Jan Sawka

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1946 Born in Zabrze in Upper Silesia, Poland
1970 Freelance artist and graphic designer
1972 MA in architectural engineering from Wroclaw University of Technology.
1972 MFA in painting and printmaking Fine Arts Academy in Wroclaw.
1973-1974 Artistic director, Stodola Gallery, Warsaw, and F.A.M.A. Summer Arts Festival on the Baltic coast
1977 Moved to New York
Designed for the Wroclaw Jazz Festival, Bam Art Center, New York Times, Harold Clurman Theater, Samuel Beckett Theater, Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater, and Others
Lectured at universities and museums throughout the world.

1973 – Award for the most outstanding young poster designer, 5th Biennial of Polish Poster Design, Katowice (Poland)
1973 – Second place, 6th National Graphic Art Exhibition, Warsaw (Poland)
1974 - LOT Polish Airlines Award, 5th International Poster Biennial, Warsaw (Poland)
1974 - Golden Pin award, given by the editorial staff of Szpilki satirical magazine, Warsaw (Poland)
1975 – Oscar de la Peinture award and the special prize of the President of France, 7th International Painting Festival, Cagnes-sur-Mer (France)
1978 - 1st Prize, 7th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw (Poland)
1979 – Prize of Honor, 3rd Biennial of Poster Design, Lahti (Finland)
1990 - Silver Medal, XIV Biennale of Graphic Design, Brno (Czechoslovakia)
1991 - Artist Laureate, 7th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Ft. Collins , Colorado (USA)
1994 – Japanese Cultural Agency Award, Tokyo (Japan)
1995 – Award of Merit, 9th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Fort Collins, Colorado (USA)
2003 – Gold Medal in Multimedia, 4th International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Florence, (Italy)