PUZZLUM TOUR

This is an artistic and educational project that aims to give as many people as possible the opportunity to experience the Puzzlums firsthand — oil paintings that can be touched, explored, and rediscovered.

These works are not simply meant to be viewed. Through touch and interaction — especially by moving, arranging, and rotating their individual pieces — viewers can engage directly with the works and become co-creators of their compositions. By interacting with the pieces, visitors actively shape the works and leave their mark on them. At the same time, each interaction contributes to their gradual disappearance: repeated touching and handling cause the painted surfaces to wear down and deteriorate over time.

The Puzzlums reached their largest audience to date during the 2017 Night of Museums at the Silesian Museum in Katowice. More than 17,000 people attended the event.

In 2022, the project expanded to include artistic and educational workshops for primary school children entitled "ABOUT ZOFIA, WHO ARRANGED COLOURS". The workshops were conducted in Polish and incorporated active learning methods.
A year later, the tour was held under the name "PUZZLE TOUR THROUGH ZAOLZIE", and in 2024 it took the form of "WITH TANGRAMS THROUGH ZAOLZIE" — a series of tangram-based artworks inspired by Józef Ondrusz's book Cudowny chleb (Miraculous Bread). Some of these works were later incorporated into a children's programme based on the same book.

Since 2026, the project has been known as Puzzlum Tour, a name that better reflects the distinctive nature of the works and the idea of the image as a form that can be moved, touched, and transformed.

PUZZLUM EXHIBITION TOURS:

2025
March–May 2025, Bystrzyca (CZ), MUZ-IC

2024
December–January 2025, Cieszyn (PL), "Dom Narodowy” Cultural Center 

2024
September-October, Żory (PL), Otto Stern Municipal Public Library

2024
January-June - Project implementation "WITH TANGRAMS THROUGH ZAOLZIE”- Mosty u Jablunkova, Hnojník, Havířov, Stonava, Karviná, Milíkov (CZ)

Exhibitions as part of the project:
July-August, Český Těšín (CZ), AMOS Leisure Centre 
June-July, Český Těšín (CZ), Minigalerie "NA PLOTĚ” -  The Municipal Library of Český Těšín

2024
January-February, Český Těšín (CZ), Theatre Gallery (group exhibition of the Polish Association of Artists in the RC)

2023
March-May, Żywiec (PL), City Museum (group exhibition of the Polish Association of Artists in the RC) 

2023
January-June - Project implementation "PUZZLE TOUR THROUGH ZAOLZIE”- Vendryně, Třinec, Bukovec, Oldřichovice, Stonava, Milíkov, Horní Suchá, Jablunkov, Albrechtice, Těrlicko (CZ)

2022
March-November - "ABOUT ZOFIA, WHO ARRANGED COLORS”- Český Těšín, Český Těšín-Svibice, Hnojník, Smilovice, Vendryně, Třinec (CZ) 

2019
March-April, Siemianowice Śląskie (PL), Fitzner's villa

2018
March-May, Katowice (PL), Szyb Wilson Gallery (as part of the second Review of Contemporary Art New Awangarda)

2017
June 2017 Bytom (PL), "Pod sztrychem” Gallery - Culture Center in Bytom
May 2017 Katowice (PL), Silesian Museum (as part of the Museum Night 2017) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRpWoCOcdB8
April 2017 Český Těšín (CZ), Most Gallery (as part of the Cinema at the Border 2017)
March 2017 Třinec (CZ), Minigallery "NA KLUBOVNĚ” - Elementary school of Koperníkova street in Třinec

2016
november 2016 Český Těšín (CZ), Minigallery "NA PLOTĚ” - The Municipal Library of Český Těšín