Roman Cieślewicz

Biography

1930 Born in Lwów Poland now Lviv Ukraine
1949 - 1954 studied at Cracow Academy of Fine Arts
1963 Moved to France
1971 Naturalized French citizen
Worked as art director of Vogue, Elle (1965-1969) and Mafia - advertising agency (1969-1972)
Was artistic creator of Opus International (1967-1969), Kitsch (1970-1971) and Cnac-archives (1971-11974)
1975 Taught at the Ecole Superieure d'Arts Graphiques (ESAG) in Paris
1976 Produced his "reviev of panic information" - "Kamikaze"/No. 1/ published by Christian Bourgois
1991 "Kamikaze 2" with Agnes B
Took part in numerous group exhibitions of graphic, poster and photographic art
Member of AGI International Graphic Association
1996 Passed away (heart attack) in Paris France

1964 - Grand Prix, International Exhibition of Film Posters in Karlove Vary (Czech Republic)
1964 - Gold Medal, 1st Biennial of Industrial Forms in Ljubljana (Yugoslavia)
1972 - Gold Medal, 4th International Biennial of Posters in Warsaw (Poland)
1979 - Grand Prix for posters in Paris (France)
1984 - Bronze Medal, International Biennial of Posters
1990 - Grand Prix of "Art Graphique" (France)
1991 - Excellence Prize at Biennial of Graphic in Zagreb (Yugoslavia)
1992 - President Price, Biennial of Applied Graphic in Brno (Slovakia)
1993 – Second price, Poster Biennale Lahti (Finland)