roman nowotarski - exhibitions
Roman Nowotarski was born in Worochta (the Hucuł area - Czarnota) in 1932. After displacement in 1945 he settled in Silesia in the most industrialized region of Poland, in Zabrze. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1960. At the moment he is a professor of this School and runs the studio of drawings and painting at the Department of Graphics in Katowice.
He actively participates in the Nationwide Exhibition and Competition during which he obtained urany honourable mentions and prizes. Among others at the First Nationwide Competition for the Easel Painting in Łódź in 1970 for the picture “House" 2nd prize and for “Silesian blues" honourable mention.
During the Poster Biennale Exhibition he received gold medal for the poster on ecological subject in 1974 - Warsaw.
He has his works in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, Museum of Modern Art in Cracow, Katowice, Bytom, Bielsko, Zabrze.
He took part in the exhibitions abroad: Basel, Bratislava, Berlin, Istanbul, France, London, Washington, Japan, Sweden and Belgium.
In 1995 he received the 1 st prize at the Nationwide Competition of the Myauchi Polish - Japanese Foundation “Polish Impressions" for painting.
His works are in the private collections in Europe and the United States.
He is a theatre and film designer for urany years he has cooperated with the STG Gliwice Experimental Theatre where he received urany awards for the set design and staging together wich the director Edward Mołek, particularly for the set design of “Spring" according to Bruno Schulz, “Factory of Absolute" by K.Czapek, “Travellers" according to his own script, for the set design of “Twilight of Babel" and urany other performances.
He has also cooperated with the director Ryszard Waśko at his short subject, awarded at the festival in Brussels. He was the set designer of Andrzej Kondratiuk's film “Virgin, Archer and Scorpio".
He writes texts for which he composes music and is their performer in his free time as a guest of “Piwnica pod Baranami".
When the service comes to an end he attempts to start his academic education. He takes exams to the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with success and becomes a student in the class of prof. Jan Dutkiewicz, prof. Leon Dolzycki and prof. Rafal Pomorski. He graduates from the Chair of Graphic Arts of the academy in Katowice in 1959· For one year he works in High School of Fashion Design in Katowice, but he gets dismissed for refusing to join the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). In 1960 he enters into marriage that will bring him his children: daughter Iwona and son Tadeusz. From 1962 he works as a teacher of drawing in Vocational Teacher Training College in Katowice. Apart from his "day" job, he concentrates on his artistic work. From the early 1960s till the imposition of martial law in 1981, together with Jurek Malitowski and Edward Molek, he co-creates Gliwice Theatre operating at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He receives many awards for his scenography and staging on festivals in Poland and abroad: in Oxford, Amsterdam, Zagreb. He is especially satisfied with the scenography to the following performances: "Spring" by Bruno Schultz, "Factory of the Absolute" by Karel Capek, "Travellers" with his own screenplay and scenography, "Twilight" by Isaac Babel, "Blood-bathed Russia" by Artiom Viesioly and "Modern Nativity Play" - by his friend from the youth - Ireneusz Iredynski. Most of these performances were Polish premieres. He also co-creates scenography to a film by Andrzej Kondratiuk titled "Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius" and works with Ryszard Waska on his short films, later awarded a prize at a festival in Brussels. He is a member of the Arkat group formed in 1964 joining part of the Silesian artistic community, with whom he takes part in many enterprises, actions and exhibitions, including one in Zachta Gallery in Warsaw.
From 1974 he starts working as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow - Chair of Graphic Art in Katowice, the studio of drawing and painting. He gets further academic degrees; when he becomes a docent his academic work is reviewed by a giant of Polish painting - prof. Tadeusz Brzozowski. Another famous Polish painter, prof. Jerzy Nowosielski was also in the commission, and the whole process was extremely quick. After the commission had seen his paintings, without being asking any further questions he received his academic degree. Then in 1990 he be comes an associate professor and later in 1994 re ceives his full professorship - his academic work was at the time reviewed by a famous historian of art, prof. Maria Rzepinska.
Besides his teaching work, he devotes himself to his artistic endeavours, which have always been of biggest importance for him. He presents his paintings on many exhibitions in Poland and abroad: in Austria, Switzerland, Berlin, Bratislava, Istanbul, Paris, Washington, London, Tokyo and during the largest art fair in the world - Art Basel. He is a winner of many awards and distinctions including the Kunio Myiauchi Prize in the National Painting Competition "Polish Impressions" organised by the Polish-Japanese Foundation. He wins Grand Prix in the National Painting Competition "Bielska Jesien" (Autumn in Bielsko) and the main award for his ecological poster "Chirp, chirp, chirp behind the chimney" during the International Poster Biennial in Katowice. His works can be found in many Polish museums -National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Krakow, Municipal Museum in Lodz, Silesian Museum, Municipal Museum in Zabrze and in private collections in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the United States, Japan and the Republic of South Africa. With his son he co-authors a series of joined exhibitions in Poland and abroad called "Journeys - Totemenhirs". He has always valued cooperation with his student and longstanding assistant - Roman Kalarus. Together they formed an unforgettable and completely unique duo, adored by their students. He is also no stranger to music. As a longstanding friend and guest, he oftentimes performed in the legendary "Piwnica pod Baranami" cabaret in Krakow, where he sung his ballads, to which he writes both music and lyrics.
Recent exhibitions:
1997 - "Travels and totemenhirs Father and son" January-Frebruar Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Katowice, Poland
1997 - "Travels and totemenhirs Father and son" Polish Cultural Institute, London, England
1997 - "Travels and totemenhirs Father and son" The City Museum, Zabrze, Poland
14.02.1998 - Benefit of the work of Roman Nowotarski. Film screening and concert with invited guests. House of Music and Dance in Zabrze
2001 - Biographies of both father and son are included in the first edition of Who is Who - copyright - Publishers for VIP Encyclopedios Corp, USA
2001 - competition of art "Work of the year" The Association of Polish Artists And Designers Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Katowice, Poland
2001 - 90's years of The Association of Polish Artists And Designers Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Katowice, Poland
2003 may-june - "Travels and totemenhirs - father and son", Cracow - Kazimierz, Poland
2004 - "Travels and totemenhirs - father and son" - auction house "Polonia Art", Katowice, Poland
2005 september - october - "Travels and totemenhirs - father and son" Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2006 - Individual Painting Exhibition - Polish Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland
2010 - Individual Painting Exhibition - City Museum in Zabrze
2013 - Collective exhibition - "Hommage à Nowotarski - Recipe for Freedom" - Museum of Katowice History
2018 - Individual Painting Exhibition - "Location - Location" - Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice Rondo Sztuki
He actively participates in the Nationwide Exhibition and Competition during which he obtained urany honourable mentions and prizes. Among others at the First Nationwide Competition for the Easel Painting in Łódź in 1970 for the picture “House" 2nd prize and for “Silesian blues" honourable mention.
During the Poster Biennale Exhibition he received gold medal for the poster on ecological subject in 1974 - Warsaw.
He has his works in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, Museum of Modern Art in Cracow, Katowice, Bytom, Bielsko, Zabrze.
He took part in the exhibitions abroad: Basel, Bratislava, Berlin, Istanbul, France, London, Washington, Japan, Sweden and Belgium.
In 1995 he received the 1 st prize at the Nationwide Competition of the Myauchi Polish - Japanese Foundation “Polish Impressions" for painting.
His works are in the private collections in Europe and the United States.
He is a theatre and film designer for urany years he has cooperated with the STG Gliwice Experimental Theatre where he received urany awards for the set design and staging together wich the director Edward Mołek, particularly for the set design of “Spring" according to Bruno Schulz, “Factory of Absolute" by K.Czapek, “Travellers" according to his own script, for the set design of “Twilight of Babel" and urany other performances.
He has also cooperated with the director Ryszard Waśko at his short subject, awarded at the festival in Brussels. He was the set designer of Andrzej Kondratiuk's film “Virgin, Archer and Scorpio".
He writes texts for which he composes music and is their performer in his free time as a guest of “Piwnica pod Baranami".
When the service comes to an end he attempts to start his academic education. He takes exams to the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with success and becomes a student in the class of prof. Jan Dutkiewicz, prof. Leon Dolzycki and prof. Rafal Pomorski. He graduates from the Chair of Graphic Arts of the academy in Katowice in 1959· For one year he works in High School of Fashion Design in Katowice, but he gets dismissed for refusing to join the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR). In 1960 he enters into marriage that will bring him his children: daughter Iwona and son Tadeusz. From 1962 he works as a teacher of drawing in Vocational Teacher Training College in Katowice. Apart from his "day" job, he concentrates on his artistic work. From the early 1960s till the imposition of martial law in 1981, together with Jurek Malitowski and Edward Molek, he co-creates Gliwice Theatre operating at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. He receives many awards for his scenography and staging on festivals in Poland and abroad: in Oxford, Amsterdam, Zagreb. He is especially satisfied with the scenography to the following performances: "Spring" by Bruno Schultz, "Factory of the Absolute" by Karel Capek, "Travellers" with his own screenplay and scenography, "Twilight" by Isaac Babel, "Blood-bathed Russia" by Artiom Viesioly and "Modern Nativity Play" - by his friend from the youth - Ireneusz Iredynski. Most of these performances were Polish premieres. He also co-creates scenography to a film by Andrzej Kondratiuk titled "Scorpio, Virgo and Sagittarius" and works with Ryszard Waska on his short films, later awarded a prize at a festival in Brussels. He is a member of the Arkat group formed in 1964 joining part of the Silesian artistic community, with whom he takes part in many enterprises, actions and exhibitions, including one in Zachta Gallery in Warsaw.
From 1974 he starts working as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow - Chair of Graphic Art in Katowice, the studio of drawing and painting. He gets further academic degrees; when he becomes a docent his academic work is reviewed by a giant of Polish painting - prof. Tadeusz Brzozowski. Another famous Polish painter, prof. Jerzy Nowosielski was also in the commission, and the whole process was extremely quick. After the commission had seen his paintings, without being asking any further questions he received his academic degree. Then in 1990 he be comes an associate professor and later in 1994 re ceives his full professorship - his academic work was at the time reviewed by a famous historian of art, prof. Maria Rzepinska.
Besides his teaching work, he devotes himself to his artistic endeavours, which have always been of biggest importance for him. He presents his paintings on many exhibitions in Poland and abroad: in Austria, Switzerland, Berlin, Bratislava, Istanbul, Paris, Washington, London, Tokyo and during the largest art fair in the world - Art Basel. He is a winner of many awards and distinctions including the Kunio Myiauchi Prize in the National Painting Competition "Polish Impressions" organised by the Polish-Japanese Foundation. He wins Grand Prix in the National Painting Competition "Bielska Jesien" (Autumn in Bielsko) and the main award for his ecological poster "Chirp, chirp, chirp behind the chimney" during the International Poster Biennial in Katowice. His works can be found in many Polish museums -National Museum in Warsaw, National Museum in Krakow, Municipal Museum in Lodz, Silesian Museum, Municipal Museum in Zabrze and in private collections in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the United States, Japan and the Republic of South Africa. With his son he co-authors a series of joined exhibitions in Poland and abroad called "Journeys - Totemenhirs". He has always valued cooperation with his student and longstanding assistant - Roman Kalarus. Together they formed an unforgettable and completely unique duo, adored by their students. He is also no stranger to music. As a longstanding friend and guest, he oftentimes performed in the legendary "Piwnica pod Baranami" cabaret in Krakow, where he sung his ballads, to which he writes both music and lyrics.
Recent exhibitions:
1997 - "Travels and totemenhirs Father and son" January-Frebruar Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Katowice, Poland
1997 - "Travels and totemenhirs Father and son" Polish Cultural Institute, London, England
1997 - "Travels and totemenhirs Father and son" The City Museum, Zabrze, Poland
14.02.1998 - Benefit of the work of Roman Nowotarski. Film screening and concert with invited guests. House of Music and Dance in Zabrze
2001 - Biographies of both father and son are included in the first edition of Who is Who - copyright - Publishers for VIP Encyclopedios Corp, USA
2001 - competition of art "Work of the year" The Association of Polish Artists And Designers Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Katowice, Poland
2001 - 90's years of The Association of Polish Artists And Designers Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Katowice, Poland
2003 may-june - "Travels and totemenhirs - father and son", Cracow - Kazimierz, Poland
2004 - "Travels and totemenhirs - father and son" - auction house "Polonia Art", Katowice, Poland
2005 september - october - "Travels and totemenhirs - father and son" Contemporary Art Gallery BWA, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2006 - Individual Painting Exhibition - Polish Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland
2010 - Individual Painting Exhibition - City Museum in Zabrze
2013 - Collective exhibition - "Hommage à Nowotarski - Recipe for Freedom" - Museum of Katowice History
2018 - Individual Painting Exhibition - "Location - Location" - Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice Rondo Sztuki