Can do almost anything for his passion – he will swim the sea or hover somewhere high to get the best shot. He hardly gets any rest—after all, he has to film the life of the whole city. He hides the numbered film strips in an archive and then, at night, cuts out the best bits and blows them into the dreams of Tarnów residents so that they dare to dream.
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The Filmmaker
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Jerzy Ruszel
Was born in 1956 and died in Tarnów at the age of 68 (2024). He graduated from the secondary art school in Tarnów. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he graduated in 1984 in the Interior Design Department and worked there as an assistant until 1991. In 1988, he received a creative scholarship from the City of Krakow. In 1990, he was awarded 3rd prize at the "Sculpture of the Year" exhibition in Krakow. After moving to Tarnów, he began working at the State Secondary School of Visual Arts. He was a versatile artist who was successful in design, painting, sculpture, and interior design. He was teaching drawing and painting. He had an enormous oeuvre in various fields of art, e.g., he participated in the realisation of monuments in Krakow, e.g. a memorial to the workers killed in strikes. He was the author of many interior designs. He has had dozens of solo and collective exhibitions at home and worldwide, including in Krakow, Tarnów, Nuremberg, Hamburg, Paris, and Beziers. He also participated in the international art festival in France, "ChARTres - Croisement des Arts - festival 2018". Awarded many times for his work, he was actively involved in the artistic life of Tarnów.
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