Jacek Opala, BYCZEK, 70 cm

Jacek Opala

Born in 1970 in Boleslawiec, Lower Silesia, sculptor, ceramist. He is a self-taught artist, an engineer by training and an entrepreneur with his own heritage company. He discovered a passion for sculpting while creating his first ceramic forms, with the support of the Blotny brothers at their factory in Parowa. After a while, he equipped his own workshop and began firing his own work in an electric kiln. Fascinated by classical art, from ancient Pompeii to Michelangelo to Igor Mitoraj, he strives to ensure that his works contain the perfect harmony of form, aesthetics, vibrancy and color. Adding elements of architecture, eroticism and painting, he tries to capture and maintain emotions. Because he himself misses the obvious arts, in his own way he wants his sculptures to tell stories. He is happy when those who view them recognize a clue in them and create their own further story. He wants his works to be thought-provoking, while at the same time obviously evoking emotion. When asked about his inspiration, he answers that it is life, nature, history, people, everything, in a word. The creative process involves carving a model in clay and making a form from it. Based on this mold, he creates a series of works with different elements of his stories and different methods of decoration - from raw, rough stoneware to intricate painting elements hidden in glaze. Each work is different. Each is a new challenge and contains elements of technological experimentation. Each of them, upon request, can be transformed into a bronze casting. He is a member of the Polish Ceramic Society.