Jan Dobkowski

Born in Łomża in 1942. Between 1962 and 68 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Graduated from the studio of prof. Jan Cybis at the Faculty of Painting in 1968 (H.M.Rector's Award for the best diploma). 1972 -  scholar of the Kościuszko Foundation in New York. 1978 - C.K. Norwid Memorial Art Critic's Prize winner, 1994 - J. Cybis Memorial Prize winner. 1998 -  Honour Citizenship of Łomża. 1967-2002 over 100 individual exhibitions in Poland and abroad, i.e. New York - Bodley Gallery, Los Angeles - William Hunter Gallery, Warsaw -  Zachęta Gallery, Hamburg -  Meissner Galerie, Warsaw Art Centre 'Studio', Pennsylvania University USA, Warsaw - Archdiocesial Museum, Poznań -  National Museum, District Museum in Łomża, Canberra Australia - Drill Hall Gallery and others. Participation in over 150 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, as: 1969 - Peinture Moderne, Sources et Recherches, Musee Galiera, Paris; 1971 - Young Artists from Around the World, 270 Park Avenue Gallery, New York; 1971 -  Xl International Biennale of Art, Sao Paulo; 1973 - VIII Biennale de Jeunes, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville Paris; 1973 - X Biennale Internationale d'Art, Menton; 1978 -  XXVIII Bayereuther Kunstausstellung, Neues Schloss, Bayreuth; 1981 - XVI International Biennale of Art, Sao Paulo; 1987 - Exhibition of Polish Painting,'Realism, Metaphor, Geometry', Palais Pallfy, Vienna: 1991 - XXIII Festival International de la Peinture, Chateau-Musee de Cagnes sur Mer (Critic's Award); 1992 - The Fifth International Drawing Triennale, Muzeum Architektury, Wrocław (medal); 1993 - International Biennale of Art, Sharjah A.E.; 1994 -  Grosse Kunst Austellung NRW (Nordrhein-Westfalen), Dusseldort 1995 - The Sixth International Drawing Triennale, Muzeum Architektury, Wrocław; 1996 - II International Biennale of Computer Grafics, Rzeszów; 1997 - The Fifth International Art Triennale, Muzeum Majdanek. His works are in the Collections of National Museums in Warszawa, Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk; District Museums in Bydgoszcz, Zielona Góra, Lublin, Łomża, Koszalin, Olsztyn, Kalisz, Kielce, Słupsk, Chełm, Płock; Santa Barbara Musem California, Love Arts Museum in Miami Florida, Rose Museum of Art In Waltham Mass., Everson Museum of Art in New York, Municipal Museum in Ghent as well as in other national and private collections in Poland and abroad.