We invite you to the opening of the exhibition of sculpture by Stanisław Gierada entitled The Passage of Time. Saturday, May 16, 2026, 5:00 p.m., Olivia Star lobby at the Olivia Centre.

Co-organizers: Olivia Centre, ZPAP Gdańsk District

Patronages: Gdańsk Community, Radio Gdańsk, Tricity Prestige Magazine, Trójmiasto.pl

Stanisław Gierada

He graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture at the PWSSP in Gdańsk in the studio of Prof. Stanisław Horno-Popławski in 1968. For many years he was associated with the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk as a teacher – he ran the Studio of Renovation and Reconstruction of Sculpture, and in 1999 he obtained a second-degree assistant professorship.

He is the author of numerous projects in the field of conservation, m.in. design and supervision of the construction of the stonework of the boulevard on the Motława River, the lintel at Mariacka and Świętego Ducha Streets in Gdańsk and the author’s reconstruction of the Gdańsk coat of arms in the Winter Hall of the Town Hall. He also worked in the field of mosaics, medal making and sacral and monumental sculpture.

He has participated in international snow sculpture competitions in San Moritz (Switzerland) and Quebec (Canada), as well as in sculpture symposia in Poland and abroad. He has been a member of the jury of sculpture competitions many times.

A two-time scholarship holder of the Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship (2010, 2018), winner of the Awards of the Mayor of the City of Gdańsk (2010, 2018) and the City of Gdynia (2018), as well as a scholarship holder of the German Government (1996). Author of m.in Monument to the Victims of December 1970 in Gdynia and Monument to Poles Murdered in Siberia in Norilsk (1996).

His works can be found in galleries and private collections in Poland, Europe, the USA and Canada. He lives and works in Gdańsk.

The exhibition will be open until June 20, 2026. Admission.