Descrizione Opera / Biografia
Marcin Białas was born in 1977 in Zawiercie (Poland). He studied in the Faculty of Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. His diploma was obtained in the Intaglio Printing Studio of Professor Jan Szmatloch in 2004 and he was awarded a medal. After graduation he joined the academic staff of the faculty. In 2011 he was granted the title of Doctor of Arts.
His main interests are graphic arts (intaglio technique) and drawing. Since 2003 he has been participating actively in reviews and festivals of graphics in Poland and abroad.
He had several solo exhibitions in Poland (Katowice, Warszawa, Białystok, Chorzów, Gliwice, Żywiec, Kielce, Sosnowiec), Canada (Trois-Rivierès), Romania (Ploiesti), Germany (Berlin) and Ireland (Dublin).
Prizes and distinctions (selected):
– 8th International Biennial Print, Ourense, Spain, 2004, HONORARY MENTION
– Andriolli’s National Drawing Competition, Nałęczów, Poland, 2004, DRAWN PRIZE
– “Iosif Iser” International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Ploiesti, Romania, 2005, PRIZE OF THE ROMANIAN ART COLLECTORS’ SOCIETY
– 5th International Triennial Print, Cairo, Egipt, 2006, TRIENNAL AWARD
– 5th International Triennial of Graphic Art, Bitola, Republic of Macedonia, 2006, GRAND PRIX
– 3rd International Competition Ex libris „Toward Freedom”, Lomazzo, Italy, 2006 2nd PRIZE
– 5th International Biennial Print, Trois-Rivierès, Canada, 2007, INVITATION
PRESSE PAPIER
– 10th International Biennial Print, Ourense, Spain, 2008, MENTION
– 1st International Biennial Print – Isik Universit and IMOGA, Turkey, 2008, Special Prize – Turkish Cultural Foundation
– 15th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria, 2009, EQUAL AWARD
– 15th International Biennial Print – SPACE BIENNIAL, Seoul, South Korea, 2009, PURCHASE PRIZE
– 14th International Biennial Print Exhibition, Taiwan, China, 2009, MENTIONS
– „Iosif Iser” International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Ploiesti, Romania, 2011, Statutory Prize
– 11th International Print Biennal, Acqui Terme, Italy, 2011, AWARD
– 10th Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Print – Art, India, 2011
HONORARY MENTION
– 11th International Biennial Print, Jose de Ribera, Xativa, Spain, 2011
HONORARY MENTION
– 2nd Kulisiewicz International Triennial of Graphic Arts IMPRINT 2011, Warsaw, MARIUSZ KAZANA’S FoUNDATION AWARD
– IMPRIMA 2012 – International Biennal of Graphic Art, Ceara, Brasil, 2012
HONORARY MENTION
