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Henryk Opałka

Biography

Was born on 18 September 1929 in Marcoux, France) – Polish graphic designer specialising in lithography, brother of Roman Opałka. Together with his family, he spent WW2 in Germany. During 1940s, he was a student of Hoffman and Petzolt who were associated with Wunderlich school. Following the end of war, he returned to Bessèges in France. In 1946, he came to Poland where, for many years, he worked as “the master of workshop” in the lithography workshop at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Experimental Lithography Workshop in Saska Kępa – one of Warsaw's districts. His students included: Jolanta Błaszczyk, Małgorzata Chwiałkowska-Rakasz, Robert Kurzaj, Andrzej Newelski, Anna Socha-Jelonek, Grażyna Małowicka, Katarzyna Ortwein, Anna Sobol, Piotr Szancer, Krystyna Wąsik, Kazimierz Makowski.

Prizes and awards
Exhibitions
Group exhibitions

Prizes and awards

2005 – Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (nagroda)
1998 - 10 listopada Prezydent RP Aleksander Kwaśniewski odznaczył artystę Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski za zasługi dla rozwoju sztuki (litografii) w Polsce.

1996 – I Biennale Litografii Krajów Nadbałtyckich, Zamek, Nidzica (nagroda)

1988 – Międzynarodowy Festiwal Sztuki, Bagdad, Irak (srebrny medal)

1986 – Ogólnopolska Wystawa Malarstwa i Grafiki, Zachęta, Warszawa (wyróżnienie)

Exhibitions

2009 – Graphic Art Exhibition, Culture Promotion Centre, Warsaw Praga Południe
2001 – Graphic Art Exhibition, Art Office Gallery, Warsaw
1998 – Lithography Exhibition, German-Russian House, Kaliningrad, Russia
1996 – Graphic Art Exhibition, Arka Gallery, Warsaw
1992 – Graphic Art Exhibition, Städtische Galerie Wolsburg, Schlossstrasse
1982 – Graphic Art Exhibition, Dom Artysty Plastyka Gallery, Warsaw – Graphic Art Exhibition, Cultural Centre Gallery, Pruszków n. Warsaw

Group exhibitions

2003 - 04 – “Warsaw's 21st Century Masters of Lithography” 1, 2 – Experimental Lithography Workshop Gallery, Warsaw
1999 – “International Jubilee Exhibition of Lithography on the 200th Anniversary of the Invention,” Dom Artysty Plastyka Gallery, Warsaw, Miro Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1998-2004 – International Graphic Art Exhibition, Galeria d’Arte La Viscontea, Milan, Italy
1995 – The New Polish Graphic Art, Słubice – Gallus Gallery, Frankfurt (Oder)
1994 – International Triennial of Graphic Art “Polish Litography since 1900,” Kraków
1990 – Galleri Ved Aen Museumsgate 24, Arthus, Denmark
1989 – IV International Biennale Print Exhibit, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
1989 – V International Biennale, Varna, Bulgaria
1987 – XV Leipziger Grafikborse – Wort und Werk, Leipzig, Germany
1986 – IX Biennale International del Deporte – En las Bellas Artes, Barcelona, Spain
1985 – Warsaw Circle Graphic Art Exhibition, Dom Artysty Plastyka Gallery, Warsaw
1977 – Lithography Exhibition, Bytom 77, Bytom