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Wieslaw Walkuski
Born in 1956 in Bialystok, Poland. Between 1976 and 1981 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Main professors: Teresa Pagowska – painting and Maciej Urbaniec – graphic design. In 1981 he started to cooperate with a number of publishing houses , theatres as well as Polfilm and Film Polski – film distributors. Since 1987 he has been working as a freelancer. He has published about 200 posters. His prolific body of works includes paintings , artistic posters , illustrations. Lives and works in Warsaw.
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Major awards:
Hollywood Reporter Key Art. Awards, Los Angeles 1st prize 1988 , 2nd prize 1990
Chicago Film Festival 1st prize 1986 , 2nd prize 1983 , 2nd prize 1988
International Poster Biennale , Mexico City 2nd prize 1990
Art. Directors Club , New York 2nd prize 1992
International Biennale of Theatre Poster , Rzeszow , Poland 3rd prize 1993
International Poster Festival , Chaumont , France 3rd prize 1996
International Theatre Poster Competition , Osnabrueck , Germany 3rd prize 1997
Poster competition ( by invitation ) “20th Pope John Paul II Pontificate”, Warsaw 1st prize 1998
Biennale of Polish Poster , Katowice , Poland Grand Prix 1997 , 2nd prize 2001
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