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"Laureates of the Seventh International Poster Biennale"
Warsaw, Poland
- 1980
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The opening reception of "The Laureates of the 7th International Poster Biennale" exhibition
In 1978, the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, probably the most prestigious event in graphic art worldwide, awarded Sawka with the gold medal for his work "La Voiture de l’Annee," which depicts a tank roaming the streets of a city. Behind this award, a dramatic political battle had taken place. At the time, Sawka was already in exile from Poland. Although this poster was rejected by the French Pompidou Center, it still made it as an entry to the Warsaw Biennale. A heated battle ensued among jury members and government representatives. Finally, the Japanese member of the jury, designer Shigeo Fukuda, threatened the Communist authorities, that he would break up the jury in protest of the government’s opposition and interference. Sawka won the medal.
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List of Exhibitions
2020
•The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University San Bernardino
•The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, NY
2013
•The National Museum in Krakow, Poland
•Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ, USA
2012
•The Stevenson Library, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
2011
•Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro, NY, USA
•Utopian Direction, Warwick, NY, USA
2010
•International Poster Center, New York City, USA
•Mohonk Arts Center, High Falls, New York, USA
2009
•Ocean View Arts Center, Amagansett, NY, USA
2004
•ACA Galleries, New York City, USA
2001
•The Gallery Above, Woodstock, NY, USAA
1998
•Polish Cultural Institute, London, UK
1997
•Zabrze Municipal Museum, Zabrze, Poland
•Sawka-Sato, Galeria Centrum, Katowice, Poland
•Galeria Miejska, Tarnow, Poland
1996
•Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
•Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City, USA
1995
•Pecs Galeria, Pecs, Hungary
•Graphic Art Gallery 360, Tokyo, Japan
1994
•Striped House Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1993
•Atrium Gallery, Connecticut State University, Storrs, CT, USA
•ACM Theater, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
1992
•Carolyn Hill Gallery, New York City, USA
•National Museum, Gdansk, Poland
•Science and Art Museum, Prague, Czechoslovakia
•BWA Bielsko-Biala, Bielsko-Bialo, Poland
•International Arts Pavilion, Expo’92, Seville, Spain
•Queens Museum, New York City, USA
•Creation Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
•National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland
1991
•Samuel Dorsky Gallery, New York City, USA
•De Andino Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
•National Gallery Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland
•National Museum, Cracow, Poland
•Starmach Gallery, Cracow, Poland
•Hassel and Haeseler Gallery, Denver, CO, USA
•Galerie Lefor-Openo, Paris, France
•Fort Collins Museum of Art, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
•Poster Museum, Warsaw-Wilanow, Poland
1990
•Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY, Oneonta, NY, USA
•Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, Wyoming, USA
•Arvada Center of the Arts, Arvada, CO, USA
•Brno Municipal Theater Gallery, Brno, Czechoslavakia
•MASC Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
1989
•Samuel Dorsky Gallery, New York, USA
•Dowd Fine Arts Center, SUNY Cortland, NY, USA
•SUNY New Paltz Art Gallery, New Paltz, NY, USA
1988
•Di Laurenti Gallery, New York City, USA
•La Salle, Aosta, Italy
1986
•Samuel Beckett Theater, New York City, USA
•Rizzoli Bookstore and Gallery, New York City, USA
•Anca Colbert Gallery, Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, USA
•Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, USA
1985
•Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York City, USA
•Pratt Manhattan Center, New York City, USA
•112 Green Street Space, New York City, USA
•Samuel Beckett Theater, New York City, USA
1984
•Albany Academy Gallery, Albany, New York, USA
•Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, USA
1983
•Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
•Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York City, USA
1982
•Andre Zarre Gallery, New York City, USA
•Ana Sklar Gallery, , Miami, Florida, USA
•IMF Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
1981
•Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1980
•Poster Museum, Warsaw-Wilanow, Poland
•Kochanowski Theater, Opole, Poland
1979
•Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York City, USA
•Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1978
•9th International Painting Festival, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
•Art Directors Club, New York City, USA
•Musee D'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1977
•Otto Nagel Haus, East Berlin, East Germany
•Galerie Noire, Paris, France
•Galerie Lefor-Openo, Saint Cloud, France
•Galerie Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands
•Dubins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1976
•International Design Conference, Aspen, CO, USA
•Poster Museum, Warsaw-Wilanow, Poland
•BWA Opole, Opole, Poland
1974
•Caracas Art Festival, Caracas, Venezuela
•FAMA Festival, Swinoujscie, Poland
•Stodola Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1973
•BWA Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
•Helsinki University Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
1972
•Lausanne Cultural Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
•Art 7 Festival, Palermo, Italy
1971
•Budapest University Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
•International Festival of Young Art, York, United Kingdom
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