Born in Poland, and currently based in Australia, Cezary Stulgis’ is a sculptor, painter and designer who’s highly distinctive work fuses innovative aesthetics with classical craftsmanship. This approach reflects his artistic roots in street art and his subseqeunt formal training as a sculptor and painter at the renowned Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Poland.
Cezary’s unique style and interdisciplinary skill-set has earned him a reputation internationally as a creative and technically proficient professional artist. His versatility finds him equally at home working with architects on large urban landscape sculptural projects, or in a studio with graphic designers. He has successfully completed numerous public art commissions in Australia, Poland and United Kingdom and continues to exhibit extensively.
Graduating a Master of Fine Art in his native Polland with Distinction after completing his undergraduate qualificaiton in his Australia, Cezary is also a qualitified fabrication enabling him to diversify his work and skillset. Throughout his career he has completed commissioned work privately and street art projects in Melbourne.
QUALIFICATIONS
2013 – Certificate 3 – Engineering Fabrication Trade
2012 – Certificate 4 – TAE Training and Assessment
2000 – Masters with Distinction – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Sculpture, Krakow POLAND
1995 – Bachelor of Visual Arts – Queensland University of Technology, QLD Brisbane
COMMISSIONS
2018 Toxic Fish Mural, Brisbane Powerhouse, Collaboration with Benjamin Reeve, Brisbane QLD
2017 Sitting Dingo and Leaping Hound, Coomera Westfields, curated by Ambush Gallery, Gold Coast QLD
2017 The Couple with Dog – Bronze Sculptures – Private NEW ZEALAND
2016 Jemena Powerboxes – Bluscary Festival, Footscray University, Melbourne VIC
2016 Streetworks – Braybrook Maribyrnong Council, VIC
2016 Streetworks – Spotswood Maribyrnong Council, VIC
2015 Aurora – Bronze Sculpture – Aurora Group – Public Art, 300 Queen St, Brisbane CBD
2015 Archilux-Versalux Exhibition Stand, Spark, Sydney NSW
2014 The Guillmans – Bronze Sculptures – Private NEW ZEALAND
2014 3D Mural – Navala Restaurant, Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Strength In Numbers – Sculptures, Off The Kerb, Melbourne VIC
2016 Instinct – Sculptures, YSG – Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2011 K-9 Prototypes – Sculptures, Shooting Gallery, Spring Hill, Brisbane QLD
2008 Suspended Landscapes – Paintings, Cylinder, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane QLD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 St Hilda Art Festival, St Hilda’s School, Gold Coast QLD
2019 Hot Summers Night Group Exhibition, 19 Karen Gallery, Gold Coast QLD
2019 Affordable Art Fair Exhibiion, The Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne VIC
2019 Group Exhibition, BSIDE Gallery, Fitzroy VIC
2014 Indesign Melbourne, Collaboration with Archilux, Melbourne VIC
2014 Northern Exposure, Ambush Gallery, Sydney NSW
2014 Suburban Opera, Gallery 5 Crown Lane, Wollongong NSW
2013 Northern Exposure, Ambush Gallery, Sydney NSW
2013 Art With Altitude, Sky Gate, Brisbane Airport QLD
2013 Chromatism, Blake House Gallery, Brisbane QLD
2013 Little Plenty, Arts on Burgandy, Heidelberg VIC