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Roma Babuniak
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| Born | 25 March 1952 England
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| Nationality | British |
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| Known for | China and porcelain designs |
Roma Babuniak is an artist born in England on March 25, 1952. She is famous for her beautiful art made from bone china and a special type of porcelain called unglazed biscuit porcelain. Roma lives and works in both Germany and France. She has won many important awards, including one at the 1st International Ceramics Contest in Mino, Japan, in 1986, and the Premio Diputacio da Valencia in Spain in 1999.
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About Roma Babuniak
Roma Babuniak started her art journey at the University of Salford from 1971 to 1973. After that, she studied at Sheffield Hallam University from 1973 to 1976. There, she earned a degree in fine art and sculpture. She also learned about film and photography.
Roma began her career as a professional artist in North Wales in 1980. She received a special grant from the Welsh Arts Council for her first solo art show. In 1981, she moved to Germany, where she has an art studio in Gmund am Tegernsee in Bavaria.
During the 1980s, her artwork became well-known in galleries and exhibitions. Her art was shown in England, Germany, Italy, France, and Japan. In 1992, Roma showed her work in an exhibition called "Encuentro" in Spain. She won the Premio Diputacio da Valencia award in 1999. In 2004, she received the L’Alcalaten prize in Spain.
Roma's art was featured at the Chelsea Crafts Fair in London several times. This helped her connect with the British Arts Council and other art collectors. Her work was bought for the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It was also displayed at The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh. The National Museum of Scotland later purchased her work for their collection.
She has exhibited in Mino and Kyoto, Japan, where she received special mentions. In 2005, she was invited to be an artist-in-residence in Shigaraki, Japan. After this, she had a solo exhibition called Cross-over in Nagoya.
In 2008, Roma was asked to join a design team for the 300th anniversary of Meissen Porcelain in Germany. However, this project was later stopped.
Roma's Art Style
In her early career, Roma experimented with shapes inspired by nature. Her artworks were not meant to be used as everyday objects. Instead, she wanted them to express strong feelings and ideas.
By the 1990s, Roma started using other materials like stainless steel and precious metals. This made her sculptures look more modern and architectural. Her newer works often refer back to ideas from her earlier pieces.
Roma Babuniak's art is often described as minimalist. This means it is simple, neat, and calm. She gets ideas from everyday landscapes, focusing on their most important features.
She often combines different materials that might seem unusual together. These include bone china, porcelain, a type of plastic called Poly(methyl)methacrylate, thin wire, stainless steel, and paper. This mix creates an interesting balance in her art.
Roma has received many international awards and praise for her work. Many private and public collectors own her art. Her work has also been featured in publications around the world.
Art Collections
Roma Babuniak's art can be found in many important collections, including:
- Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung, München, Germany
- City Art Gallery, Manchester, England
- City of Kapfenberg, Austria
- City Museum, Varazdin, Croatia
- Collection of John Makepeace, Fars, Beaminster, Dorset, England
- Dresdner Bank, München, Germany
- Faenza International Ceramics Museum, Italy
- Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
- Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
- Museum of Kyoto, Japan
- Museu L’Alcora, Spain
- Museo Nacional Gonzalez Marti, Valencia, Spain
- Museu Manises, Spain
- Neue Sammlung, München, Germany
- Raiffeisenbank, Germany
- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- Sammlung Hinder/Reimers, Schloss Villa Ludwigshöhe, Edenkoben, Germany
- Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin, Germany
- Sammlung Paetzold, Schloß Friedenstein, Gotha, Germany
- Sammlung Thiemann, Schloß Rheinbeck, Hamburg, Germany
- Shigaraki Museum of Modern Ceramics, Cultural Park, Japan
- Universalmuseum Joanneuem, Graz, Austria
- Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Art Projects and Galleries
In 1987, Roma Babuniak started the Studio Galerie in Gmund, Germany. This gallery showed works by artists like Vladimir Strelnikov and Georg Dudek.
She later relaunched the Studio Galerie in 2009. This time, it focused on modern international artists from Germany and Japan. Some artists featured were Christian Heß, Takao Inoue, and Akashi Murakami.
From 2001 to 2009, Roma also created and managed "Windows for Show" in Tegernsee, Germany. This was a new idea where six artists showed their work for three months in places not usually used for art shows. This helped more people see their art directly.
Since 1998, Roma has been a member of the AK68 Art Society in Wasserburg am Inn, Germany. She served on their board from 2008 to 2013. During this time, she helped organize exhibitions for artists like Albert Lohr and Christine Ott.
In 2016, she helped start and curate a new international gallery in Kalamunda, Western Australia. The gallery opened in May 2016 and showed art by Georg Thumbach, Akashi Murakami, and others. The gallery had to close due to travel restrictions during the pandemic. Roma was able to return to Europe in January 2022.
Exhibitions and Events
Art Exhibitions
- 1976 Degree Show, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, England
- 1981 Kunstkammer Dr. Paul Köster, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- 1983/86/05 Concorso Internazionale, Museum Faenza, Italy
- 1984 1st World Triennial of Small Ceramics, Museum Zagreb, Jugoslawia
- 1985 ‘Zeitgenössische Keramik‘, Spitalspeicher, Offenburg, Germany
- 1986 Concorso Internazionale, Museum Faenza, Italy
- 1986 1st International Ceramics Contest, Mino, Japan, Award with Honorable Mention for outstanding achievement
- 1986 1st Kyoto International Craft Competition, Kyoto, Japan, Award with Meritorious Achievement
- 1987 ‘Aspekte Zeitgenössische Keramik aus Europe‘
- 1987 Kulturamt Stuttgart and Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1988 Museum für Moderne Keramik, with Seung Ho Yang, Germany
- 1989 Galerie L, with Robin Welch and Elizabeth Pluquet, Hamburg, Germany
- 1990 Internationale BIennale, Vallauris, France
- 1990 ‘Moderne Unikate aus 14 Ländern‘, Schloß Rheinbeck, Hamburg, Germany
- 1991 Solo exhibition, Royal Exchange, Manchester, England
- 1991 Angermuseum Erfurt, with Pit Nicolas, Brigitte Schuller, Klaus Lehmann, Germany
- 1992 International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan, Award with Honorable Mention
- 1993 The Scottish Gallery, with Lotte Reimers, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1993 Galerie im Hörsaal, Leipzig, Germany
- 1993 Galerie Painen, with Jürgen Grenzemann, Berlin, Germany
- 1994 Contemporary Applied Arts, London
- 1995 Cecilia Coleman Gallery, with Dorothy Gill, London
- 1997 Biennale Europea, Manises, Spain
- 1998 Adrian Sassoon, London, England
- 2002 XII Biennal Esplugues, Barcelona, Spain
- 2002 Perron Preis exhibition, Erkenbert Museum, Frankenthal, Germany
- 2003 ‘Alt trifft Neu“, Sammlung Paetzold, Schloß Friedenstein, Gotha, Germany
- 2004 ‘Hautnah‘, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
- 2005 Artist- in- Residence, Shigaraki, Japan
- 2006 Biennale de la Sculpture, Mamer, Luxembourg
- 2007 5. International Biennial, Kapfenberg, Austria; Award: Purchase Prize of the City of Kapfenberg
- 2008 Mino International Ceramics (1st selection) Japan
- 2009 ‘Multiplex’, City Museum of Varazdin, Croatia
- 2009 Galerie Bruckmühl with Sylvia Hatzl, Germany
- 2011 ‘Sehnsucht nach der Ferne’, conceptual members exhibition, AK68, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany
- 2012 Galerie ob der Kap with André Lambotte, and Kathrin Fischborn, Luxembourg
- 2013 ‘Gefäß und Skulptur’, Grassi Museum, Leipzig, Germany
- 2014/15 Mandjar Art exhibition, Mandurah, Western Australia
Art Events
- 1978-1980 Exhibitions with the North Wales Artists Association, UK
- 1988/89/92/95 Chelsea Crafts Fair, London, UK
- 1985 ‘Unikate‘, Handwerkskammer für Oberbayern 30.11-8.12. Germany
- 1986 ‘Das Flair des Kunsthandwerks‘, Handwerkskammer Oberbayern, München, Germany
- 1993 ‘Eating- In’, House and Garden Show, Business Design Centre London, UK
- 2003 ‘Tischkultur‘, in co-operation with Toni Bösterling, Fairs in Augsburg, Braunschweig, Rosenheim, Germany
- 2003-2012 Tegernseer Kunstausstellung, Germany
- 2002-2012 Gmundart, Germany
