in Poland and trained in ceramics and glass at Middlesex Polytechnic and Surrey Institute of Art and Design in the UK. She completed her Master of Arts at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland, where her research explored the technical and expressive possibilities of sand casting glass.

Ewa’s work is inspired by Gaston Bachelard’s book ‘The Poetics of Space’ and deals with the perceptions of a house as a ‘private space’. Always container, sometimes contained, the house serves in her work as the portal to metaphors of imagination. We need houses in order to dream, in order to imagine. These dreamscape sculptures are about vulnerability and protection. She explores how we experience intimate places and to what extent our memories and experiences from childhood influence our need for this ‘dream place’. The symbols she uses are very personal and therefore more intuitive than logical. The ‘streets’ are journeys towards a safe place. Every ‘street’ represents a different atmosphere, creates a different environment and reflects a mood or expectation to be found upon reaching the ‘dream house’.

The method she uses to create her work is called sand-casting. It is a technique involving pouring hot glass into a mould made out of special, damp casting sand. It is a fast, free and immediate method of working with glass, requiring a significant physical and energetic involvement of the creator. Ewa has selected this method to create her pieces as it permits a free and unrestricted expression of an idea.

Since 1999 she has been a Part Time Lecturer in Open Studies in Ceramics & Glass at University of Hertfordshire, UK, and since 2005 she is a regular Visiting Lecturer in Faculty of Art & Design (Glass) University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK. Ewa has shown her work in numerous exhibitions in UK and abroad.

Her work is widely collected by museums and galleries including Broadfield House Glass Museum Kingswinford, UK, North Lands Creative Glass Lybster, Scotland, and BWA Ksiaz, Poland, as well as many private collections in UK, Ireland, Scotland and USA. Her commissioned works include: Arts & Business East Awards and Art & Business South East Awards in 2007; Down Syndrome Ireland; Forfas Innovation Awards, Ireland; Royal Bank of Scotland; and various private commissions around the world.

2016

Wooburn Visual Arts Exhibition

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

Up comming Exhibitions

Parndon Mill Open Studios
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

2015

Wooburn Visual Arts Exhibition

How small... How vast
'Artistsmeet' Contemporary Art Gallery
WD3 1EH Rickmansworth
United Kingdom 

The Mansion London & Gallery Argentum London, UK 

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

Up comming Exhibitions

Parndon Mill Open Studios
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

“GLASSHAUSS "X”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

2014

Wooburn Visual Arts Exhibition

Gallery Argentum Colchester, UK

The Mansion London & Gallery Argentum  London, UK

Parndon Mill Open Studios
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

“GLASSHAUSS "IX”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

2013

Wooburn Visual Arts Exhibition

Open Studios Letchworth
Digswell Arts Trust 
The Fenners Building, Letchworth
United Kingdom

Parndon Mill Open Studios
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

“GLASSHAUSS "VIII”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

2012

Wooburn Visual Arts Exhibition

Open Studios Letchworth
Digswell Arts Trust 
The Fenners Building, Letchworth
United Kingdom

7th Annual Atelier East Summer Exhibition 
Wisbech & Fenland Museum
Museum Square,
Wisbech , Cambs, PE13 1E5 
United Kingdom

Parndon Mill Open Studios
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

“GLASSHAUSS "VII”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

2011

Wooburn Visual Arts Exhibition

150th Celebration exhibition of SWA
The Mall Galleries
The Mall, London SW1

Kings Langley Art Fair 2011
Rudolf Steiner School
Kings Langley WD4 9HG
United Kingdom

Open House 
Art Exhibition 
Kings Langley, WD4 8NF

“GLASSHAUSS "VI”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

Parndon Mill Open Studio
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

The Cambridge Glass Fair 2011
Linton, Cambridgeshire

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

2010

Process @ Burghley Sculpture Garden

“GLASSHAUSS "V”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

HERTS Open Studios 2010

The Cambridge Glass Fair 2010
Linton, Cambridgeshire

Elements
The Forum Trust, Norwich, UK

Craftsense
BilstonBilston Craft Gallery, UK

By Design
Orleans House Gallery, Riverside,Twickenham, UK

2009
By design
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, UK

Crafts at Hyde End
Buckshire, UK

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

“GLASSHAUSS IV”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

The Essex Art & Design show
Cressing Temple Barns, Essex, UK

14th Cambridge glass fair
Cambridge, UK

Kiss my Glass!
The Wall Gallery, Wakefield, UK

Craftsense
Bilston Craft Gallery, UK

Hand made Britain
Bath, UK

Bonhams – London
Modern and Contemporary Glass
Bond Street, London UK

13th cambridge glass fair
Cambridge, UK

One Church Street Gallery
Great Missenden, UK

2008

“GLASSHAUSS III”
Parndon Mill, Harlow, Essex.UK

The Essex Art & Design show
Cressing Temple Barns, Essex, UK

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

12th Cambridge glass fair
Cambridge, UK

Solo Exhibition
Margaret Harvey Gallery, ST. Albans, UK

The Glass Art Fair
Dulwich College, London

British Glass Makers
Obsidian Art Stoke Mandeville, UK, 
2007

Margaret Harvey Gallery Open Exhibition
Margaret Harvey Gallery, ST. Albans, UK

"Black and White" Winter Exhibition
Angela Mellor Gallery, Ely, UK

PRESENT ARTS
The Gallery, Parndon Mill, Harlow Essex, UK

Canterbury Festival Art Fair
University College For The Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK

GLASSHOUSE II
The Gallery, Parndon Mill, Harlow Essex, UK

Autumn Exhibition
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

Autumn Exhibition
Angela Mellor Gallery, Ely, UK

Bucks Visual Arts Open Studios
Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville, UK

WATERWORKS
The Gallery, Parndon Mill, Harlow Essex, UK

Midsummer Art Fair,
Landmark Arts centre, Teddington London UK

2006

Margaret Harvey Gallery Open Exhibition
Margaret Harvey Gallery, ST. Albans, UK

New Ashgate Gallery
Wagon Yeard, Farnham, Surrey ,United Kingdom

The British Glass Biennale 2006
Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, UK

Designers Week
Leeds, UK

Grand Designs Live 06
Excel London, UK

Art in the Garden
The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey, UK

Glasshaus
The Gallery, Parndon Mill, Harlow Essex, UK

2005

The Gallery 
Parndon Mill, Harlow Essex, UK

The National Glass Fair
Alban Arena, St Albans, UK

minus one
New London Glass at Designers Block, London, UK

Open Studios
Hertfordshire Open Studios @ Barn – B, St. Albans, UK

Summer Exhibition
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK

Midsummer Art Fair
Landmark Arts Centre, London, UK

Hertfordshire Contemporary Art Fair
Artshed Gallery, Ware, UK

The Cambridge Glass Fair
Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambridge, UK

2004

A Sense of Place
Museo Municipal de Arte en Vidrio – MAVA, Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain

Margaret Harvey Gallery Open Exhibition
Margaret Harvey Gallery, ST. Albans, UK

Collect
New London Glass, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Time & Space
Obsidian Art Gallery, Buckinghamshire, UK

Hertfordshire Contemporary Art Fair
Artshed Gallery, Ware, UK

Midsummer Art Fair
Landmark Arts Centre, London, UK

2003

Open Studios
Hertfordshire Open Studios @ Barn-B, St. Albans, UK

Obsidian Five Counties Art Competition
Obsidian Art Gallery, Buckinghamshire, UK

New London Glass
Henley Regatta Festival, Henley, UK

Glass Show
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK

2002

Open Studios
Hertfordshire Open Studios @ Barn-B, St. Albans, UK

Fine Art Glass & Prints
New London Glass, a gallery, London, UK

Gaelforce 2002
Glass at Design Gallery, Scotland, UK

Suspended Journeys
Installation, British Glass in Poland, Wroclaw, Poland

Connections
New London Glass, Espai Vidrio, Barcelona, Spain

Art 2002 London Art Fair
New London Glass, The Business Design Centre, London, UK

The Art of Glass
Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford, UK

2001

Open Studios
Hertfordshire Open Studios @ Barn-B, St. Albans, UK

Margaret Harvey Gallery Open Exhibition
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans, UK

Café Showcase
Crafts Council, London, UK Ewa Wawrzyniak - 2

One Year On, New Designers
The Business Centre, London UK

Glass Exhibition
Design Yard, Dublin, Ireland

Christmas Exhibition
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK

2000

Open Studios
Hertfordshire Open Studios @ Barn-B, St. Albans, UK

2000 place … replace
Contemporary British Glass in Poland, Wroclaw, Poland

2001-A Space Odyssey
Newton Showcases, The Bonington Gallery, UK

Light Phantastic Glass Show
Plumbline Gallery, St. Ives, UK

Contemporary Glass Society Open Exhibition
Plumbline Gallery, St. Ives, UK

Spring Open
National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UKOpen Studios

Hertfordshire Open Studios @ Barn-B, St. Albans, UK

200 at 200 
Collyer – Bristow Gallery, London, UK.

New Designers 
The Business Design Centre, London, UK

1999

2nd Margaret Harvey Gallery Open Exhibition
Margaret Harvey Gallery, St. Albans, UK

150 at 150
Collyer – Bristow Gallery, London, UK

Casting and Installing 
National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK

1998

Looking Through Glass
Out of the Blue Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Spirit of the Age 
Lybster 96’ Group, North Lands Gallery, Lybster, Scotland, UK

Studio Glass
The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK

Graduates 
The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK

1997

All Fired Up
Crafts Council of Ireland Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Contemporary Glass in Ireland
Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

Degree Show
National College of Art & Design, Dublin, Ireland

New Designers
The Business Design Centre, London, UK

Young Blood From Ireland
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, Scotland

1996

National Touring Glass Exhibition
BWA Collection, Poland

1993

Degree Show
West Surrey College of Art & Design, Butlers Wharf, London, UK

New Designers 
The Business Design Centre, London, UK