Najlepszy Dyplom

biography

Kamil Kocurek, born in Tychy, Poland in 1990. Finished Secondary School of Fine Arts in
Katowice in 2010. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. His diploma was
obtained in the Intaglio Studio of Professor Jan Szmatloch in 2015 and he was awarded a
medal and honorary mention. After graduation he joined the academic staff of the Faculty
of Graphics in Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk in Poland.

Awards and distinctions:
2015:

• Grand Prix, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Award, Polish Graphic Art Triennial, Katowice, Poland
• The Award of Rectors, Esteemed Graduates of Polish Academies of Fine Arts Exhibition, Gdansk, Poland
• Young Artist Award, Students Graphic Art Biennal, Arsenał Gallery, Poznań, Poland
• Honourable Mention, Students Graphic Art Biennal, Arsenał Gallery, Poznań, Poland
• Medal, III International Exhibition - Contest of Small Graphics Forms and Exlibris, Brest Print Triennial, Regional Museum, Brest, Belarus

2014:

• Award, 1st Ex Libris International Granada Contest, Granada, Spain
• Award, Hong Kong Graphic Art Fiesta, XinYiDai: An International University Students Exchange Exhibition, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
• Honourable Mention, 10th International Graphic Competition for Ex Libris, Gliwice, Poland
• Honourable Mention from dr Grzegorz G. Zgraja, 2nd International Digital Media Triennial, Radom, Poland - Scholarship of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland

2013:

• Award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Warsaw, Poland

Selected exhibitions:
2016:

• Topography of war – individual exhibition, Ateneum Gallery, Katowice, Poland

2015:

• Commedia: New Prints 2015/Autumn,International Print Center New York, Nowy Jork, USA
• 4th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
• 18th International Print Biennial, City Art Gallery "Boris Georgiev", Varna, Bułgaria
• 9th Polish Print Triennial, Silesian Museum, Katowice, Poland
• Grand Prix Young Polish Print, Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Cracow, Poland
• Topography of War – individual exhibition, Spectra Art Space, Starak Family Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
• Esteemed Graduates of Polish Academies of Fine Arts Exhibition, Great Armoury ASP, Gdansk, Poland
• 25th International Biennial Exhibition of Modern Exlibris, Malbork Castle Museum, Malbork, Poland
• 9th Students Graphic Art Biennial, Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland

2014:

• Hong Kong Graphic Art Fiesta, XinYiDai: An International University Students Exchange Exhibition, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
• I Ex Libris International Granada Contest, Granada, Hiszpania
• 1st International Ex Libris Competition, Largo Art Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
• 15th International Bienniale of Small Graphics Forms and Ex-libris, Museum, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
• 16th International Biennial Print Exhibit: 2014 ROC, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
• 5th International Festival Circles of Art, MCSG Gallery, Cracow, Poland
• Integrated Circuit, Koridor Gallery, Fakulta umění Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Ostrava, Czech Republic
• Anatomy.2, Mark Chagall Museum, Centre of Modern Art, Witebsk, Belarus
• 15th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Villa Gallery, Lodz, Poland
• Mini Print Finland 2014 - International Graphic Art Triennal, Hyvinkää Art Museum, Lahti, Finland
• 1st International Higher Education Institution for Art studies Student Drawing Triennial, Katowice, Poland
• 2nd International Digital Media Triennial, Radom, Poland
• Inflammatory Point – individual exhibition, Dwie Lewe Ręce Gallery, Katowice, Poland

2013:

• 2nd National Painting Contest Zielona Marchewka, Centrum im. Ludwika Zamenhofa, Bialystok, Poland
• 6th SPLITGRAPHIC 2013, International Graphic Art Biennial, Gallery Loggia, Center for culture Zlatna vrata, Split, Croatia
• Mother of pearl, MD_S Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
• Figurama13, FA ČVUT, Prague, Czech Republic
• 8th Students Graphic Art Biennial, Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Poznan, Poland