Wlodzimierz Cygan

Wlodzimierz Cygan (b. 1953, Lodz, Poland) Cygan is renown for his textile innovations. First, in much of his tapestries the warp changes direction, the strands enable the weaving of circles or arcs, creating a three dimensional, dynamic piece. 

Recently, Cygan has been experimenting with fiber optics within textile art. He explains, “I use optical fiber mono-filament with increased light transmission for warp and weft as a complementary material for the textile structure." In doing so, he is able to connect two contradictions: durability of textile materials and a constant change of the light. The woven, flexible light in these works is constantly changing its intensity, “like the passing of time transformed by seasons which slowly and gently create vibrant poetic stories," he says. “Shadows cast on the walls play an important role in planning the cracks, holes, irregular and uneven edges of my compositions." 

Selected collections and exhibition venues:

Jean Lurcat Museum of Contemporary Tapestry, Angers France (International Triennial of Miniature Textiles, permanent collection,/); Kyoto Art Center, Japan (Ori-rhythm, International Exhibition of Textiles); Chiesa di San Francesco, Como, Italy (Miniartextiles); Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium (Web of Europe); National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland; Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz Poland (International Triennial of Tapestry, permanent collection); Gdynia City Museum, Poland (International Baltic Triennial of Miniature Textiles, traveling exhibition); Zhengzhou, China (6th, 7th and 8th International Fiber Art Biennials, From Lausanne to Beijing); Cheongju, Korea (Cheongju International Craft Biennial); National Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica (Miracle, traveling exhibition); Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary (Historical and Contemporary Tapestries); Hunterdon Art Musuem, Clinton, New Jersey (International Contemporary Tapestry); Design Museum of Art, Riga Latvia (International Triennial of Textile and Fiber Art); Neumunster Textile Musuem, Germany (permanent collection); Luneberg Museum, Germany; Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland (Artapestry 4, traveling exhibition); Gallery Re-Medium, Lodz, Poland (Ater-Worlds, solo exhibition); Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri (Memorial Tapestry); Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado (American Tapestry Biennial).

Recipient:

Bronze Medal, 6th International Fiber Art Biennial, From Lausanne to Beijing; Grand Prix,12th International Triennial of Tapestry.