Andrzej STROKA (b. 1953), Blue Bow, 2015

acrylic on canvas, 73 x 54 cm, signed lower left: STROKA

Born in 1953 in Kraków. He works in painting, drawing, and commercial art, and designs and curates exhibitions. He studied painting in the studio of Prof. Stanisław Batruch in Kraków. Co-owner of the Graphic Art and Poster Gallery in Warsaw.



Solo exhibitions:

1980, Warsaw, “Krzywe Koło” Young Artists’ Gallery. 1981, Warsaw, “Art” Gallery – “Marilyn Monroe.”

1983, West Berlin, Europacenter Gallery. 1983, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery. 1984, Warsaw, Zapiecek Gallery – “Alicja.” 1985, Warsaw, Plac Zamkowy Gallery. 1985, Kraków, DESA Gallery. 1985, Olsztyn, BWA Gallery. 1985, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery. 1985, West Berlin, “Van Divan” Gallery. Chicago, Vienna Gallery. 1986, Głogów, BWA Gallery. 1986, Germany, Bremen, “Ars Nova” Gallery. 1987, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery – “Przejazd” drawings. 1987, Warsaw, Zapiecek Gallery. 1987, Opole, BWA Gallery. 1987, Kraków, Nowa Huta Cultural Center. 1988, Gdańsk, BWA Gallery. 1990, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery. 1992, Warsaw, Warsaw Mayor’s Gallery. 2010, Olsztyn, Art Exhibition Office – painting “Marilyn Monroe.” 2010, Warsaw, Olympic Center – painting “Marilyn Monroe.” 2011, Warsaw, Promotional Gallery – painting “30 Years of Creative Work.” 2013, Wrocław, Wrocław City Museum “Marilyn Monroe in the Paintings of Andrzej Stroka.” 2014, Museum of Warmia and Mazury, “Zamek” Gallery in Reszel “Marilyn Monroe and Other Beautiful Paintings.” 2025, Museum of Warmia and Mazury. Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński “Landscape Transformations.” 2025, PRAGALERIA Gallery “Scales of Summer. Landscape Transformations.”



Participation in group exhibitions of Polish art in Budapest, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, England, and the USA.

Works in public and private collections in Poland, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, the USA, Switzerland, Mexico, Canada, England, and Kuwait.



Since 1979, he has organized and curated dozens of exhibitions of Polish art in Poland and abroad, including:

– in Kraków: Józef Wilkoń at the Palace of Art, Stanisław Rodziński at the BWA “Bunkier,” Stasys Eidrigevicius at the BWA “Bunkier,” 100 Years of Polish Posters at BWA “Bunkier,” Zofia Wolska at the Palace of Art in Kraków.

– at the Wrocław City Museum in the Town Hall: Waldemar Świerzy, Jan Młodożeniec, Franciszek Starowieyski’s “Teatr Rysowania.”

– at the BWA in Sopot: Jan Cybis, Stasys Eidrigevicius.

– at the BWA in Olsztyn, including: Jan Trasin, Andrzej Mleczka, Edward Dwurnik, Stasys Eidrigevicius, Stanisław Rodziński, Jan Cybis, Jerzy Duda-Gracz, from the collection of Wojciech Fibak “Ecole de Paris,” Polish painting from the collection of the National Gallery in Lviv, Duda-Gracz’s “To Chopin,” and Tadeusz Dominik.

– Museum of Warmia and Mazury in Reszel: Teresa Pągowska, posters by Franciszek Starowieyski, Stasys Eidrigevicius.

– in Kazimierz on the Vistula: works accompanying the Jan, Stanisław, and Piotr Młodożeniec Film Festival, by Stasys Eidrigevicius.