Iwo BIRKENMAJER, "An Unknown Portrait from the Renaissance."

55x65, oil on canvas, 2007/2008

(Born 1955)

He lives in Cracow, Poland. He is a painter, pastelist, draughtsman, sculptor, as well as a poet. He studied classical philosophy at Krakow's Jagiellonian University, as well as historic preservation at Toruń's Nicolaus Copernicus University. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Association of Polish Artists.

He has been awarded in many Polish and foreign competitions, including the XIX, XX and XXIV Premio Firenze in Florence), as well as in exhibitions such as "Small Format 2013" and "Small Format 2014" District of Krakow ZPAP. In the 2017 edition of this exhibition, he won the first prize - the "Golden Frame." In 2005 he was honored with the award of the Minister of Culture and Art.

The artist has presented his work in our country and many others: in Italy, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Hungary, Croatia, Austria and the USA. He has participated in more than two hundred group and solo exhibitions, and his works are in many private collections and art galleries.