Winners of the 2. International Poster Biennale "Who needs truth?" Bielsko-Biala 2015, Poland

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Organizers: Galeria Srodowisk Tworczych in Bielsko-Biala, the Culture and Spirituality initiative, Association of Polish Visual Artists District in Bielsko-Biala Exhibition Galeria Srodowisk Tworczych, Municipal Centre of Culture in Bielsko-Biala, Poland Date: 14th April - 25th May 2015 During the glamorous exhibition held in Galeria Srodowisk Tworczych on the 14th April 2015, the results of the 2nd International Poster Biennale Bielsko-Biala 2015 were announced. 170 artists from 18 countries (Belarus, China, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Iran, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Germany, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, the USA) sent 308 posters for the biennale. The Jury qualified for the exhibition 53 posters of 42 authors. In the works of the Jury attended: Prof. Wladyslaw Pluta, graphic artist, Academy of Fine Art in Krakow, Poland - chairman; Krzysztof Dydo, curator, Dydo Poster Collection, Poster Gallery, Krakow, Poland; Marek Sibinsky, graphic artist, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic; Priest Grzegorz Klaja, DD, director of the Diocesan Museum in Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Piotr Czadankiewicz, visual artist, curator of the biennale, GST in Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Karina Czernek, visual artist, curator of the biennale, Bielsko-Biala, Poland. The winners are: First Prize - Maryam Khaleghi Yazdi & Ramin Pahlavan Hosseini (Iran) "Where is the truth" Second Prize - Szymon Szymankiewicz (Poland) "Klamstwo" Third Prize - Wojciech Osuchowski (Poland) for the poster "Socjotechnika" Honourable Mentions: Wieslaw Goluch (Poland) for the collection of posters Bez tytulu (A,B) Michal Klis (Poland) for the poster Bez tytulu ("zielone ludzlki") Sebastian Kubica (Poland) for the poster "Prawda?" Wieslaw Lysakowski (Poland) for the poster "Stworzyl mezczyzne i niewiaste" Wojciech Osuchowski (Poland) for the poster "Ksiazka skarg" Leszek Zebrowski (Poland) for the poster "Prawda 2" Honourable Mention given by the Polish Visual Artists District in Bielsko-Biala Miroslaw Adamczyk (Poland) for the poster "10.04.10" Posters Qualified for the Exhibition: Miroslaw Adamczyk (Poland) - "10.04.10" Miroslaw Adamczyk (Poland) - "Adam + Ewa" Aleksandra Anyszka (Poland) - "Quid est veritas?" Sebastian Bauman (Poland) - "W wirtualu" Edi Berk (Slovenia) - "Does God exist?" Anna Bielnik (Poland) - "Okno prawdy III" Adéla Bierbaumer (Czech Republic) - "Orwell 84" Andrzej Blazejczyk (Poland) - "Prawda a rzeczywistosc" Marlena Buczek Smith (USA) - "Where are my rights" Dagmara Cieslica (Poland) - "Gorzka Prawda" Jacek Cwikla (Poland) - "VIII" Jacek Doszyn (Poland) - "Truth - lie" Lex Drewinski (Germany) - "Bajka prawde Ci powie" Lex Drewinski (Germany) - "Informacja" Aleksandra Dymkowska (Poland) - "Coz nam po prawdzie?" Mario Fuentes (Ecuador) - "Pinocchio" Daniele Garbarino (Switzerland) - "Prawda - Truth" Wieslaw Goluch (Poland) - Bez tytulu (A) Wieslaw Goluch (Poland) - Bez tytulu (B) Joanna Hetman (Poland) - "The truth is only one" Mohammad Jamshidi (Iran) - "You are not alone" Anita Jazwiec (Poland) - "Oprawki" Maryam Khaleghi Yazdi & Ramin Pahlavan Hosseini (Iran) - "It depends on your point of view" Maryam Khaleghi Yazdi & Ramin Pahlavan Hosseini (Iran) - "Where is the truth" Michal Klis (Poland) - Bez tytulu (zielone ludziki) Tadeusz Krol (Poland) - "Ubi veritas" Patryk Krygowski (Poland) - "Your own lie" Sebastian Kubica (Poland) - "Prawda?" Adam Kurlowicz (Poland) - "Cogito ergo sum - II" Wieslaw Lysakowski (Poland) - "Prawda w oczy kole" Wieslaw Lysakowski (Poland) - "Przychodzimy, odchodzimy" Wieslaw Lysakowski (Poland) - "Stworzyl mezczyzne i niewiaste" Ivan Misic (Serbia) - "Razor" Wojciech Osuchowski (Poland) - "Ksiazka skarg" Wojciech Osuchowski (Poland) - "Socjotechnika" Ryszard Otreba (Poland) - "Bol pamieci I" Agnieszka Popek-Banach, Kamil Banach (Poland) - "Freedom of speech" Agnieszka Popek-Banach, Kamil Banach (Poland) - "Prawda" Luka Prstojevic (Serbia) - "Justice" Marcelina Rydelek (Poland) - "Prawda wyjdzie na jaw" Artur Skowronski (Poland) - "Prawda jest jasna jak slonce" Artur Skowronski (Poland) - "Poszukuje prawdy" Szymon Szymankiewicz (Poland) - "Klamstwo" Szymon Szymankiewicz (Poland) - "Prawda prawdzie nie rowna" Mateusz Taranowski (Poland) - "Swieta prawda" Jacek Tofil (Poland) - Truth is death to the portait painter / Prawda grozi smiercia portreciscie Jouri Toreev (Belarus) - Bledy to droga do prawdy Grzegorz Wawrzynczak (Poland) - "Ocean" Ewa Wein (Poland) - "Byc wolnym to moc nie klamac" Katarzyna Zapart (Poland) - "Editable Truth" Leszek Zebrowski (Poland) - "Gowno prawda" Leszek Zebrowski - "Prawda 2" Mariola Zylinska-Jestadt (Poland) - "Autoportret - niechciana prawda" Contact: tel. + 48 517 459 450, e-mail: biennale.bielsko@op.pl www.bck.bielsko.pl/index.php?page=2&id=38

Here are the winning posters:

Maryam Khaleghi Yazdi & Ramin Pahlavan Hosseini	Szymon Szymankiewicz	Wojciech Osuchowski
Leszek Zebrowski	Michal Klis	Miroslaw Adamczyk
Sebastian Kubica	Wieslaw Goluch	Wieslaw Lysakowski

and some more posters selected for the exhibition:

Adela Bierbaumer	Aleksandra Dymkowska	Anita Jazwiec	Bienniale poster by Piotr Czadankiewicz
Daniele Garbarino	Edi Berk	Ivan Misic	Jacek Cwikla
Jouri Toreev	Lex Drewinski	Luka Prstojevic	Joanna Hetman
Mario Fuentes	Marlena Buczek Smith	Mateusz Taranowsk	Miroslaw Adamczyk
Patryk Krygowski	Artur Skowronski	Szymon Szymankiewicz	Wieslaw Lysakowski