Ernest ZAWADA, At dawn, 2016.

Ernest ZAWADA (b. 1971, Cieszyn)
At dawn, 2016.
oil on canvas, 140 x 100 cm
signed and described on the reverse: 'E. Zawada | 'O świcie' | oil, canvas | 2016'

Studies at the Faculty of Painting, 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 holder 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. In 2008 he received the degree of Doctor of Arts, and in 2009 the title of Associate Professor. He is the author of 70 solo exhibitions. To date, he has participated in 75 group 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).