Sebastian Pietkiewicz
Graduated from the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław (currently, E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design), Poland, 2003. Postgraduate Stage Space Studies at the Faculty of Interior Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, 2003.
After graduation he worked as designer for several glass factories: the Sudety Crystal Works, Szczytna, Poland; the Glass Factory Ząbkowice, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland; the Julia Glassworks, Piechowice, Poland, and the Zawiercie Crystal Factory Ltd., Zawiercie, Poland. Since 2013 he has been working as the main designer at the Julia Glassworks.
In collaboration with Leroy Merlin and the Institute of Industrial Design, he designed modular pots as part of the Well-Designed campaign, 2011.
He has received Must Have awards for glass collections: the Polish Table, Metropolis, Blanca, and Patchwork wine glasses.
He has participated in 3 solo exhibitions in Poland incl.
"Cult Forms" – Sebastian Pietkiewicz Skałeczna 5, Kraków – 2016
He has particippated over 20 group exhibitions in Poland, the Czech Republic, France, Romania, South Korea, and USA incl."Polish Table" Łódź Design Festival 2015.
"Polish Table" Wanted Design, New York 2016.
"Play with Glass" – European Glass Festival in Wrocław – 2017
"Cult Forms" International Hand made Fair 2017.
Seoul, South Korea. Czech Design Week - International Design Festival, Prague 2017.
„Łatki” at exhibition „The other side of things. Polish design after 1989” at the National Museum in Kraków, 2018
“Kultowe formy” , „Łatki”, „Polski Stół” on permanent exhibition „Miracle-Workers” at the National Museum in Wrocław, 2018
"Blanca” on exhibition „Helsinki Design Week!” in Messukeskus, Helsinki, Finlandia, organized by: Łódź Design Festival and Art Factory in Łódź, 2018
„Blanca” on exhibition Polish Up „Prezentation of the best 40 brands from Poland” at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź and at the Łódź Art Center, 2018
„Łatki” on exhibition „coral-colored corals” organized by Regional Museum in Stalowa Wola, on Budapest Design Week.and in Prague on Designblok, 2018
Exhibition „ Disk/ Dot / Dash" during Łódź Design Festival, 2018
Fairs:
Wroclove Design, 2014
Łódź Design Festival 2015 – 2016
„Night with Design” since 2015 in Interior Gallery Domar in Wrocław
Wawa Design, 2018
Awards:
„Polski Stół” , Breakfast Set awardes Must Have prize on Design Łódź Festival, 2016
„Metropolis”, awardes Must Have prize on Design Łódź Festival, 2016
„Blanca” and Łatki” awarded Must Have prize on Design Łódź Festival, 2017
