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Christopher Nowicki 1950 —
Born in Toledo, Ohio U.S.A. Studied from 1968-1973 at the Toledo Museum of Art School of Design and the University of Toledo receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. From 1974-1977 studied at the University of Washington, Seattle and was teaching assistant to Glen Alps until receiving a Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1977. For the last 18 years living in Poland and teaching at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Art and Design. Currently Head of the Serigraph Studio

Education
2006 Professor of Printmaking, Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2004 Assistant Professor of Printmaking, Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2001 Doctor of Fine Arts-Printmaking, Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
1996-2001 Senior Lecturer, Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
1977 Master of Fine Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
1968-1974 Toledo Museum of Art School of Design

Erasmus Exchange
Official Visits:
2010 March 17,Academy of Fine Art, Sofia, Bulgaria, promotion ASP Wroclaw, Discuss exhibitions
2009 November, Erasmus Promotional Visit, Duncan Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, Scotland
Minsk Academy of Fine Art, organizational meeting to sign bilateral Student/Teacher Exchange agreement,
October 18-23, 2009
2008 Lecture, Riga Academy of Fine Art, Mezzotint, Riga, Latvia
2007 Visiting Lecturer, Mezzotint, Academy of Fine Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
May 5, Conference Europa Atrium, sponsors: Centre Culturel Francais Cluj-Napoca, Universitatea
De Arte Si Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
October 14 Conference Europa Atrium, sponsors: Centre Culturel Francais Cluj-Napoca, Universitatea
De Arte Si Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
November 11, Visiting Lecturer, Mezzotint, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006 May 25 Conference Europa Atrium, sponsors: Centre Culturel Francais Cluj-Napoca, Universitatea
De Arte Si Design, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
October 23 Visiting Lecturer, Mezzotint, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2005 December 7, Mezzotint/Serigraph Lecture, Academy of Fine Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 March 19, Visiting Lecturer, Mezzotint, Aristotle University Department of Art –
Thessaloniki, Greece
2002 Co-organizer of the student exchange program between the Academy of Fine Art – Wroclaw and the
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.
2002 Co-organizer of the student/teacher exchange between Aristotle University Department of Art –
Thessaloniki and the Academy of Fine Art – Wroclaw.
2001 Visiting Professor in Mezzotint, Academy of Fine Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

Invited Lectures
2010 Mezzotint Class, August 18-29, Kaus Urbino Print Workshop, Urbino, Italy
Lecture Mezzotint, Academy of Fine Art, Sofia, Bulgaria (March)
Conference Printmaking in Europe, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (May)
Studio Lecture, Hand-cut Serigraph Technique, Work in the Northwest Coast Native American
Style, Haines Alaska USA
2010 Mezzotint History, Technique and Printing, Academy of Fine Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
2009 Mezzotint History, Technique, Printing and Tools, Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin, China
Hand-cut Stencil Serigraph Technique, Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin, China
Mezzotint Technique, Lodz Academy of Fine Art, Lodz, Poland
2008 Mezzotint Technique Lecture, Riga Academy of Fine Art, Mezzotint, Riga, Latvia
Lecture, Mezzotint – History and Technique, Piast Castle Art Center, Brzeg, Poland
2007 Mezzotint- Special Techniques, Academy of Fine Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Mezzotint, History and Technique, University of the Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mezzotint Technique and Printing, Academy of Fine Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006 Mezzotint Technique and Printing, Academy of Fine Art, Gdansk, Poland
Mezzotint Special Printing Problems, Academy of Fine Art, Katowice, Poland
Mezzotint Contemporary Problems, Edinburgh, Scotland
2004 Art and Culture of Tlinget Native Americans, Gallery M, Vienna, Austria
2002 Represented the Academy of Fine Art – Wroclaw, Poland in the conference, ‘ Printmaking in
Europe: Trends and Perspectives,’ Thessaloniki, Greece
2001 Mezzotint Contemporary Problems, Academy of Fine Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
1993-2011 Northwest Coast Native American Serigraph Editioning, Alaska Indian Arts. Haines, Alaska, USA

Exhibition Curator
2010 Polish Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition, Museum of the Tianjin Academy of Fine Art,
Tianjin, China (October) (90 Artists)
Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Printmaking Department Exhibition, Royal Gallery of Fine Art,
Edinburgh, Scotland (February-March)
Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Student printmaking Exhibition, Neapoli Engraving Center,
Thessaloniki, Greece (May)
Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Printmaking Department Exhibition, Academy of Fine Art, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania, April, 2010
2009 Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Printmaking Department Exhibition, Dundee, Scotland
Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Printmaking Department Exhibition, Academy of Fine Art,
Tianjin, China, (April)
Masters and Students Exhibition, Serigraph Studio 414 ASP Wroclaw, Piast Castle
Brzeg, Poland
2008 Exhibition Curator, La Maniere Noir Exhibit of Mezzotints, Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art
Museum Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
September 8th, Crossroads of Being Exhibition, Brasov, Romania, Muzeum Narodowy,
Brasov, Romania
Artists, Jacek Szewczyk, Mikael Kihlman, Orjan Wikstrom, Christopher Nowicki
Juror, Computer Art Competition, Grade School No. 37, Wroclaw, Poland
2007 Galeria Vartai, Traces Exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004 Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Lesnica, Poland
Curator of exhibition of Northwest Coast Native American Prints, Masks and Jewelry ay Gallery M, Vienna,
Austria.
2003 Curator and lecturer of the Exhibition Northwest Coast Native American Art, Veitshoecheim, Germany
Organizer of exhibitions of Northwest Coast Native American Art at Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania and
Gallery Sukiennice, Krakow, Poland.
2002 Organized the Graphics Division of the Masters Exhibition in Minsk, Belarus
2001 Polish Graphics, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Masters Art Exhibition, Prints from USA, Minsk, Belarus

Books
March, 2009 Chios-Engraving-Printmaking Conference
Language – Greek, Newspaper article Christopher Nowicki 2p
May, 2010 English for Printmaking, textbook co-author, 96pp. English language, ISBN 978-83-60520-35-2
Sponsors: Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, the Lower Silesian Marshal Office in Wroclaw
Catalog text for Maniere Noire Exhibit

Catalogs
2010 International Print Exhibition, Poland and Japan, Kyoto 2010,
108pp. English and Japanese
March, 2009 Chios-Engraving-Printmaking Conference
46pp. Language – Greek, article Christopher Nowicki 2p
April, 2009, Wroćlawska Szkoła Grafiki, 80pp. Polish/English
ISBN 978-83-60520-24-6
2009 Masters of Mezzotint Exhibition, May in San Francisco at Warnock gallery
Catalog- 39pp, English
July, 2008, Malarstwo, Grafika, Rzeżba, Academy of Fine Art, Eugeniusza Gepperta we Wroclawiu, 80pp.
Polish/English ISBN 978-83-60520-23-9
2008 The First Yunnan International Print Exhibition, Yunnan, China, catalog- 236pp, Chinese and English
2008 ‘A Jednak Grafika’ Exhibition, September 8-18, 2008 at gallery Nowy Maneż w Moskwie for Krakow days in
Moscow 2008. Catalog 46pp. Polish and Russian
2008 December, Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Elblag, Poland
2008 September 8th , Crossroads of Being Exhibition, Brasov, Romania
Artists, Jacek Szewczyk, Mikael Kihlman, Orjan Wikstrom, Christopher Nowicki
2008 Hybryda III Eurografik 2008 – Cultural Bridge Across Europe
Cartwright Hall, Bradford Gallery, Bradford, England

Awards
2010 Rector’s Award, Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2008 Rector’s Award, Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2006 Hahnemulle Award, 6th Polish National Printmaking Competition, Katowice, Poland
2005 Rector’s Award, Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2002 I Prize, Lower Silesian Print and Drawing Exhibition, Wroclaw, Poland
2000 First Mostra International de Mini Gravura, Vitoria 2000, Brazil
1999 Honorary Diploma, University of Zhubanov, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
1998 Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature Director’s Award, Warsaw, Poland
Lithuanian National Railway Award, Vilnius, Lithuania
1997 Third Place Medal, 2nd International Ex Libris Competition, Gliwice, Poland
National Library Award, Wroclaw Miniature Print Competition, Wroclaw, Poland
1992 Third Place, 7th International Print Competition, Binghamton, New York
1988 Honorable Mention Award, 3rd International Print Competition, Binghamton, New York
1984 Juror’s Commendation Award, Boston Printmaker’s National Exhibition, Boston, MA
1982 Grand Prix Award, International Miniature Print Competition, Seoul, South Korea
5th Place Award, Artlink National Print Competition, Fort Wayne, Indiana
1979 2nd Place Award, Pacific Northwest Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington
1978 Patron Selection Award, Boston Printmaker’s Exhibition, Boston, MA

Collections
Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin, China
Academy of Fine Art, Katowice, Poland
Grafikens Haus, Stockholm, Sweden
City BWA Gallery ‘Piwnice’, Kielce, Poland
University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.
The Engraving Center, Thessoloniki, Greece
Ossoliñeum Collection, Wroclaw, Poland
University of Zhubanov, Aktobe, Kazakstan
Lithuanian National Railway Collection, Vilnius, Lithuania
Museum of Literature, Warsaw, Poland
and many private collections

Solo Exhibitions
2011 Maniere Noire Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2010 ASP Wroclaw, Native American prints from Alaska
2009 Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin, China
Lodz Academy of Fine Art, Lodz, Poland
2006 Myslenice Cultural Association, Myslenice, Poland
Academy of Fine Art, Gdansk, Poland
Academy of Fine Art, Katowice, Poland
Palace of Koborowice, Koborowice, Poland
2005 Academy of Music, Wroclaw, Poland
Walker Gallery, University of Nebraska-Kearney, U.S.A.
BWA Gallery, Kielce, Poland
Castle of the Szlaskich Piasts, Brzeg, Poland
2003 Gallery Sanchez, Veitschoeheim, Germany
Galeria ‘M’, Wroclaw, Poland
Galeria Sukiennice, Kraków, Poland
Gallery Culture House, Lesnica, Poland
2002 Gallery Sanchez, Veitschonheim, Germany
2001 Fine Impressions Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
2000 Gallery of Art in Pesquisa, University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brazil
Gallery Hornan, Falun, Sweden
1999 Gallery “M”, Wroclaw, Poland
City Gallery, Łódz, Poland
1997 Gallery Horszowski “Pod Ziemia”, Wrocław, Poland
1996 Cultural Center Gallery, Gizycko, Poland
Gallery Atelierhaus Bunter Kreis, Wurzburg, Germany
Academy of Fine Art, Krakow, Poland
1995 Gallery Cultural Center, Zakopane, Poland
Town Hall Museum Gallery, Gizycko, Poland
1994 Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
Gallery “Pod Gryfami”, Wroclaw, Poland
1993 Castle Wojnowice Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
1992 Red Hook Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
1991 Gallery “Pan Opticum”, Wasserburg, Germany
B. Karlyn Gallery, Helena, Montana, U.S.A.
1989 Fine Impressions Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
1984 New School of Visual Concepts, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Landsman Gallery, Cherry Hill, NJ, U.S.A.
1983 Confectionery Gallery, Black Diamond, Washington, U.S.A.
1982 Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Arthead Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Uptown Artworks Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
1981 Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Competitions and Exhibitions

Japanese/Polish Print Exhibition, Rondo Gallery, Katowice, Poland
2011 Small Form Graphics Competition, Lodz, Poland
Traces of Time Exhibition, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland
Guanlan International Printmaking Competition, Guanlan, China
2010 International Print Exhibition, Poland and Japan
Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Royal Gallery of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Kyoto Municipal Art Museum, Shimane Art Museum Gallery (83 works by 32 Polish Artists)
2009 John David Mooney Foundation Gallery, Our Stories: A Contemporary Narrative Exhibition,
Chicago, Ill. U.S.A.
Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Printmaking Department Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Printmaking Department Exhibition, Dundee, Scotland
Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Tianjin, China
Mezzotints and Serigraphs, Tianjin Academy of Fine Art, Tianjin, China
Exhibition, Mezzotints and Drawings by C. Nowicki, Academy of Fine Art, Łódź, Poland
2008 Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Elblag, Poland
International Print Exhibition Yunnan 2008, Yunnan, China
‘Masters of Mezzotint Exhibition, Warnock Gallery, San Francisco, USA
‘A Jednak Grafika’ gallery Nowy Maneż, Moscow, Russia, In the Framework of the program
‘Krakow Days in Moscow 2008
Hybryda III Eurografik 2008 – Cultural Bridge Across Europe,
Cartwright Hall, Bradford Gallery, Bradford, Anglia
Crossroads of Being Exhibition, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Crossroads of Being Exhibition, Brasov, Romania
Artists; Jacek Szewczyk, Mikael Kihlman, Orjan Wikstrom, Christopher Nowicki
2007 Galeria Vartai, Traces Exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania
Guanlan International Print Competition Exhibition, Guanlan, China
Invited Artist 1st Biennale of Contemporary Art Exhibition, Neapoli Graphic Center,
Thessaloniki, Greece
2006 6th National Polish Printmaking Exhibition, Katowice, Poland
Krakow International Printmaking Exhibition, Krakow, Poland
Eurographic 2006 Exhibition, Krakow, Poland – St. Petersburg, Russia
Neopoli Engraving Center Collection Exhibition, Thessaloniki, Greece
Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Sandomierz, Poland
60th Anniversary Exhibition of the Academy of Fine Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2005 Wystawa Kolekcja Centrum Miedzoryt, Saloniki, Grecja
Exhibition of the Print Collection of the Neapoli Engraving Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, at the Minister of Culture, Warsaw, Poland
5th Triennale of Contemporary Polish Drawings, Lubaczow, Poland
Small Format and Ex Libris Competition, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Polish Graphics Exhibition, Norden Luis Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 5 Triennale Grafiki Polskiej, Katowice, Poland
Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Lesnica, Poland
Katowice Triennale of Graphics Exhibition, Miskolcu, Hungary
International Festival “Sarajewska Zima”, Sarejevo, Yugoslavia
Prints from the Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art, Cadiz, Spain
7th Majdanek International Printmaking Triennale, Lublin, Poland
2003 Sixth Triennial of Small form Graphics, Chamaliers, Francja
Triennale of Polish Prints, Katowice, Poland
International Masters Exhibition, Minsk, Belarus
Twelfth International Print Exhibition, Varna, Bulgaria
Printmaking in Europe, Olvera and Ubrique Sierra de Cadiz, Spain
2002 Daniel Chodowiecki/Gunter Grass Foundation Competition Exhibition, Sopot, Poland
Printmaking in Europe ‘Trends and Perspectives’, Thessaloniki, Greece
Lower Silesian Print and Drawing Exhibition, Wroclaw, Poland
Forum of Mini Prints, Lublin, Poland
II Masters Exhibition, Minsk, Belarus,
Ex Libris and Small Format Print Exhibition, Aktobe, Kazakstan
2001 Masters Art Exhibition, Minsk, Belarus
Miniprint Finland 2001, Lahti, Finland
“Relativities Unfolding” Exhibition, Abu Dhabi
Polish Graphics, Vartai Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Ninth International Small Print and Ex Libris Competition, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
2000 Contemporary Polish Ex Libris, Polish Institute in Rome, Rome, Italy
Drawings from Wroclaw, Gallery Villa, Lódz, Poland
The Fourth British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bristol, England
First Mostra International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vitoria, Brazil
21st Century International Ex Libris Competition and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
6th International Triennale of Art, Majdanek, Poland
Graphics from Wroclaw Exhibition, Minsk, Belorussia
1999 Graphics from Wroclaw Exhibition, Lwow and Kijow, Ukraine
December Salon Exhibition, Taube Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Prints from Wroclaw Academy of Fine Art Exhibition, Seattle, Washington
H. Pawlikowska Studio Exhibition, Miejska Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
Wroclaw Graphics Exhibition, Wroclaw, Poland
International Ex Libris Exhibition, Aktobe, Kazakhstan
International Biennale Small Format Prints, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
International Small Format Print Exhibition, Lódz, Poland
German International Print Exhibition, Frechen, Germany
1998 International Adam Mickiewicz Ex Libris Exhibition, Kalisz, Poland
International Exhibition of Contemporary Mezzotint, Seattle, Washington
International Print Biennale, Raczibórz, Poland
International Ex Libris Biennale, Malbork, Poland
1997 1st Polish Army Ex Libris Competition, Warsaw, Poland
2nd International Ex Libris Competition, Gliwice, Poland
Exhibition of Contemporary Mezzotint, Norwalk, Conn.
Small Format Print Competition, Wroclaw, Poland
1996 Ex Libris Biennale Competition, Malbork, Poland
1994 1st International Mezzotint Competition, Gdañsk, Poland
1993 1st International Print Small Print Competition, Torun, Poland
1992 7th International Small Print Competition, Binghamton, New York
12th International Miniature Print Competition, Cadaques, Spain
1991 International Biennale of Prints, Sapporo, Japan
International Small Print Competition, Lódz, Poland
1990 7th International Miniature Print Competition, Seoul, South Korea
1989 4th Mini Print International Exhibition, Binghamton, New York
41st National Print Exhibition, Boston, MA
1988 3rd International Print Exhibition, Binghamton, New York
1984 1st International Mezzotint Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
36th National Boston Printmaker’s Competition, Boston, MA
1983 37th Annual Pacific Northwest Art Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington
25th National Hunterdon Art Center Exhibition, Clinton, NJ
1982 1st National Artlink Print Competition, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2nd International Print Competition, Seoul, South Korea
1981 33rd National Boston Printmaker’s Print Competition, Boston, MA
State of Florida All Media Exhibition, Sarasota, FL
8th International Miniature Print Competition, Pratt Fine Art Center, New York
1980 1st International Miniature Print Competition, Seoul, South Korea
24th National Hunterdon Art Center Print Exhibition, Clinton, NJ
1979 33rd Annual Pacific Northwest Art Exhibition, Bellevue, Washington
1st Alumni Art Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
23rd National Hunterdon Art Center Exhibition, Clinton, NJ
7th International Miniature Print Competition, Pratt Fine Art Center, New York
1978 1st Annual Yellowstone Print Club Invitational Exhibition, Billings, Montana
State of Washington Governor’s Invitational Exhibition, Olympia, Washington
30th National Boston Printmaker’s Competition, Boston, MA
1977 6th International Miniature Print Exhibition, Pratt Fine Art Center, New York
1976 28th Boston Printmaker’s National Print Competition, Boston, MA
1975 All Ohio Artists Exhibition, Massillon, Ohio
1974 56th Annual Toledo Museum of Art May Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio