|  about the artist
Krzysztof Witold Skórczewski (b. 1947 in Cracow, Poland) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1971, and studied copperplate engraving in Stockholm at the Royal School of Art in 1976. Currently, he is the head of the Department of Print at Rzeszow University’s Institute of Fine Arts.
His engravings have been shown in at least 50 individual and over 200 group exhibitions. Skórczewski has won a number of awards and his work is included in private and public collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Albertina Museum in Vienna.
Skórczewski is a member of the Polish Artists' Union (ZPAP), International Graphic Art Biennale Award-Winners' Club and International Xylon Society.
Skórczewski lives in Cracow with his wife who helps run his studio and printing press.
selected solo exhibitions
The most recent shows include Torri Vedute Giardini, Galleria Il Tempo, Bologna, Italy, April - May 2006; Magical Cracow, Cracow, July - Aug 2006. He has also taken part in many exhibitions and competitions in Poland. Here are some of his solo exhibitions:
1975: Pro Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1980: BWA Gallery, Jelenia Gora, Poland
1980: GP Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1981: BWA Gallery, Jelenia Gora, Poland
1982: Sormani Palace, Milan, Italy
1984: PN Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1985: Inny Swiat Gallery, Cracow, Poland
1988: NDA Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1988: Inny Swiat Gallery, Cracow, Poland
1988: PN Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1988: 72 Gallery, Poznan, Poland
1991: The Museum of Copper, Legnica, Poland
1991: Aneks Gallery, Poznan, Poland
1992: Rosso Tiziano Arte Gallery, Piacenza, Italy
1992: PN Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1992: Inny Swiat and Camelot Galleries, Cracow, Poland
1992: Institute of Polish Culture, Prague, Czech Republic
1993: The Polish Institute, Leipzig, Germany
1994: Balucka Gallery, Lodz, Poland
1994: Joannart Gallery, Vicenza, Italy
1994: Brama Gallery, Gliwice, Poland
1994: Garbary 48 Gallery, Poznan, Poland
1995: The Institute of Polish Culture, Roma, Italy
1995: Piano Nobile Gallery, Cracow, Poland
1995: Galerie Provinciale & Jan Fejkiel Gallery, Liege, Belgium
1995: Jan Fejkiel Gallery, Cracow, Poland
works in selected foreign collections
Library of Congress, Washington, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Cabinet des Estampes, Geneva, Switzerland
Albertina Collection,Vienna, Austria
Museum of History and Art, Fribourg, Switzerland
Harvard University, Fogg Museum, Agnes Mongan Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Cambridge, MA, USA
Agnes Mongan Center for the Study Lund Municipal Collection, Sweden
Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, USA
Harvard University, Divinity School, Cambridge, USA
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, USA
Oregon Art Institute, Portland, USA
Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Couvin Municipal Collection, Belgium
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
and many private collections worldwide
works in selected Polish collections
Besides the museums of Poznan and Tarnow, the Ministry of Culture and Art Collection, and the Town Council Collections of Cracow and Lublin, some of his works are in the following collections:
Muzeum Miedzi, Legnica, Poland
Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw, Poland
Teatr Studio, Warsaw, Poland
National Museum, Warsaw, Poland
National Museum, Cracow, Poland
National Museum, Szczecin, Poland
National Museum, Gdansk, Poland
Muzeum im. L. Wyczolkowskiego, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Gora
and many private collections throughout Poland |
