Grzegorz Bibro is a visual artist who uses glass in art objects and installations, as well as new media to work with the body in various contexts. In 2015 he received MA in Photography at the University of Arts in Poznań (PL). During the studies he made a series of video performances that were presented in Poland and abroad. However his diploma work was made of neon tubes and that light installation was an impulse to study Glass Art and Design at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw (PL). Since 2020 he took part in many different glass classes, including those led by visiting professors such as Anna Mlasowsky, Matthew Szosz, Erica Tada and Karin Forslund.  In 2022 he graduated master’s studies by making a group of blown glass objects that were shown in Venice (IT) during The Italian Glass Week 2022 and additionally received two distinctions: first at The International Glass Exhibition during the Stanislav Libenský Award in Prague (CZ), and the second at the Best Diplomas 2022 show in BWA Gallery in Wrocław (PL). Currently, he continues his studies in the Doctoral School of the Eugeniusz Gepeprt Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, exploring non-patriarchal masculinity in glass.

Education:
2022- today, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, PL, Doctoral School, (PhD studies)
2020 – 2022, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, PL, Faculty of Ceramics and Glass, major: Glass Art and Design (Master’s studies)
2010 – 2015, University of Arts in Poznan, PL, Faculty of Multimedia Communication, major: Photography, (Master’s studies)
2002 – 2003, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, PL, Institute of Art History, Faculty History, major: Knowledge of Modern Art (postgraduate studies)
1997 – 2003, University of Economics, Poznan, PL, Faculty of Management, major: Management and Marketing (Master’s degree)

Glass classes:
2023, Karin Forslund as visiting professor (spring semester), The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, PL
2022, Matthew Szosz as visiting professor (spring semester), The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, PL
2021, Anna Mlasowsky as visiting professor (fall semester), The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, PL

Working with glass:
2024, Artist Assistant (AA) of Ivan Carmona during his art residency at Pilchuck Glass School, USA
2023, Artist Assistant (AA) of Rinoi Imada during her art residency at Glazenhuis, Lommel, BE

Participation in glass workshops:
2024, Glassworks workshop „Glassblowing Consciousness – A bridge Between Logic and Emotion” led by Aya Oki, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA;

Solo shows (selection):
2024, LEGACY, Bękarty Studio, Poznań, PL
2023, MADE WITH BREATH AND TOUCH, Art Space, Plac Nowy Targ, Wrocław, PL
2022, “GLASS_ON”, Oławska St., Wrocław, PL
2022, PELLED FROM THE BODY / SiC Gallery! BWA, Wrocław Gallery of Contemporary Art, Glass and Ceramics branch, Wrocław, PL
2021, THE RIVER’S STORY / Municipal Art Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, PL
2018, ME AND THE FATHER / Ostrov, Poznań, PL
2017, ME AND THE FATHER / Galerie Klubovna, Brno, CZ
2015, BODY IN THE IMAGE OF THE SHADOW / Gallery at the Jesuits, Poznań, PL

Group shows (selection):
2024, EXPERIMENTS x EPIPHANIES, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, USA
2024, EXPERIMENT, The Cracow Glassworks, Kraków, PL
2024, PERCEPTION / INTEGRATED FORMS, Bulvary, Wrocław, PL
2024, EVOLUTION, group show during Glass Artist Society Conference, Berlin, DE
2024, IMMER NOCH / NADAL (eng: STILL in Polish and German), Kunsthalle Görlitz in cooperation with Schlesisches Museum, Görlitz, DE
2024, PALIMPSESTS OF SPACE, post-evangelical church, Goszcz Palace, Goszcz, PL
2023, P****, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin, DE
2023, RENEWING, Municipal Art Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, PL
2023, GLASS, BODY and MOVEMENT, CSU Gallery, Wrocław, PL
2023, A WORLD THAT IS NO LONGER THERE, The Art Documentation Center, Wrocław, PL
2023, THE BLUE ROOM, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin, DE
2023, POLISH GLASS REVIEW, CSU building, ASP Wrocław, PL
2022, ART OF TRANSITION ’22, Best Diplomas, BWA Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wrocław PL
2022, GLASS_ON. HAVE WE EVER DREAMT ABOUT IT? as part of The Italian Glass Week2022, Tiziano Room/Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice, IT
2022, STANISLAV LIBENSKY AWARD, International Glass Exhibition, Rosenberg Palace, Hradčany, Prague, CZ
2022, ZOOM TO GLASS as part of the European Glass Festival, Bourgeois Brewery, PL
2022, LABORATORY OF WELL–BEING, exhibition as part of Poznań Design Festival 2022, Old Brewery, Poznań, PL
2022, MATERIA PRIMA, Jewish Studies – University of Wroclaw, Wrocław, PL
2022, DON’T LOOK BACK, exhibition during DRAWING TRIENNALE WROCŁAW 2022, Contemporary Museum in Wroclaw, PL
2022, COMPATIBLE, Glass Heritage Center, Krosno, PL
2022, THE GLASS OF YOUGH – REACTIVATION, Trzebnica’s Gallery, Trzebnica, PL
2022, LEFT-RIGHT HAND, CSU Gallery, Wrocław, PL
2021, YOU ARE THE WORLD, MD_S Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wrocław, PL
2021, DREAM IN THE DEEP FOREST, exhibition after the 6th International Glass Symposium, Annin, CZ
2020, FIRST STAR, Bękarty Studio, Poznań, PL
2019, POP-UP ART EXHIBITION 2, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin, DE
2017, CLASSMATES, Oficyna Gallery, Poznań, PL
2016, (NON) PRESENCE, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin, PL
2016, OPEN BODY, Miejsce sztuki 44 Art Gallery, Świnoujście, PL
2016, ALL MAY COME BUT DOESN’T HAVE TO GO, UP Project Space, Berlin, DE
2016, SKIN, The Ballery Gallery, Berlin, DE
2015, LOVE RIDER, Jesuits’ Gallery, Poznań, PL
2014, INTERCONNECTIONS _01, MONA (Museum of Newest Art), Poznań, PL
2014, LOVE AIDS RIOT SEX III, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2013, OFF THE PROGRAM, Stanislaw Staszic Museum, Pila, PL
2011, WIND IN MY HEART, DUST IN MY HEAD, Herman’s Villa, Poznan, PL

Performances:
2024, SOSPIRI GLASS AND SOUND, group performance organized by Polish Glass Artist Association during The Venice Glass Week 2023, Wave Murano Glass, Venice, IT
2023, GLASS, BODY and MOVEMENT, group performance initiated by Karin Forslund during the Festival of High Temperatures, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, PL
2023, GLASS &VOICE, group performance during The Venice Glass Week 2023, Scala Contarini del Bovolo, Venice, IT
2020, NAME FOR A CHILD, delegated performance at the end of Open School of Art 2020, Poznań, PL
2019, AH, HOW NICE, solo performance at Old Port WARTO, at the end of Open School of Art 2019, canoe harbor on Warta river, Poznań, PL
2015, SECOND’S OUT, (video performance with Antonia Flachsenberg, DE) during the art residency MEETING OF IMAGES / BEGEGNUNG DER BILER (PL/ DE), Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, PL
2015, ON THE OTHER HAND, (video performance with Antonia Flachsenberg, DE) during the art residency MEETING OF IMAGES / BEGEGNUNG DER BILER (PL/ DE), University of Arts, Poznań, PL
2012-2014, ME AND THE FATHER, (series of video performances with my father), Poznań, PL

Temporary presentation of artworks in public space:
2024, THE GLASS MOUNTAIN, in the sculpture park of The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL
2024, HOSTING – OTHERNESS, during The Open City, 16th Art Festival In Public Space, Kraków, PL
2019, HOSTING – OTHERNESS, 11 th Open City Festival, Lublin, PL
2017, BELLE VUE, Museum of Applied Arts, Poznań, PL
2015, ACTIVE RESISTANCE TO PROPAGANDA, The Polish Theater, Poznań, PL
2014, ZOO KIDS, Old Zoo, Poznań, PL

Works in public art collections:
2021, neon THE RIVER’S STORY in the collection of Municipal Art Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, PL
2019, neon HOSTING – OTHERNESS (pl: GOŚCINNOŚĆ), in the collection of CROSSROADS Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives, Lublin, PL

Artist residencies:
2021, NEON AS A TEXT OF THE CITY, BWA Bydgoszcz Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bydgoszcz, PL
2014-2015 MEETING OF IMAGES / BEGEGNUNG DER BILER (PL/ DE) led by Prof. Dominik Lejman, Prof. Krzysztof Gliszczynski and Prof. Piotr Natan (artistic collaborations with Antonia Flachsenberg, DE):
– 2015, Academy of Fine Arts, Gdansk, PL
– 2015, University of Arts, Poznań, PL
– 2014, Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel, DE
– 2014, Hans Scharoun’s summer house, Zermutzel, DE

International Art Symposia:
2024, NATURE OF THE MATTER – MATTER OF THE NATURE, 5th International Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL
2024, LIGHT, TRANSFORMATION, RETURN TO LIFE, exhibition after the art symposium at Laboratorio Venezia, Villa Farsetti, Santa Maria di Sala, Venice, IT
2023, PALIMPSESTS OF SPACE, 7th International Symposium IT WAS, IT IS AND IT WILL BE, Goszcz, PL
2021, DREAM IN THE DEEP FOREST, 6th International Symposium of Glass, Annin, CZ

Awards and distinctions (glass):
2022, honorable mention in the competition „Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts
Wrocław 2022” and the exhibition ART OF TRANSFORMATION, BWA Wrocław Główny, Wrocław PL
2022, Special Prize at the International Glass Exhibition during the final of the Stanislav Libenský Award competition, Rosenberg Palace, Hradczany, Prague, CZ

Educational experience:
2022, 2021, leading a workshop on making alginate molds for glass blowing, as part of the activities in the Scientific Circle of Glass Students, ASP Wrocław, PL
2016, Justyna Śmidowicz and Grzegorz Bibro, workshop and exhibition „BODY vs ARCHITECTURE” as part of Justyna Śmidowicz’s project: Photographic Game, ZAMEK Culture Center, Poznań, PL

Self publications:
2024, LEGACY, together with Mono Duo Tri publishing, Poznań, PL
2015, ME AND THE FATHER, Poznań, PL
2014, PRAYER BOOK, Poznań, PL

Own articles:
2015, IN THE NAME OF DAD, online magazine FATHERS
2015, IT’S NOT ME SITTING ON THE BED, ONLY YOU, MAGENTA MAG magazine

Presence in publications:
2023, Neues Glas New Glass art &architecture, ”Oscar for Young Glassmaker” (No 1/2023)
2022, Przemek Pintal: “Wrocław Drawing Triennial 2022”, published by Academy of Art and Design, Wrocław, PL
2022, Waldemar Wojciechowski, Anna Sienkiewicz: „Design as a plane of recognition and modeling of social relations” in the chapter: „How to design the beginning? Design as a rite of passage” by Agata Kiedrowicz, published by Academy of Art in Szczecin, PL
2020, Marta Smolińska: „Hapticity expanded: the sense of touch in Polish art
of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first century”, Universitas, PL

A series of video screenings:
SO BETWEEN YOU AND ME, THESE FILMS ARE ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS
2015, Center for Contemporary Art – Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, PL
2015, BWA, Zielona Góra, PL
2014, Collective 1A, Poznań, PL

Presentations/ artist talks:
2024, presentation called SLIDES, during the session in Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, USA;
2024, artists talk led by the curator Jagna Dąbrowska, during the show IMMER NOCH / NADAL (eng: STILL in Polish and German), Kunsthalle Görlitz in cooperation with Schlesisches Museum, Görlitz, DE
2024, presentation during The 5th International Symposium of Contemporary Sculpture, The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, PL
2023, presentation during The 7th International Symposium IT WAS, IT IS AND IT WILL BE, Goszcz, PL
2021, artist talk during art residency in BWA Bydgoszcz Gallery of Contemporary Art, Bydgoszcz, PL
2018, artist talk as part of the exhibition ME AND THE FATHER, (Poznań Ostrov, Poznań, PL) included in the program of Poznań Art Week 2018.

I work with body and word, remaining close to myself in my artistic practice. I’m interested in my own /not my own body, created by me and forming me; relationship with the one who reproduced his body to create me (father) and with the one whose word became flesh (God) – so superficially and persistently restated today. I want to embody these relationships with my own system of values, far from the sense of shame and guilt typical for Polish Catholic church. For that I use various media such as glass objects, light installations, photographs and videos performance.