Marek MODERAU (b. 1953), Two Towers, 2016.

light chamotte clay, colored glaze, steel base, 88.50 x 39.50 x 22 cm;
unsigned;
author's studio, 2016.

In 1973, he graduated from the State High School of Fine Arts in Kielce with a specialization in sculpture.
In 1982, he received a master's degree from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, in the sculpture studio of Barbara Bieniulis-Strynkiewicz.
He works in many materials, from stone in bronze, wood, Corten metal, stainless steel , monumental projects with realization outside Poland.
Participation in exhibitions:
National Student Drawing Biennale, Katowice, 1979.
Participation in the COMUK plein-air "Bałtów 80" and the post-air exhibition of painting and ceramics "Bałtów 80", WDK Kielce, 1980
Participation in the Exhibition of Warsaw Creative Environments, Zytnia 3/9 Parish House, "Presence", 1985
Individual exhibition of graphics in the gallery "Aktyn", 2001
Individual exhibition of graphics at the Center for Promotion of Culture Warsaw Praga-Południe, 2001
Individual exhibition of photographs "Urywek", together with his wife Barbara Moderau, Small gallery of the Poster Museum in Wilanow, 2008
Since 1980 cooperates, and since 1984 belongs to the Association of Ceramic Artists "Keramos", since 1985, participation in all exhibitions of the Association and in I - XIII International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics organized by Keramos
Participation in exhibitions "Different Faces of Ceramics", Radzyń Podlaski, Opatówek near Kalisz, 2007
Participation in outdoor sculpture exhibitions organized by the sculpture section of OW ZPAP at NOVOTEL GARDEN GALLERY, 2011, 2012
Participation in the International Charity Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Opera House In Cairo, Egypt 2012.
Participation in the sculpture exhibitions of the Warsaw community of the sculpture section of the OW ZPAP , Mazowiecka 11, GENESIS 2014, AWARDS 2015/2016, EGO 2017, PASSION 2018
Participation in IX Triennale of Polish Contemporary Drawing in Lubaczow, 2017
Participation in the 14th Józef Gielniak Graphic Competition in Jelenia Góra, 2017
Participation in the 14th International Autumn Art Salon, BWA Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, 2019
Exhibition of Two, together with Barbara Moderau, sculpture, ceramic sculpture, graphics, photography, gallery Uszyńscy Dental Clinic, Powązkowska 44, Warsaw, May/June 2021
Awards and competitions :
In 1995. Distinction in the competition for the design of the War Cemeteries in Katyn, Kharkov, Miednoye.
In 2000 3rd prize in the competition for the design of the sculpture-logo of the Stock Exchange Center in Warsaw.
In 2010 First prize in the competition for the design of the Commemoration of the Victims of the Smolensk Air Crash near Smolensk on 10.04.2010 at Warsaw Powazki, together with arch. Piotr Klecan
In 2011 Third prize in the competition for the design of the monument commemorating the Lvov Professors in Lviv, together with arch. Piotr Klecan
In 2012 First prize in the competition for the design of the War Cemetery in Bykovnia near Kiev, together with arch. Robert Glowacki
In 2020 Second prize in the competition for the design of the monument to the Victims of Communism in Lublin, together with arch. Robert Glowacki, arch. Ewa Podoba and sculpture art. Barbara Moderau
Awards :
2005 awarded the Gold Medal of the Council for the Protection of the Memory of Struggle and Martyrdom,
2008 award of the City of Warsaw
2009 Golden Cross of Merit of the President of the Republic of Hungary
2014 Medal "Blessed Father Jerzy Popieluszko"
2019 Medal "In Service to God and Fatherland."