Personal information:
Marian Jan Mendrek
Born 4th, June 1951, Třinec, Czech Republic
Maried
Resids on Maria Skłodowska-Curie Street 28, PL 43-200 Pszczyna, Poland
Education:
1969-1975 Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (ASP)
Degree/diploma: Master of Arts (result: very good)
1969-1971 Faculty of Painting
1971-1975 Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art
Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian
English A1
Profesional experiences: (among others)
1974-1976 Conservation research and opencast works in gothic buildings in Przemyśl
and Kraków
1975-1976 Conservation and transfer of polychrome - the Kmita Palace in Krakow
(presentation at the exhibition "Work of Art in Conservation", Bureau of Art
Exhibitions, Krakow 1976)
1976-1977 Transfer and conservation of 16 oil paintings on canvas, Michael Leopold
Lukas Willmann (1630-1706) "Abbot's Pavilion on the Water" in Lubiąż
(Lubensis abbey in Leubus)
1977 -82 designing and building a house and studio
1977-1980 Complete renovation of the interior architecture of the Metropolitan Basilica
Cathedral, Wawel Hill, Krakow
1981 Research and interior renovation project of Santuario Madre delle
Grazie, Mentorella, Italy
1982 Conservation of the polychrome of a wooden Gothic ceiling, Lüneburger
Kronen-brauerei, Lüneburg, Germany
1984-92 Conservation of votive paintings from the collections of the Pauline
monastery, the Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa in Jasna Góra in
Częstochowa.
Some work and artistic projects:
1972 Warszawa, The first nationwide artistic competition for the work of foreign
students (award for graphics)
1977 "Graduates I", gallery of the Art Exhibition Bureau, Kraków
1976 "Line and Record", gallery of the Association of Polish Artists, Kraków
1980 Exhibition of the winners of the painting competition Spychalski, gallery of
the Art Exhibition Bureau, Poznań
1981 „Kraków'81”, gallery ART, Warszawa
1984-94 „Terra Slez”, artistic project
1994 „Terra Slez” - exhibition in the gallery „Na wzgórzu”, Bielsko Biała
1994 „Terra Slez” - exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts gallery
„Górnośląska Macierz Kultury”, Katowice
1994 „ Terra Slez” - exhibition at the city gallery, Nürnberg, Germany
1996-2006 „Żubry potrzebują Indian” (Bisons need Indians), art and nature education
project, cooperation with the Upper Silesian Nature Heritage Centre in Katowice
2004- „I'm from Cro-Magnon”, art project inspired by the discovery of the Chauvet
cave
2019 -23 Cause & to B cause, artistic project
2025 - from my space written in calligraphy - art project
