Jerzy Jedrysiak

Jerzy Jedrysiak

Born 1954 in Zakopane. Graduated from the Department of Graphic Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1980. He works as a professor in the Pedagogical Academy in Cracow where he runs the linocut workshop. He had over 400 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad: England. Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Croatia, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Lithuania. Finland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, USA, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, India, Taiwan, Korea South, Thailand, Japan, Australia. He won awards in 22 competitions in Poland and in 13 International graphics competitions. MORE IMPORTANT AWARDS IN POLAND 1982 - Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Art, Warsaw 1983 - Mayor's award at 4th Polish Woodcuts Quadrennial, Olsztyn 1985 - 1a prize "Cracow Old and New", Graphic Art Competition, Cracow 1987 - 3rd prize, National Graphic Art Competition, Łódź 1989 - 2nd prize, National Graphic Art Comgetition, Łódź 1990 - 1st prize, "Zakopane Salon of Art", BWA Gaallery, Zakopane 1991 - 2nd prize, "Graphic Art of the Month", ZPAP Cracow 1992,2000 - Distinction, Polish Competition of Linocut, J. Gielniak, Jelenia Góra 1994 - Distinction, "Grafika Miesiąca", ZPAP Cracow 1995 - Distinction, 6th Polish Quadrennial of Woodcut and Linocut, Olsztyn 1995,1997,1998 - Grand Prix, “Graphic Art of the Month", .ZPAP Cracow THE MOST INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 1986 - 3rd Prize at the International Print Triennial in Freshen, Germany 1987 - 1st Prize at the XYLON - International Triennial Exhibition of Wood Engraving in Winterthur, Switzerland 1990 - Prize ex aequo at the International Print Triennial in Freshen, Germany - - 4th Prize at the 5th International Contemporary Portrait in Radom, Poland 1991 - 2nd Prize at the International Biennial Exhibition of Prints in Wakayama, Japan - Grand Prix at the Bharat Bhawan, International Print Biennial in-Bhopal, India 1992 - Prize of Honour at the International Print Biennial in Orense, Spain 1993 - 1st Prize at the 1st International Print Biennial in Maastricht, Holland 1994 - 2nd Prize at the "Daniel Chodowiecki Stiftung Preis", Berlin, Germany - Prize of Honour at the international Print Biennial in Orense, Spain 1995 - Triennale Preis at the International Print Triennial in Fredrikstad, Norway 1996 - Purchase Prize Award International Print Exhibition, Portland, USA 1997 - Special Prize of President City Sopot at the "Daniel Chodowiecki Stiftung Preis", Berlin, Germany 2001 - Prize of honour at the Bharat Bhawan International Print Biennal in Bhopal, Indie