Krzysztof Skórczewski (1947)

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1965-1971 and received his diploma at the Faculty of Graphic Arts. Until 1976, he created 30 linocuts, he also made graphic design. While studying at the Royal College of Art in Stockholm in 1976, he turned to copperplate printmaking. Since then he has created over 240 copperplate engravings in series such as Dolls, The Tower of Babel, Building of the Ark and Gardens.

Together with his wife, he runs a graphic studio in Cracow together with a printing house, all his copperplate prints are being made there. He also creates drawings, pastels and watercolors. In the period of over thirty years of work he has taken part in about two hundred collective exhibitions and presented over one hundred individual exhibitions. For many years, he was a professor at the European Academy of Art in Warsaw. In 2003, he cooperated with the Utah University in Salt Lake City, USA, and since 2004, he has been lecturing at the Art Institute of Rzeszow University. The artist has won many prizes and awards, the most prestigious of which are: 1st prize at the International Festival of Graphic Art in Menton (France, 1989), 2nd prize at the International Graphic Art Biennale (Kraków, 1972), Albertina Society Prize (Vienna, 1972), 1st prize at the 6th edition of Premio Sciascia (Milan, 2009). His works are in dozens of renowned art collections around the world.

Works in collections:

Museum of Art and History, Freiburg, Germany

Albertina Print Collection, Vienna, Austria

Cabinet of Prints, Geneva, Switzerland

Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany

Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA

National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA

Copper Museum, Legnica, Poland

National Library of Poland, Warsaw

National Gallery of Art, Lodz, Poland

The Esa Jaske Collection, Australia

NDA Gallery, Sapporo, Japan

Academia Europea, London, United Kingdom