Ewa Zawadzka
Born in Kolumna near Lodz. Having graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of Cracow in Katowice, she has dealt in graphic art and drawing for many years. She established herself as a renowned artist in these fields by participating in significant graphic art exhibitions around the world and winning numerous awards. Member of Programme Board of the International Graphic Art Triennial in Cracow and Polish Graphic Art Triennial as well as Polish curator on Graphic Art Biennial in Ljubljana and Miskolc. She wrote texts on graphic art and took part in conferences and international graphic art meetings in Canada, Hungary, Slovenia and France. Her works can be found in all world’s acclaimed art collections. Zawadzka is the head of Multi-Graphic Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts of Cracow in Katowice. She is Programme Coordinating Board member of the Sielecki Castle Centre of Art in Sosnowiec and Ars Cameralis in Katowice. Since 2002 she has specialised in painting which allows large size, structure building, highlighting the power and the monumentality of form. Co-authored ‘Graphic Art Workshop – Brenna 2008’ sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Currently she has performed painting and photography. Both her graphical technique and painting style are considered very original and individual. The main themes of her work include post-industrial scenery, creating illusionistic spaces- both visional and real at the same time.
Selected individual exhibitions:
1993 XYLON – Museum, Schwetzingen, Germany
1995 Staden Galleri, Fredrikstand, Norway
2002 BWA, Katowice, Poland
2003 Galeria BBK, Kolonia, Germany
Galeria Studio, Warsaw, Poland
2004 Galeria Wizytująca, Warsaw, Poland
2005 Miscolci Gallery, Miscolc, Hungary
2006 Galeria FT, Kraków, Poland
2008 Galeria Wozownia, Toruń, Poland
Galeria Grafiki i Plakatu Hoża, Warsaw, Poland
Galeria BWA, Włocławek, Poland
Galeria Bałtycka, Słupsk, Poland
2009 Zamek Sielecki Sosnowiec, Poland
Rondo Sztuki Katowice, Poland
2010 BWA Częstochowa, Poland
2011 BWA Kraków, Poland
BWA Kielce, Poland
Muzeum Ziemi Chełmskiej, Chełm, Poland
Bielskie Centrum Kultury, Bielsko Biała, Poland
2012 Galeria BIBU, Katowice, Poland
Selected awards and honours:
1986 Nagroda Regulaminowa Międzynarodowego Triennale Grafiki, Kraków, Poland
1992 Grand Prix Międzynarodowego Triennale Grafiki, Fredrikstad, Norway
1993 Złoty Medal Międzynarodowego Triennale Grafiki, Giza, Egypt
1994 Nagroda Regulaminowa Międzynarodowego Triennale Grafiki, Kraków, Poland
2004 finalistka Obraz Roku, Warszawa, Poland
finalistka Europejskiego Konkursu Malarskiego Lexmark, Mediolan, Italy
Medal 40-lecia Międzynarodowego Triennale Grafiki, Kraków, Poland
Srebrny medal zasługi – inauguracja Akademia im. J. Długosza
Works in collections:
Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź
Muzeum Narodowe, Warszawa
Muzeum Narodowe, Kraków
Muzeum Górnośląskie, Bytom
Muzeum im. Leona Wyczółkowskiego, Bydgoszcz
Muzeum im. Jacka Malczewskiego, Radom
Muzeum Lubelskie, Lublin
Muzeum Warmii i Mazur, Olsztyn
Muzeum Pomorza Środkowego, Słupsk
Muzeum, Sosnowiec
Museé d’Art Moderne du Nord, Lille
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Wien
Museum of Contemporary Prints, Fredrikstand
Gotland Konst Museum, Visby
Kunsthalle, Nürnberg
Modern Art Center, Kyoto
„Mayor of Habikino”, Collection, Osaka
Collection Univerity of Alberta, Edmonton
XYLON-Museum, Schwetzingen
Lilja Collection
Exhibition in Brama Gallery, January 1992
2013