Ernest ZAWADA
Inspiration, 2020.
oil on canvas, 100 x 90 cm
signed on the reverse: 'Enest Zawada | oil 2020 | "Inspiration"'.
Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Diploma with honors in the studio of Prof. Stefan Gierowski and Associate Professor Krzysztof Wyzner (1995). Two-time scholarship recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (1995, 2007). Nominated for the Icarus Award in 2006 and the Award of the Marshal of the Silesian Voivodeship. He received the degree of Doctor of Arts in 2008, the title of Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor of Art in 2020. Since 2020, he has been dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at ATH in Bielsko-Biała. Author of 70 solo exhibitions. To date, he has participated in 75 collective exhibitions. He has exhibited in Washington, New York, Israel (Acco), Germany, Italy (Rome), Hungary (Budapest), Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia with artists of such stature as Igor Mitoraj, Ad Reinhard, Istvan Haasz, Jo Kun, Dominique Chapusit and others. His paintings were reproduced in an album published by the Presidential Gallery in Warsaw, alongside works by notable painters such as Jerzy Nowosielski, Stefan Gierowski, Jan Tarasin, Henryk Stażewski, Władysław Hasior, Jerzy Tchórzewski, Rajmund Ziemski and others. He presented works during successive editions of the International Street Art Festival in Warsaw and the Carousel of Coolture Festival (alongside Franciszek Starowieyski). He is the author of the book , "Learning to draw-learn from Polish masters". He works in easel painting, printmaking, sculpture and installation. He is the author of happenings in public space. He currently serves as curator of the Academic Gallery of the ATH in Bielsko-Biała. His works can be found in museum collections (Acco-Israel, Vatican, Bielsko-Biala) and private collections at home and abroad (including the collection of the President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski).
