Mieczyslaw Wasilewski - Poland

Mieczyslaw Wasilewski is a graphic designer, poster creator, and illustrator.

He was born on 1st January, 1942 in Warsaw.

Between 1960 and 1966 he studied at the Department of Painting and Graphic Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

He graduated in 1966 with a diploma from the workshop of Prof.

Soon afterwards, he became an assistant to his supervisor, holding this position until 1985.After Prof.

Tomaszewski retired, he took over the independent workshop of Graphic Design for the students of graphic techniques of the art academy.He also runs the workshop of graphic design and poster design at the European Academy of Arts in Warsaw.

In 1981-82, he was a lecturer at the Damascus University, in 1989 at the College of Applied Arts in Offenbach, while in 1991-92 at the Institute of Applied Arts in Rovanemi and in Helsinki, Finland.

He's also lectured at art universities in Arnheim, Groningen, The Hague (The Netherlands), Guadalajara (Mexico), Santiago, La Serena (Chile), and Montreal (Canada).

Between 1971 and 1980s, he designed covers for the magazine Problemy.In 1990, he received a professorial degree.

Major awards:1976 - Gold Medal, 6th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw (Poland)1989 - Silver Medal, 13th Biennal of Polish Poster, Katowice (Poland)1991 - Special Jury Prize, 2nd Poster Festival, Chaumont (France)1994 - Silver Medal, 14th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw (Poland)