mixed technique, paper, 32 x 23 cm signed p.d.: Jaromski
Marek Jaromski was born on June 19, 1953 in Kutno, studied at the Studio of Wood Engraving Techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Halina Chrostowska, and completed an annex in painting under Prof. Eugeniusz Markowski. He received his diploma with honors in 1980. Marek Jaromski practices drawing and printmaking: linocut, metal techniques and papermaking; he also creates prints with features of relief on specially prepared or manufactured papers.
He has won numerous national and international awards. Among the most important awards are: 1980 - best printmaking of the year; 1981 - prize of the city of Baden - Baden at the 2nd European Biennale of Printmaking; Bronze Medal at the All-Polish Gielniak Competition. Gielniak in Jelenia Gora 1983 , second prize at the Festival of Art at the Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw 1981; 1982 - Best Graphic of the year; 1984 - Young People's Award at the Berlin Graphic Biennale; 1985 - Silver Gryphon at the Biennale of the Baltic Countries in Roztok; 1986 - Prix-ex-eque award at the International Biennial of Graphics in Cracow; 1995 - Warsaw Governor's Award of the Year in the Warsaw Graphics competition; 1997 - Special award of the Governor of Toruń at the International Triennial of Graphics in Cracow. Marek Jaromski has had more than 20 group exhibitions and more than 30 individual exhibitions in Poland and abroad. In addition, he is the author of numerous radio and television programs, on Radio Plus "I walk the Earth" and on TVP " My Wy Oni ". Jaromski's works are in the collections of national museums, including the National Museum in Warsaw, the National Museum in Cracow, the St. Wyczółkowski Museum in Bydgoszcz, the Art Museum in Lodz, the Zachęta Gallery and the Studio Gallery in Warsaw. Works in foreign collections can be admired at the Vatican Museums in Vatican City, the National Museum in Nuremberg, the Albertina Museum in Vienna, the Copenhagen City Museum, the Gothenburg City Museum, the Linkoping City Museum in Schloss Oberhausen (Germany), and the Spicchi Dell'Est Gallery in Rome. In addition, Jaromski's works are in private collections in Poland and abroad. He is the youngest artist in history whose works have been purchased by the National Museum in Warsaw, three times in a row the artist has won awards at the International Biennale of Graphics, including one Grand Prix.
Marek Jaromski creates in the summer season in a studio located in the village of Ponikiew Duża located in Mazovia, near Ostrołęka. During the autumn and winter seasons, he creates in a studio located in the basement of the artist's home near Warsaw, where he lives with his family.
