Vernissage of the exhibition "Memory of Wood" by Paweł Armata

14.11.2023 at 12:00 we invite you to a one-hour lecture and presentation by Paweł Armata, which will take place in Auditorium A1, and at 18:00 to the vernissage of the exhibition "Memory of Wood". 

In the lobby of Building A at PJAIT, extraordinary works by Paweł Armata—graphic designer, painter, and sculptor—will be presented. His works are created from reclaimed wood, from which he crafts multidimensional abstract compositions with expressive structures and colors. Combining and mixing various artistic techniques including painting, sculpture, graphic design, and collage, he strives to "elevate what is seemingly no longer noble," while allowing the material to remain naturally organic.  

"Why 'Memory of Wood'? Looking at the twisted lines of the grain, I see and interpret them like human fingerprints. I think this intuitive association makes some sense, because after all, they are characteristic of every tree species and type of wood. What is more, the growth rings, which are the trace of a tree's annual growth, are a record of all the conditions that directly influenced that growth. It is a precise calendar of the life of a plant, being, or entity from a seedling to the time of natural death or felling by humans. It is an image of increasingly dense and deep wrinkles appearing with each passing year, just like on the human body—a record of joy and sorrow, abundance and poverty, birth and death. But that is not the end, because wood continues to 'live,' transmutes, and is reborn in countless new forms created by man—the artist. This is precisely what the memory of wood is to me." – Paweł Armata

PAWEŁ ARMATA born in 1974 in Frysztak in the Podkarpacie region. A graduate of the State Academic High School of Fine Arts in Miejsce Piastowe/Krosno. He completed his studies in the area of pedagogy and social work at the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and the Institute of Fine Arts of the University of Rzeszów. For over 20 years, he has been professionally associated with the Special School and Educational Center in Frysztak, where he teaches technical classes, art, creative visual arts, and vocational preparation, and conducts art therapy classes for children and youth with disabilities. In addition to his professional work, he is an instructor of woodcarving and small sculptural forms at the Ethnocenter of the Krosno Region. Co-creator, curator, and participant of the "Gogołowskie Drzewoludy" International Woodcarving Plein-Airs from 2008-2010. Winner of the nationwide art review "Your Exhibition" organized by the Operis.Artis Art Gallery in Antonin – 2021, and recipient of an honorable mention in the nationwide art review "Spring Salon" by Operis.Artis in Antonin – 2022.