Roman Cieślewicz (13 January 1930 – 21 January 1996) was a

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) graphic artist and photographer. From 1943 to 1946 he attended the School of Artistic Industry in

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and from 1947 to 1949 attended the Krakow's Fine Arts Lycee. He studied at

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from 1949 to 1955. He was an artistic editor of "Ty i Ja" monthly (

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) 1959–1962. In 1963, he moved to France and naturalized in 1971. He worked as art director of

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(1965–1969) and

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- advertising agency (1969–1972) and was artistic creator of

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(1967–1969).

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(1970–1971) and Cnac-archives (1971–1974). Taught at the Ecole Superieure d'Arts Graphiques (ESAG) in Paris. In 1976 he produced his "reviev of panic information" - "Kamikaze"/No. 1/ published by Christian Bourgois. In 1991 he produced "Kamikaze 2" with Agnes B. He took part in numerous group exhibitions of graphic, poster and photographic art and was a member of AGI (

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Major awards

*1964 - Grand Prix, International Exhibition of Film Posters in Karlove Vary (Czech Republic) *1964 - Gold Medal, 1st Biennial of Industrial Forms in Ljubljana (Yugoslavia) *1972 - Gold Medal, 4th International Biennial of Posters in Warsaw (Poland) *1979 - Grand Prix for posters in Paris (France) *1984 - Bronze Medal, International Biennial of Posters *1990 - Grand Prix of "Art Graphique" (France) *1991 - Excellence Prize at Biennial of Graphic in Zagreb (Yugoslavia) *1992 - President Price, Biennial of Applied Graphic in Brno (Slovakia) *1993 – Second prize, Poster Biennale Lahti (Finland) Source: theartofposter.com

Exhibitions

*1972 - Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris France *1973 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam the Netherlands *1974 - Muzeum Plakatu, Warsaw Poland *1978 - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam the Netherlands *1981 - Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan Poland *1984 - Kunsthalle, Darmstadt Germany *1986 - Galeria BWA, Łódź Poland *1987 - Galerie de Pret, Angres France *1993 - The Polish Museum of America, Chicago USA *1993 - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris France *1994 - Narodowa Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej Zacheta, Warsaw Poland *1998 - Muzeum Plakatu, Warsaw Poland *2006 - Les Rencontres d'Arles, France *2010 - Royal College of Art in London, United Kingdom Source: theartofposter.com

References

External links

Profile of Roman Cieślewicz
at Culture.pl
The French Dream: A Roman Cieślewicz Retrospective in Paris
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