Cavatina Art Concept Artist

Igor Mitoraj

Sculptor, Famous for Fragmented Classical-Style Human Figures

Igor Mitoraj

Oederan 1944 – Paris 2014

Igor Mitoraj, born Jerzy Manika, was a Polish painter, graphic artist, and monumental sculptor. He completed his studies in 1968 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in the painting class led by Tadeusz Kantor. He then continued his art studies at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris.

Mitoraj achieved his artistic breakthrough in 1976 with an exhibition at the gallery of the La Hune bookstore in the Latin Quarter. During a working stay in South America, he discovered his passion for sculpture and created his first sculptures in terracotta and bronze. Following an invitation to a state art exhibition in 1977 at the Artcurial Gallery in Paris, he went to Pietrasanta, a center for bronze casting and marble working, to prepare his exhibits. There he produced his first monumental sculpture in white Carrara marble.

In the following years, he created 120 sculptures and drawings, which have since been shown in solo exhibitions worldwide. His sculptures, often of monumental proportions, are now located in the La Défense district of Paris, as well as in Rome, Milan, Lausanne, Lugano, London, Krakow, Scheveningen, The Hague, the USA, and Japan. In October 2005, Polish Minister of Culture Waldemar Dąbrowski honored Igor Mitoraj’s artistic oeuvre by awarding him the Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Cultural Merit.

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