Artweeks with Piotr Gargas

As part of Oxfordshire Artweeks, the county’s largest arts festival, our Burford Gallery is hosting a select number of our artists across the week, from Saturday 9th May. We are delighted to be joined by sixteen of our artists throughout the week, demonstrating how they bring their impressive pieces to life, whilst shedding light upon their practice and answering any questions you may have about their work.

On Saturday 9th until Monday 11th May, join us in store to meet sculptor Piotr Gargas between 9am and 3pm who will be demonstrating his method of creating Ancaster sculptures.

As a sculptor and stone carver based in Oxfordshire, Piotr Gargas is known for blending the traditions of classical stone carving with contemporary digital design. His sculptures are held in private collections across the UK and internationally.

Piotr began his training in Poland, where he studied the work of great classical sculptors and historic forms. Over the following decade, he travelled and worked across Europe restoring decorative stonework in historic buildings and sculptures created by generations of craftsmen and artists. This experience refined his precision, deepened his sensitivity to form and gave him an intimate understanding of natural materials. His restoration work has even been described as “cosmetic surgery in stone”, though it has ultimately helped shape the distinctive artistic voice he has developed today.

After settling in Oxfordshire, Piotr established his own studio, where he creates sculptures that combine organic movement with clean lines and subtle dynamism. Often inspired by nature, flow and the inherent expressiveness of stone, he begins by conceiving forms through advanced 3D imaging technology, before carefully translating them into marble, stone or wood by hand. The result is a body of work that balances innovation with tradition, reflecting the harmony and movement found in natural forms..