etching, aquatint, soft varnish, 18x20 cm, signed p.d.: Mariusz Gorzelak 2007
Graduated in 2005 from the E.Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art. He completed his diploma in artistic printmaking in the Studio of Intaglio and Convex Printing under the direction of Prof. Andrzej Basaj and Prof. Anna Janusz-Strzyż, and in graphic design under the direction of Prof. Roman Kowalik. He is involved in fine art printmaking, mainly intaglio and relief printing, art books, and drawing. He is passionate about the graphics of the old masters and fascinated by the contemporary achievements of graphic designers who believe in the possibilities of this field of art. He is fond of Mario Vargas Llosa's Nobel speech, especially the passage when he said that "like writing, reading is also a form of protest against the privations of life," and he believes that it is quite the same with graphic design, which is why he says: like engraving, cutting, printing, reflecting also reading graphic design is a form of protest against the privations of life.
In 2013, he received a doctorate in art at the E.Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Faculty of Graphic Arts and Media Art, supervisor Prof. Anna Janusz-Strzyż.
Awards and scholarships:
2019 - Honorable Mention, The International Sint-Niklaas 2019 bookplates and small printmaking competition, Belgium.
2018 - Grand prize, International Ex Libris Skopije, Macedonia.
2008 - Honorable Mention, 1st edition of the Ludwig Meidner printmaking competition, Olesnica, Poland
2007 - Main Prize Energy, Young(j) Art Festival, Belchatow.
2003 - Scholarship of the Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Foundation
