Andrzej KASPRZAK (b. 1963), Departure II, 1987

etching, drypoint, paper; approx. 12 cm (plate diameter); 36 x 22.5 cm (inside the passe-partout); 36.8 x 24.2 (sheet);
signed and inscribed in pencil in the center: "Wymarsz II" 29/50, drypoint, etching 1987, / "Report II" Etching Dry paint.

He studied at the Department of Graphic Arts in Katowice at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He received his diploma with the Rector’s Medal in 1988. He was awarded a scholarship by the Silesian-Dąbrowa Committee for Independent Culture for his artistic debut (1988); the Ministry of Culture and Art (1989, 1999); The Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1994); the Frans Masereel Center International Printmaking Center (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997). He received an honorable mention in the Polish-Finnish Marine Art Competition, Gdańsk (1987); Second Prize in the Polish-French Poster Competition for the Printemps Culturel du Valenciennois, Valenciennes, France (1988); an honorable mention at the 4th World Exhibition of Miniature Art, Toronto, Canada (1989); Honorable Mention at the 1st International Triennial of Small-Format Prints, Riga, Latvia (1990); Honorable Mention at the World Triennial of Small-Format Prints, Chamalieres, France (1991); Regulations Award at the 4th International Print Triennial, Ourense, Spain (1998); Third Prize at the 10th National Student Print Review, Kraków (1985); Second Prize at the First National Biennial of Printmaking “In the Face of Values,” Katowice (1986); honorable mentions at the 11th National Student Printmaking Review, Kraków (1997); Second Prize at the 2nd National Printmaking Biennial “In the Face of Values,” Katowice (1988); honorable mentions at the R. Pomorski National Painting Competition, Katowice (1989); Honorable Mentions at the 12th National Print Competition, Łódź (1991). He has held approximately 100 solo exhibitions at leading Polish galleries as well as in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, and the United States.