Konrad Jarodzki
Life and work
1927
– born 31 XII in Zaklików (district: Kraśnik)
1934–1939
– learning at General School in Tomaszów Lubelski
1945–1948
– learning at Władysław Kunicki Lower Secondary and Secondary School in Lublin, final exams in 1948
1948–1949
– mathematical studies at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin
1949–1956
– architectural studies at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology
1955–1958
– studies at the Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Sztuk Plastycznych PWSSP [State Higher School of Fine Arts] in Wrocław under supervision of, among others, Professor Eugeniusz Geppert; diploma in ceramic architectonic painting in 1958
Konrad Jarodzki w Państwowej Wyższej Szkole Sztuk Plastycznych (PWSSP) we Wrocławiu, lata 50., fot. nieznany, dzięki uprzejmości Ośrodka Dokumentacji Sztuki Akademii Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu||Konrad Jarodzki at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wrocław (PWSSP), 1950s, photographer unknown, courtesy of the Art Documentation Centre at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Wroclaw
Konrad Jarodzki na plenerze PWSSP po opieką prof. Eugeniusza Gepperta, lata 50., fot. Zdzisław Holuka, dzięki uprzejmości Ośrodka Dokumentacji Sztuki Akademii Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu||Konrad Jarodzki at the PWSSP plein-air, under the auspices of Prof. Eugeniusz Geppert, 1950s, photo: Zdzisław Holuka, courtesy of the Art Documentation Centre at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Wroclaw
1957–1969
– a designer in an architectural office Miastoprojekt [CityDesign], author of, among others, designs of point buildings on the ‘Pod Jaworami ’[Under Sycamores] estate in Krzyki and the so called ‘Czworaczki ’[Quadruples] at Józef Piłsudski Street (award ‘Mister of Wrocław’ in 1961)
Konrad Jarodzki, lata 50., fot. nieznany||Konrad Jarodzki, 1950s, photographer unknown
Konrad Jarodzki na tle punktowców we Wrocławiu, ok. 1961, fot. nieznany||Konrad Jarodzki in front of point-blocks in Wrocław, c. 1961, photographer unknown
Punktowce we Wrocławiu projektu Konrada Jarodzkiego, nagroda “Mister Wrocławia”, 1961, fot. nieznany||Point blocks in Wrocław designed by Konrad Jarodzki, Mister of Wroclaw Award, 1961, photographer unknown.
1963–1969
– extensive creative activities in painting and drawing: the series Głowy [Heads], Portrety [Portraits] and Głowy rozdarte [Heads Torn] are created,
– participation in numerous exhibitions of the Wrocław School and Wrocław Group, including Wrocław, Lublin and Poznań
–distinction for participation in the I and II Wystawa Plastyki [1st and 2nd Fine Arts Exhibition] and Sympozjum Złotego Grona [Golden Grape Symposium] (1963 and 1965)
– first individual exhibitions in Wrocław, among others in Klub Dziennikarza [Journalist Club] (1964), Muzeum Sztuki Aktualnej [Museum of Current Art] (1967) and Muzeum Architektury [Museum of Architecture] (1969)
Grupa Wrocławska, portrety, okładka katalogu wystawy, 1976, Biuro Wystaw Artystycznych (BWA), Wrocław||Wrocław Group, portraits, exhibition catalogue cover, 1976, BWA [Bureau of Art Exhibitions] Wrocław
– lecturer of geometry and artistic drawing in PWSSP [State Higher School of Fine Arts] in Wrocław
1970–1971
– artistic scholarship and exhibition in Vence, France (Michael Karolyi Foundation)
– participation in Sympozjum plastyczne Wrocław ’70 [Visual Arts Symposium Wrocław ’70] and Plener Ziemia Zgorzelecka [Plein-er Zgorzelec Land]
– participation in multiple collective exhibitions, such as presentations of Wrocław Group in Muzeum Śląskie [Silesian Museum] in Wrocław, exhibition Wrocław ’71 in Zachęta in Warszawa
Konrad Jarodzki podczas Pleneru Ziemia Zgorzelecka, 1971, fot. nieznany||Konrad Jarodzki during Plein-air Zgorzelec Land, 1971, photographer unknown
Konrad Jarodzki, Zapis przestrzeni, Plener Ziemia Zgorzelecka, 1971, fot. Natalia LL, kolekcja Muzeum Współczesnego Wrocław||Konrad Jarodzki, Record of Space, Plein-Air Zgorzelec Land, 1971, photo Natalia LL, collection of Contemporary Museum Wrocław
1972–1978
– extensive creative activities, such important works are created as series: Przestrzeń [Space], Penetracje [Penetrations] or Brzemię [Burden]
– participation in dozens of individual and collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad, among others in survey exhibitions of Polish art in Montreal, London, Baltimore, Munich, Caracas, Athens and Adelaide
1973–1976
– senior lecturer in Painting and Drawing Studio in PWSSP [State Higher School of Fine Arts] in Wrocław ran by Alfons Mazurkiewicz
1976
– associate professor of PWSSP [State Higher School of Fine Arts] in Wrocław; after sudden death of Mazurkiewicz – a head of Painting and Drawing Studio in PWSSP in Wrocław
1975–1978
– president of Wrocław District of Związek Polskich Artystów Plastyków ZPAP [Association of Polish Artists and Designers]
1980–1985
– secretary of the presidium of the Social Committee of the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice and a member of its conservation team
1981–1982
– internment, prisons in Wrocław and in Nysa
1981–1984
– dean of the Faculty of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture at the PWSSP [State Higher School of Fine Arts] in Wrocław
– continuation of work on the series Przestrzeń [Space], Erotyki [Erotica] and first paintings from the Linea – bio series
Konrad Jarodzki na plenerze PWSSP, lata 80., fot. Andrzej Jarodzki||Konrad Jarodzki at the PWSSP plein-air, 1980s, photo: Andrzej Jarodzki
1984–1985
– rector elect (veto the by minister of culture and art), deputy dean of the Painting, Graphics and Sculpture Faculty
Pracownia Konrada Jarodzkiego, Wydział Malarstwa PWSSP, Wrocław, lata 80., fot. Leszek Frydryszak||Konrad Jarodzki’s atelier, Department of Painting PWSSP, Wrocław, 1980s, photo: Leszek Frydryszak
Pracownia Konrada Jarodzkiego, PWSSP, Wrocław, lata 80., fot. Leszek Frydryszak. Od lewego górnego rogu: Paweł Jarodzki, Andrzej Jarodzki, Jacek Jaśkiewicz, Piotr Błażejewski, Mieczysław Zdanowicz, Konrad Jarodzki, Bożena Grzyb-Jarodzka, Nicole Naskow, Leszek Frydryszak, Ewa Ciepielewska||Konrad Jarodzki’s atelier, PWSSP, Wrocław, 1980s, photo: Leszek Frydryszak. From top left: Paweł Jarodzki, Andrzej Jarodzki, Jacek Jaśkiewicz, Piotr Blażejewski, Mieczysław Zdanowicz, Konrad Jarodzki, Bożena Grzyb-Jarodzka, Nicole Naskow, Leszek Frydryszak, Ewa Ciepielewska
1985–1987
– curator of the exhibitions and symposiums Droga i Prawda [The Path and the Truth] in the church of the Holy Cross in Wrocław
Konrad Jarodzki z Andrzejem Osęką (po lewej) podczas Krajowego Biennale Młodych „Droga i Prawda”, 1987, fot. NAF Dementi, dzięki uprzejmości Ośrodka Pamięć i Przyszłość||Konrad Jarodzki with Andrzej Osęka (left) during National Young Art Biennial “Path and Truth”, 1987, photo: NAF Dementi, courtesy of the Remembrance and Future Centre
since 1986
– return to architectural activities, cooperation with Miastoprojekt [CityDesign] (Warszawa) and Archicom (Wrocław) companies, several rewards, including first degree ministerial awards for group designs and realisation of the Wrocław branch of Handlowy Bank (1995) and for the design of the Art Hotel complex in Wrocław (1999).
1990
– post of an associate professor in PWSSP [State Higher School of Fine Arts] in Wrocław
1991
– title of full professor
Konrad Jarodzki i Paweł Jarodzki, lata 90., fot. nieznany||Konrad Jarodzki and Paweł Jarodzki, 1990s, photographer unknown
1993–1999
– rector of the Akademia Sztuk Pięknych [Academy of Art and Design] in Wrocław
Konrad Jarodzki w PWSSP, 1995, fot. nieznany||Konrad Jarodzki at the PWSSP, 1995, photographer unknown
2000–2018
– working on new series, among others: Kosmos [Cosmos], Etudes [Etudes], Światło [Light], WTC, Alfabet [Alphabet] and Ptaki [Birds]
2008 –2019
– individual exhibition; Nadchodzi [It`s Coming] in Muzeum Narodowe [the National Museum] in Wrocław (2008), Distorted Clarity in Chashama Foundation in New York (2013), Impulsy [Impulses] in mia ART GALLERY in Wrocław (2016), Pośród [Among] in mia ART GALLERY and in (–1) Gallery in Centrum Olimpijskie [the Olympic Centre] in Warszawa (2019)
Konrad Jarodzki, wystawa Pośród, mia ART GALLERY, 2019, fot. Linda Parys, dzięki uprzejmości mia ART GALLERY||Konrad Jarodzki, exhibition Amidst, mia ART GALLERY, 2019, photo: Linda Parys, courtesy of mia ART GALLERY
2021
– dies on 23 XI in Wrocław
2022–2023
– posthumous exhibitions in 66p and Geppart Gallery ASP [Academy of Art and Design] in Wrocław: Happy the End. Konrad Jarodzki, Paweł Jarodzki (2022) and Mrok czasu – światło przestrzeni. Twórczość Konrada Jarodzkiego [The darkness of time – the light of space. The work of Konrad Jarodzki] (2023)
– inauguration of the Konrad and Paweł Jarodzki Artist in Residence Programme in the ‘Krzyżowa’ Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe (2023).
Based on:
Marek Śniecinski, Konrad Jarodzki, from the series “Wrocławskie Środowisko Artystyczne” [Artistic Millieu of Wrocław]. Wrocław: Akademia Sztuk Pięknych im. Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wrocławiu, 2022.
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