Dorota Kos
born in Gdansk ;
1989 – 1994 - Art Secondary School Gdynia-Orlowo, specialisation Applied Forms ;
1995 – 2000 – Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Sculpture Department;
2000 – graduation work under the direction of Prof. Franciszek Duszenko, specialisation: Small Sculpture Forms ;
1999 – 2000 –work as an intern at the Drawing Studio and the Design Basics Studio, ASP, Gdansk;



Activity:

2012

solo exhibition- gallery "Moja Forma" Gdańsk, Poland
exhibition, Panjiyauan,China​
exhibition "Spirit of Stone" Idar-Oberstein, Germany;​

​exhibition "SPIRIT OF STONE",South Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland;​
 



2011
8.05.2011-8.01.2012 - exhibition "SPIRIT OF STONE",South Karelia Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland;​
 

2010
- exhibition „Designed in Poland”, Leipzig, Wien, Germany;
- exhibitions „Gdansk the World Capital of Amber”, „Nasz Bursztyn"Senate of the Republic of Poland;
- exhibition „Galeria Otwarta Prezentuje..”, Sandomierz;
- exhibition "Jewellery Scape International Exhibition";
- exhibition „ Gdansk the World Capital of Amber " Warszawa;
- exhibition "Nasz bursztyn" Warszawa;
- exhibition "Silver & Amber Time” Warszawa, Sandomierz;
- calendar for Embassy of Poland in Paris ( jewellery and fashion of polish designers);

2009
-"Silver & Amber Time" Legnica, Gdańsk, Poland;
- "Nasz bursztyn" - exhibition of members STFZ (Legnica- Muzeum Miedzi, Gdansk- New Town Hall),Gdansk- Amber Museum; Bremen- Town Hall ; Gdansk- Philharmonic Hall);
-"Gdansk the World Capital of Amber", exhibition in Bremen;
-"Silver & Amber Time", Kazakhstan;
2008
- "Designed in Poland" Copenhagen, Denmark;
- "Amber Time" Wuppertal, Germany;

2007
- Amber Prize in the Elektronos Amberif Design Award Competition;
- Villiaggio Europeo, Rzym;
-"Coffee and .."- exhibition in Amber Museum, Gdansk;
- "Designed in Poland" Mumbai, München;
- „Alatyr” Amber Museum, Kaliningrad, Russia;
- (October) „Bye, bye sumer love”, Mandarynka, Sopot;
- (December) V Women Meeting, Mandarynka, Sopot;
2006
- “Heartreality”- jewellery and clothing collection in collaboration with fashion designer Anna Wilczynska, presented at the Amberif Amber and Fashion Gala;
- exhibition in Bernsteinmuseum Ribnitz – Damgarten;
- exhibition STFZ."XV - STFZ 1991-2006" Legnica, Wroclaw, Warszawa, Kraków, Leipzig;
(July)- „Women”, Mandarynka, Sopot -presentation of unique collections and meeting with artists;
(December)- III Woman Meeting- presentation of unique collections, Mandarynka, Sopot;

2005-2006
- "Designed in Poland"- exhibition promoting Polish applied arts ( Berlin, Hamburg, Helsinki, New Delhi);
- exhibition "Contemporary Polish Goldsmith Art " Wuppertal, Prague,Warsaw, m.in. w Göttingen, Gifhorn, Leipzig, München, Uelzen, Wuppertal (Germany),
Praha (Czechy), Budapest (Hungary), Mulhouse (France), Firence, Dicomano (Italy), Uppsala, Västeras (Sweden), Bratislava (Slovakia), Jawor, Poznań, Warszawa (Poland);

2005
– Konsthantverkets dag , Stockholm , Sweden;

2004
- Konsthantverkets dag , Stockholm , Sweden;
- "Presentations" Competition,Warszawa, Kraków;

2003
– individual exhibition Silver Gallery, Legnica ;
2002
exhibition of fotography, Centrum Gemini , Gdynia ;
2001
– exhibition Young Gdańsk Sculpture ZAR Gallery, Gdańsk;



Awards & Grants:

2007
- Amber Prize in the Elektronos Amberif Design Award Competition
- Art Scholarship of President of Gdańsk;

Collections:

- Amber Museum , Gdańsk,Poland,
- private collections ;

Publications:

Polska Bizuteria
„Bursztynisko“
Zegarki i Bizuteria
Contemporary Polish jewellery- catalog
Bursztyn Baltycki- Przeglad rynku w Polsce 2005/2006
XV – STFZ- catalog
amber.com.pl
Top Class (38)2007
Zegarki i Bizuteria 9/2007(116)
GZ Art+Design 2/2007
GZ Goldschmiede Zeitung
TOP AMBER- album
„Nasz bursztyn“- catalog
„Amber & Silver Time“- catalog

2003-2009 board member of the International Amber Association
Since 2004 member of Goldsmithing Artist`Association

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