Mak-Sobota Beata
Dean of the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass
Chair of the Faculty Council of Ceramics and Glass
Member of the Senate of the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
Member of the Artistic Discipline Council
Functional Glass
In 1994, she graduated from the State Higher School of Visual Arts in Wrocław with a degree from the Faculty of Ceramics and Glass, specializing in Glass Design
I work creatively in the field of artistic glass and experimental design, exploring the formal potential of flat glass in the context of kinetic objects and ultra-minimalism. My artistic practice also includes thermal glass-forming techniques, the use of glass painting, and the integration of glass with other materials such as metal and paper. My priority is the integration of the formal qualities of glass with those of other materials, defined by the relationship between form, function, and applied technique to achieve specific visual impact.
Awards and scholarships (selected)
2025 – Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for organizational activity
2023 – Bronze Medal “Meritorious for Polish Culture – Gloria Artis”
2022 – First Degree Rector’s Award for artistic activity
1996 – “Good Design” Award granted by the Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw
Exhibitions (selected)
2025 – Synchrony – Present and Retrospection, solo exhibition, Museum in Wodzisław Śląski, Dietrichstein Palace, Poland
2025 – New Acquisition 2024, group exhibition, Glassmuseum – Alter Hof Herding Lette, Germany
2024 – International Paper and Textile Art Biennial, group exhibition, Centre culturel communal Den Breughel, Haacht, Belgium
2022 – Isolation of Structure, solo exhibition, BWA Wałbrzych Gallery of Art, Wałbrzych, Poland
2021 – GLASS_ON – The Venice Glass Week 2021, group exhibition, Chiesetta della Misericordia / Cannaregio, Venice, Italy
Conferences
2025 – 4th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference Science – Art – Technology: Crimes Against Cultural Heritage, Museum in Wodzisław Śląski, Dietrichstein Palace, Poland – member of the Scientific Committee
2023 – 3rd Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference Science – Technology – Art: The Art of Space, Centre for New Technologies, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice – member of the Scientific Committee
2019 – 2nd National Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference Technology – Art – Science: Communication in the Fields of Technology and Art, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław – Chair of the Scientific Committee
2019 – Pragmatism and Emotions in Transport Design, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław – member of the Scientific Committee
2018 – 1st National Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference Technology and Art – Common Areas, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice – paper: Technology and Formal Values in Artistic Glass based on the exhibition “Processes and Attitudes – Artistic Glass from the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław”; Chair of the Scientific Committee
2016 – From Experiment to Product, conference within the ECoC Wrocław 2016 programme, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław – lecture: Aspirations and Concept – the Design Process in Educational Practice
Publications (selected)
2022 – Beata Mak-Sobota. Isolation of Structure, BWA Wałbrzych Gallery of Art & Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
2019 – The Domain of Glass, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław & Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz
2019 – Beata Mak-Sobota. Audiovisual Objects / Transliteral Objects, Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
2016 – Attitudes and Processes – Artistic Glass from the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz & Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
2010 – Beata Mak-Sobota. Transglasscolors, BWA Wrocław Contemporary Art Galleries & Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
