Framed print, signed by hand in pencil, 41 x 35 cm
Andrzej Gieraga
(born 1934 in the village of Śliwniki) - Polish painter, graphic artist, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz and Radom Technical University.
1971: Diploma with honors from the Faculty of Textile and Clothing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz[1].
1978-1980: Vice-chairman of the Painting Section of the Association of Polish Artists in Lodz.
1980-until dissolution: President of the Lodz District of the Association of Polish Artists[2].
1987-1990: pro-rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz
1990: title of professor
1990-2005: head of the Department of General Plastic Education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz[3].
1992: title of full professor
1994: professor and head at the Faculty of Art, Radom Technical University[4].
2008: head of the Department of Painting and Drawing at the Faculty of Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz[1].
Author of the Wł. Strzemiński Competition for students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. Founder of Gallery 261 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz.
Awards
2012: Silver Medal for "Meritorious Service to Culture Gloria Artis"[5].
Exhibitions[6].
1972: 6th Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin
1973: World Print Competition, San Francisco
1973: VI Golden Grape, Zielona Góra
1973: First Britisch International Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough
1974: Artists of the Land of Lodz, Segedin
1975: Painting, drawing, printmaking, Salon of Contemporary Art, Lodz; House of Art, Rzeszow; BWA, Zamosc; BWA, Zielona Gora
1977: Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw; BWA, Białystok
1978: 4th National Exhibition of Young Graphics, Poznań
1979: IX Golden Grapes, Zielona Góra
1980: Museum of Lubuska Land, Zielona Góra
1981: 35th Jubilee Winter Salon, Radom
1982: 2eme Convergence Jeune Expression, Paris
1984: Arsenal Gallery, Poznań
1985: Plein Air of Polish Artists, Città d'arte, Talla
1986: Pittura Contemporanea Polacca, Naples
1986: Art Cologne 20, Cologne
1986: Archaeological Museum, Gdansk; District Museum, Chelm
1987: 19e Festival International de la Peinture, Château-Musée, Cagnes-sur-Mer
1987: BWA, Opole; Sculpture Gallery, Warsaw.
1989: Zapiecek Gallery, Warsaw; Polish Cultural Institute, Sofia; Silesian Museum, Katowice.
1991: Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, Szczecin; BWA, Cracow
1992: Rotunda BWA, Sopot
1995: Museum of Contemporary Art, Radom
1995: Konkrete Resultate, Beratzhausen, Munich, Gmunden
1998: Konstruktive in Polen aus dem Museum Wiligrad e.V.. Diagonal in Fläche und Raum, Freiburg im Breisgau
1999: Studio Gallery, Warsaw
2003: Geometrisch Konkret VI, Museum voor Constructieve en Concrete Kunst - Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
2004: 20 plein-air events under the sign of geometry, Katowice, Poznań, Elbląg
2004: Galerie Klinger, Görlitz; Werkstatt-Galerie Gundis und Heinz Friege, Remscheid; painting and printmaking, ASP Gallery 261, Lodz.
2010: Exhibition entitled. "Progressions and...", Gallery on the Floor, Koszalin
2011: Exhibition of the 14th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz[7].
2012: Exhibition titled "Small Graphic Forms", Rogatka Gallery of the Faculty of Art, Radom Technical University[8].
Awards
1972: Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin - main award.
1973: Golden Grape, Zielona Gora - medal with distinction, journalists' award
1973: Third National Exhibition of Young Graphics, Poznań - Award of the Minister of Culture and Art.
1974: Festival of Polish Contemporary Painting, Szczecin - critics' award
1975: Golden Grape, Zielona Gora - first prize
1977: Golden Grape, Zielona Gora - 1st prize
1979: Golden Grape, Zielona Gora - Grand Prix
1980: Third Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art for special achievements in the field of teaching and education
1985: Premio Internazionale Apollo Musagete, Talla - medal
1987: Second Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art for artistic work and achievements in painting and the creation of new artistic concepts in Polish contemporary art
1990: First Degree Award of the Minister of Culture and Art for special achievements in the field of teaching and education
1997: Third Triennial of Polish Graphics - award funded by the President of the City of Katowice
