Ryszard Grzyb, 20!, inkograph on paper (10/100), 32 x 36 cm, 2021
Ryszard Grzyb. Born in 1956 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Studied at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, in the studio of Prof. Zbigniew Karpinski (1976-1979) and at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (1979-1981). He obtained his diploma in the atelier of Prof. Rajmund Ziemski In 1982- 1992 he was a member of Gruppa, with which he exhibited and participated in its actions. He was also a co-founder and publisher of Gruppa's magazine, "Oj dobrze już". Since the mid-1980s, he has made several artistic trips: in May and June 1986, together with Ryszard Wozniak, he was on a scholarship in West Berlin, in 1990-1991 in Cologne at the invitation of Rafal Jablonka, in 1995 again in Germany on a scholarship in Lamspringe, and in 1996 in Saignon at the invitation of Kamila Regent and Pierre Jaccaud. His paintings are in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Cracow, Poznan, Zachęta Gallery, In District Museums in Katowice, Bytom, Torun, Bydgoszcz, Olsztyn, Museum Jerke in Recklinghausen, in private collections in Poland and abroad. Winner of the Jan Cybis Award for 2010.