Kasia Białek
Ceramic artist (b. 1970). A sociologist from the University of Wrocław who chose clay; she learned ceramics from the craftsmen and artists of the Warsaw Keramos association. She co-founded the c4 studio with three other ceramicists; today she works alone. Nearly twenty years of practice; since 2012 she has run her own studio near Warsaw — a pine forest, a dune, two kilns.
She works in stoneware fired at 1220°C: her own clay body (material including clay from her native Świętokrzyskie Mountains), engobes and oxides, glazes laid down like paint. Main cycles: The Approaching Fullness (spheres inspired by artefacts 300,000 years old), Rozwarcie (26 vases on the bond between earth and the moment of birth), and everyday vessels bearing words.
Exhibitions (selected)
- Mama's Eyes — 1 OFF WGW, a self-made pop-up gallery for the days of Warsaw Gallery Weekend; b20, Bracka 20, Warsaw; stoneware spheres; 18–20 September · exhibition page 2026
- A Tender Point of View (Czuły Punkt Widzenia) — Institute of Design, Kielce ↗; curated by Monika Osinkowska, partner Nów. Nowe Rzemiosło (extending Glenn Adamson’s idea of Tenderness); opening 4 Sept, on view until 22 Nov 2026
- Nów w Pełni / Beyond the Object — BWA Municipal Gallery, Bydgoszcz; curated by Monika Osinkowska · viewing room · BWA ↗ 2026
- Samorost — Thymka Studio, Warsaw2026
- Wnikam — with Aga Tymińska, an immersive exhibition, Thymka Studio, Warsaw · viewing room 2025
- Anioły Rzemiosła (Angels of Craft) — Palace on the Isle, Royal Łazienki, Warsaw; distinction in the 1st edition (artistic ceramics) · Anioły Rzemiosła ↗2023
Market
- “Rozwarcie 12 cm” — auction “Contemporary Artistic Ceramics”, Pragaleria, Warsaw; sold · auction result ↗2023
Press (selected)
- Mariusz Szczygieł in Wysokie Obcasy (“Artystka Extra” series): “A Kinswoman of Stone” (Krewna Kamienia; Extra print edition, photo Michał Mutor) and online “Zanurzam ręce w glinie” ↗2026
- Anna Maruszeczko, “The Sense of Fragility. Ceramics with a Message” — Post Scriptum ↗ 2023
- “The Matriarchy of Things” — NAP Magazine ↗2022
- “Kamień, glina, ciało” (“Stone, clay, body”) — LABEL Magazine (print)2022
full press list (since 2016) →
Associations & availability
- Member of Nów. Nowe Rzemiosło ↗ (New Craft)
- Objects — by inquiry only: kasia@kasiabialek.pl
- No gallery representation — enquiries directly: kasia@kasiabialek.pl
- Functional ceramics — separately, from her studio: kasiabialekceramika.pl ↗
Press materials and full documentation of works — on request. PL / EN.