prof. dr hab. Joanna Piech-Kalarus Silesian University in Katowice -> Faculty of Art in Cieszyn

Joanna Piech is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, the Graphics Department in Katowice. Master thesis in 1978. Creates graphics, linocut, painting, illustrations. Since 2000 she has been a pedagogue (a doctoral degree) at the Institute of Art in Cieszyn, Department of the Silesian University in Katowice. In 1998 awarded with a grant of the Ministry of Culture and Art. Author and painter of monumental polychrome in the Crypt of Jesus Christ, Katowice Cathedral, and in the Order of the Resurrection in Krakow, paintings in the churches of Blessed Karolina Kózka in Tychy and Mother of Church in Katowice.

Important exhibitions

1998   Gallery Soviart and Majsternia in Kiev, Ukraine

2003    Gallery Girardet House in Essen, Germany

2009    Polish Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria

2009    Contemporary Art Museum of Belarus in Minsk - 2009

1987-1997      International Triennial of Woodcuts ‘’XYLON’’-Fribourg, Winterthur, Switzerland

2006    Masters of Graphic Arts in Gyor, Hungary

2008    Eurografik - Krakow- Sankt Petersburg

2008    IMPRINT - International Graphic Arts Triennial in Warsaw, Poland

2008    International Graphic Arts Biennial – Taichung, Taiwan

2009   International Print Triennial in Krakow , Poland

2010   International Print Triennial in Oldenburg, Germany and in Vienna, Austria

2010   International Graphic Arts Biennial, Taichung, Taiwan

 

Awards / Honors

2003   Grand Prix Nomination, XI  J. Gielniak International Graphic Arts Competition, Jelenia Góra, Poland

2009   Grand Prix, International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland

2010   Silver Medal, the 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition R.O.C. Taichung, Taiwan