Piotr Łopatka
Piotr Łopatka

Piotr Łopatka

  • Poland

artist biography

PIOTR ŁOPATKA (born in 1956 in Ostrów Wielkopolski) (born in 1956 in Ostrów Wielkopolski) He works in painting, printmaking, drawing, illustration, photography, and graphic design. He is self-taught in the arts, constantly expanding his knowledge and artistic skills. He has received artistic consultations from Prof. Andrzej Niekrasz, Prof. Tadeusz Gaworzewski, and Prof. Rosław Szaybo. He holds a license from the Ministry of Culture and Art (1986) to practice as a visual artist. Member of “Sztuka Polska.” He has been creating art for 50 years. During this time, he has developed his own recognizable style, yet he continues to seek new approaches, experiment, and explore new tools. In recent years, he has also been exploring graphic, photographic, and painting series. He has held numerous solo exhibitions, and his works are included in gallery collections and private collections. He is the author of 20 permanent solo exhibitions in the Ostrów County. In Ostrów Wielkopolski, he has over 200 works on display in public spaces. He has created over 200 posters. He designs art books, album covers, and logos. His work has been published in national and international press. He has been recognized with awards at prestigious international and Polish competitions. He has been nominated several times for the Grand Prix at the CorelDRAW International Design Contest in Canada, and most recently for the Copic Award in Japan. Since 1991, he has run his own design studio and art photography studio. Since 2017, he has been the organizer and curator of the “Street Gallery Archipelag Sztuki” in Ostrów Wielkopolski His cover design for Piotr Łopatka’s album “z partyjnym pozdrowieniem” (BIG CYC) was ranked fifth among the fifteen best Polish album covers of the past 60 years