Krzysztof Kiwerski

Krzysztof Kiwerski - Biography

Krzysztof Kiwerski was born in 1948 in Poznan, where he finished High
School of Fine Arts. He studied at the Faculty of Painting of the
Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He graduated with honours in 1973 in
the studio of Prof. Marczynski. Since then he works at the Academy of
Fine Arts in Krakow, currently as a professor.
He works with painting and computer graphics. He also produced 31
animated films, including four full-length movies.
He took part in over 90 exhibitions in Poland, Germany, France,
Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Turkey, Greece and
Jugoslavia.  He has exhibited solo 20 times in various Polish cities,
among others, in Krakow, Szczecin, Poznan, Zamosc, Czestochowa...
He participated in numerous film festivals in Poznan, Krakow,
Oberhausen, Annecy, Cannes, Huesca, Tours, and Chicago.
He received such artistic awards for his paintings as: second prize at
the VII Festival of Contemporary Polish Paintings in Szczecin, bronze
and silver medals at the National Exhibition of Paintings "Bielsko
Autumn", Grand Prix at the nationwide exhibition “Cracovian Meetings”,
and Medal of St. Wyspianski at the Salon of Cracovian Paintings, and a
prize at the V Biennial of Graphic Arts in Sapporo.
For his animated films, he was rewarded: twice “Golden Goats” and
“Silver Goats” at the Children's Film Festival in Poznan, Golden Seal
of the City of Trieste, Golden Dancer in Huesca, Grand Prix at the
Film Festival in Tours etc.
His works can be found in collections of National Museums in Krakow,
Warsaw, Poznan, and Szczecin, Museum of the City of Lodz, the Ministry
of Culture in Warsaw, Cultural Department of the Krakow City, and BWA
Galeries in Krakow and Bialystok.