Wieslaw Walkuski was born in 1956 in Bialystok, Poland. Between 1976 and 1981 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. Main professors: Teresa Pagowska – painting and Maciej Urbaniec – graphic design. In 1981 he started to cooperate with a number of publishing houses, theatres as well as Polfilm and Film Polski – film distributors. Since 1987 he has been working as a freelancer. He has published about 200 posters. His prolific body of works includes paintings , artistic posters , illustrations. Lives and works in Warsaw.
Major awards:
– Hollywood Reporter Key Art. Awards, Los Angeles 1st prize 1988, 2nd prize 1990;
– Chicago Film Festival 1st prize 1986 , 2nd prize 1983 , 2nd prize 1988;
– International Poster Biennale , Mexico City 2nd prize 1990;
– Art. Directors Club , New York 2nd prize 1992;
– International Biennale of Theatre Poster, Rzeszow, Poland 3rd prize 1993;
– International Poster Festival, Chaumont, France 3rd prize 1996;
– International Theatre Poster Competition , Osnabrueck, Germany 3rd prize 1997;
– Poster competition (by invitation) "20th Pope John Paul II Pontificate", Warsaw 1st prize 1998;
– Biennale of Polish Poster, Katowice, Poland Grand Prix 1997, 2nd prize 2001
