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Piotr Fafrowicz, a painter
- was born in 1958. He spent his childhood years in Szczecin, Poland.
He studied History of Art at the University KUL in Lublin, Poland. At present, besides painting, he designs posters, calendars and holiday cards.
In 2001 he received the second prize at the Biennale of European Illustration in Aki Town (Japan). In 2003 the Polish Section of IBBY honoured him for his illustrations made for
Malgorzata Strzalkowska's poems "Green, yellow, red, brown". For the past few years he has been illustrating books for children. He likes to work for them a lot. His last two books (for the Publisher FGO 9) received the title of "The Most Beautiful Book of The Year" (2003 and 2005) which was awarded by the Polish Society of Book Publishers.
Piotr Fafrowicz (Tutek) lives and works in Lublin, Poland.
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His works were exhibited at:
1993 - Martin Sumers Graphics, New York (USA)
1994 - The Framing Gallery, Hawthorne, New York (USA)
1994 - Expo 94, Monthey (Switzerland)
1995 - The Kosciuszko Fundation, New York (USA)
1996 - Polish Theater, Warsaw (Poland)
1996 - Zabbeni Gallery, Vevey (Switzerland)
1996 - Institute Internationale, Philadelphia (USA)
1998 - General Consulate of the Polish Republic, Strasbourg (France)
2001 - "U Michalakow" Gallery, Kazimierz Dolny (Poland)
2003, 2005 - Michalowski Author's Gallery, Lublin (Poland)
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"For the past few years I have been illustrating books for children. A picture should not duplicate a text - that's the whole secret. It is to enrich it. Children are very
good observers. You can't fool them. I try not to deceive them. I also make illustrations for books that don't exist..."
Piotr Fafrowicz
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