Honorary Titles

PProfessor, Ph.D. in economics, full professor, faculty member of the Department of Public Administration at the Krakow University of Economics (Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, UEK), Rector’s Special Representative for Culture and Sports. Doctor honoris causa from the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH). Member of the Polish Economic Society. Member of the Monetary Policy Council (term: 2010–2016). Member of the Committee on Economic Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Since 2015, Member Polish Committee on UNESCO UNESCO. Chair of the Open Program Council Eyes Economy Summit. Since 2018, a member of the High Level Industrial Roundtable “Industry 2030.” Member of the Council of the National Center for Research and Development (2018–2022). Kisiel Award.

Musicologist, composer, music critic, graphic artist, playwright, and educator. He was born on June 6, 1929, in Lviv. He studied musicology at Jagiellonian University and composition at the State Higher School of Music in Kraków. He taught at the Jagiellonian University and the State Higher School of Music in Kraków and Salzburg. He collaborated with the Polish Radio Experimental Studio. He died in Salzburg on July 1, 2019.

Painter, graphic artist, environmental artist, essayist, and poet. He was born on November 14, 1934, in Częstochowa. From 1953 to 1956, he studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice, and from 1956 to 1959 at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He received his diploma from the studio of Prof. Wacław Taranczewski. From 1959 to 1960, he studied at the Department of Directing at the State Higher School of Theater and Film in Łódź. In 1965, together with Kraków-based painters Maciej Bieniasz, Zbylut Grzywacz, and Jacek Waltos, he founded the Wprost group, whose work addressed the political and social situation in socialist Poland at the time. Leszek Sobocki participated in 19 exhibitions organized by the Wprost group (between 1966 and 1986) and was a member of the Independent Culture Movement. He lives and works in Kraków.

Major awards: 1967 – The Cyprian Kamil Norwid Art Critics’ Award, Warsaw, for the exhibition “Wprost”; 1962 – Prix d’achat at the 8th Ljubljana Print Biennial; 1976 – First Prize from the Ministry of Culture and Art in the painting category, 6th Art Festival in Warsaw; 1977 – Second Prize in the J. Spychalski Competition in Poznań; 1978 – Grand Prix of the “Hommage to Wyspiański” Winter Salon, TPSP Kraków; 1981 – Grand Prix, 2nd National Triennial “Presentation of the Contemporary Portrait” in Radom; 1983 – “Solidarity” Award for work in painting and graphic arts; 1984 – Collective Award from the Museum of the Archdiocese of Warsaw for the Wprost group’s exhibition.

He was born in 1944 in Warsaw. A sociologist, full professor at the Jagiellonian University, and full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, he served as president of the International Sociological Association (ISA) from 2002 to 2006. In 1966, he graduated with a law degree from Jagiellonian University, and in 1967, he earned a master’s degree in sociology from the university’s Institute of Sociology. He earned his Ph.D. in 1970 and his postdoctoral degree in 1974. In 1980, he was awarded the title of professor of the humanities. Professionally, he has been affiliated with the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University since graduating.  In 1980, he was appointed associate professor, and in 1987, he became a full professor. His work focuses on issues of social change and the concept of the social system, building on the legacy of functionalism while also addressing the problem of the emergence of society. Some of his work is also devoted to visual sociology and the sociology of everyday life. In 2006, he was honored with the Foundation for Polish Science Award in the field of humanities and social sciences.

He was born in Zawada, in the Zamość region, in 1942. He is one of the most famous and recognizable living Canadian and Polish graphic designers. He is an interior architect, industrial designer, graphic artist, and poster artist. From 1962 to 1968, he studied at the Faculty of Interior Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. He then studied at the Faculty of Industrial Design from 1968 to 1971.  In 1972, he moved to Paris, where he worked as a designer. In 1970, he traveled to Montreal, where he began working at the University of Quebec. There, in 1977, he became a professor. At the university, he co-organized the Bretelle experimental research laboratory in the field of visual communication, co-founded the Design Center, and helped establish Design International—which organizes annual international workshops for students led by the world’s most prominent designers. He participates in nearly all major international graphic art and poster exhibitions worldwide. Alfred Hałasa’s works have received honors and awards at the most important competitions and exhibitions, and he himself is invited to serve as an expert on the juries of the most prestigious events.

He was born in France in 1944. He is a contemporary artist. He very quickly moved away from his initial practice in painting toward a body of work that, from 1969 to 1971, focused on the theme of childhood. Currently, he is primarily interested in issues centered on the themes of transience and memory. He readily employs the technique of collecting documents and testimonies from both the living and the deceased (used clothing, objects).  He is interested in utilizing fragments of reality. For this reason, photography is the medium Boltanski most frequently employs in his work. The second half of the 1980s was a highly creative period for the artist; during this time, he created works such as *Teatre’d Ombres*, *Monuments*, and *Reliquaire*. In his works, the artist employs a minimalist form but appeals to the emotions. In the 1990s, he increasingly began presenting his works outside of museums and galleries—for example, at train stations or in churches. In his view, it is easier for people to notice them in places not associated with art. He also frequently presents his earlier works in a new context. He lives and works in Paris.

He was born in Boston. In 1964, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science, and in 1965, a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Department of Painting at the University of Connecticut. In 1970, he received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Department of Painting and Graphic Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is a lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA. He serves as a coordinator of graphic design projects, a teacher of graphic design and drawing, and a member of graduate advisory committees. He has served as an advisor to several Fulbright scholars and other students who have gone on to become successful artists. He has participated in 200 national and international exhibitions and over 20 solo exhibitions in Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Poland, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and the United States. He has been invited to give lectures and serve as a visiting artist both in Poland and abroad. He has curated 15 major exhibitions of graphic art and served as a speaker at numerous events in the United States.

He was born in Japan. He studied at Tama Art University. Guided by the idea of “living in the soul without a roof over one’s head,” he returned to his hometown, Takamatsu. About ten years later, he founded the Ryu art group and developed a forward-looking approach to art, encompassing both creative and educational aspects. Through this group, he sought to foster cultural exchange and build bridges between Japan and other countries. The works created by the members of this art group are highly diverse, including paintings, sculptures, and even public gardens. The group has received numerous awards and honors, both domestically and internationally. His work remains strongly influenced by Zen philosophy. Hamano has participated—and continues to participate—in numerous group and solo exhibitions. He has also received many awards worldwide.

He was born in Oederan in the Ore Mountains as the son of a deported Polish forced-laborer and a French prisoner of war, an officer in the Foreign Legion. Mitoraj spent his childhood and youth in Poland. In 1963, he began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he studied painting under Tadeusz Kantor. In 1968, after completing his studies, he moved to Paris to study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He began his career there as a painter and printmaker. Since 1977, Igor Mitoraj’s sculptures and drawings have been featured in 120 solo exhibitions around the world. His sculptures, often of gigantic proportions, stand in prominent locations in many cities—including La Défense in Paris, as well as in Rome, Milan, Lausanne, London, Kraków, Scheveningen near The Hague, the United States, and Japan. It was in Pietrasanta, Italy, that Mitoraj created his first bronze works, as well as his first monumental sculptures made of white marble from nearby Carrara. The main theme of Mitoraj’s sculptures was the human body—its beauty and fragility—as well as the deeper aspects of human nature, which become distorted under the influence of time and circumstances. He died on June 6, 2014, in Paris.

The title of Honorary Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków draws on the institution’s interwar tradition and may be conferred upon educators who have rendered outstanding service to the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków or upon individuals who have made exceptional contributions to culture and the visual arts.
 
The following individualshave been awarded the title of Honorary Professor of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków:

2017
Prof. Stanisław Radwański

2015
Prof. Wincenty Kućma

2012
Prof. Ryszard Otręba

2010
Prof. Stefan Borzęcki
Prof. Stanisław Rodziński

2006
Eugeniusz Waniek 

2000 “
” by Prof. Georg Baselitz

1997 “
” by Prof. Waldemar Świerzy

1994
, Stanisław Frenkiel
, Andrzej Wajda

1993
Jerzy Panek
Prof. Czesław Rzepiński
Prof. Mieczysław Wejman
Prof. Marian Sigmund    

1992

Prof. Lech Kalinowski
Prof. Józef Czapski