Anna Buczkowska

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Anna Buczkowska was born in 1943.1965-71 studied painting and tapestry at the Painting Faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw from which she graduated with honours in 1971. As a student attended the painting class of Professor E. Eibisch and the drawing class of Professor Z. Madeyski. Her professors were also A. Jurkiewicz and S. Gierowski (painting) ,R. Owidzki (composition), H. Chrostowska (graphic art.), A. Sledziewska and M. Szymanski (tapestry), and W. Sadley (weaving structures). Note - "Thime - Becker Kunstlerlexikon".

Awards and Distinctions:

1980 - Diploma and award on the30th Anniversary of the Experimental Weaving Studios, Polish Artists' Union, Lódz

1986 - I prize in the national "Olympic Art Contest", Warsaw

1987 - II prize for a trapestry at the national exhibition, Museum of the Textile Industry, Lódz Polish Artists' Union (Prize of Ministryof Culture and Art)

1988 - III prize in Olympic Art Contest

1988/89 - Honourable mention 'Olympic Laurels '.Museum of Sport and Tourism, Warsaw

1992 - I prize at the exhibition' The Weaving Workshop-Kowary'Art Exhibitions Bureau, Wroclaw

1994 Grand Prix of Queen Fabiola at the Sixth Biennale Intemationale de la Dantelle, Brussels,Belgium

Anna Buczkowska had 22 rndiwidual exhibitions (in Poland, Sweden, France, Germany, USA, Finland) and took part in 75 colective projects in Poland and abroad.

Grants

1972 - Grant of the Ministry of Culture and Art

1988 - II Miedzynarodowa Wystawa Tkaniny Wspólczesnej w Kioto, Japonia

1989 - VI Miedzynarodowe Triennale Tkaniny w Centralnym Muzeum Wlókiennictwa w Lodzi

1991 - "Polska Tkanina Wspólczesna" Muzeum w Ein Harod, Izrael

1993 - One-year grant awarded for artistic activity bythe Pollock-Krasner Foundation U.S.A.

1994 - Grant of the Ministry of Culture and Art

1994 - VI Miedzynarodowe Biennale Koronki w Brukseli

1998 - Grant of the Ministry of Cukure and Art

2001 - 10 Miedzynarodowe Triennale Tkaniny - Centralne Muzeum Wlókiennictwa - Lódz

Anna Buczkowska's works can be seen m the following collections: National Museum in Warsaw, Museum of Sport in Warsaw, Museum of the Peasant Movement in Warsaw, Central Museum of the Textile Industry in Lódz; Nordyska Muzum in Stockholm as well in private collections in Poland and abroad ( Sweden, France, Britain, Germany and USA)