Short bio:
Prof. Dr. habil. Lex Drewinski, born on September 11th, 1951 in Szczecin (Poland).
- 1976 - 1981, student at the State Academy of Fine Arts (now University of Fine Arts) in Poznań (Poland).
- 1981, graduation with honors from Professor Waldemar Świerzy‘s Class of Poster Art.
- 1983 - 1985 Drewinski worked as a director and scriptwriter at the Animated Film Studio in Poznań.
- 1985, leaving Poland for West Berlin.
- 1992 - 2017, professor of the Faculty of Graphic Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam (Germany). - Since 2010, professor of the Faculty of Graphic Design at Academy of Art in Szczecin (Poland).
- 2002 - 2016, writer of columns for the design quarterly „2+3D”.
Drewinski has won more than 200 awards and distinctions, mainly in international competitions, such as:
- 1st. prize, International Poster Competition „Ekoplagat”, Zilina (Slovakia) 1990
- 3rd. prize, „The 4th Block” International Exhibition of Graphic Art and Poster, Charków (Ukraine) 1991
- 2nd. prize, International Advertising Poster Competition „Golden Bee”, Moscow (Russia) 1992
- 1st. prize „Helena Rubinstein” International Poster Exhibition, Tel Aviv (Israel) 1993
- Silver medal, Art Directors Club - International Exhibition, New York (USA) 1994
- 1st. prize, „6th International Triennial of Political Poster, Mons (Belgium) 1995
- Golden Bee Award, „Golden Bee” International Biennale of Graphic Design, Moscow (Russia) 1996
- 2nd. prize, Poster competition „The Warsaw Stock Exchange”. Warsaw (Poland) 1997
- 1st. prize, International Triennial of Political Poster, Mons (Belgium)1998
- 2. nagroda, International Biennale of Theatre Poster. Rzeszow (Belgium)1999
- 1st. prize, Trnava Poster Triennial 2000, Trnava (Slovakia) 2000
- Grand Prix, International Poster Exhibition, Ningbo (China) 2001
- 1st. prize, „I Love Design” International Poster Competition, Beijing (China)2002.
- Master’s Eye Award, Trnava Poster Triennial, Trnava (Slovakia) 2003
- Gold medal, International exhibition „Satyrykon ’2004”. Legnica, (Poland) 2004
- 1st. prize, Poster Competition „Polish Airlines LOT”, Warsaw, (Poland) 2005
- 1st. prize, Computer Art Biennale - Rzeszów, Rzeszow (Poland) 2006
- Grand Prix, International Triennial of Stage Poster- Sofia (Bułgaria) 2007
- 1st. prize, 1st Multimedia Szajna Festival - Rzeszów, Rzeszow (Poland) 2008
- Silver medal, 21th Biennale of Polish Poster. Katowice, (Poland) 2009
- Gold medal, International Biennial of the Poster in Mexico, Mexico City (Mexico) 2010
- Grand Prix, Prag International Art & Design Exhibition Virtual Biennale, Praga (Czech Republic) 2011
- Grand Prix, Awakening World Awards, Teheran (Iran) 2012
- Award winner, The 12th Colorado International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Fort Collins, (USA) 2013
- Grand Prix, International Poster Competition „Ekoplagat”, Zilina (Slovakia) 2014
- Prize of the town of Gabrovo - the GASCAR statuette, Gabrovo (Bulgaria) 2015
- Leipzig Poster Prize III International Poster Exhibition, Leipzig (Germany) 2016
- 3rd. prize, - Poster Quadrennial Bardejov 2017, Bardejov (Slovakia) 2017
- Gold medal, 10th Virtual Biennale Prague 2018, Prague (Czech Republic) 2018
and many others.
One-man shows in more than 60 exhibitions all over the world in cities like: Athens,
Amman, Beijing, Beirut, Berlin, Barcelona, Damascus, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Nicosia, Stockholm,
Odensee, Quito, Thesaloniki, Warsaw and more.