Winners of the 20th International Poster Biennale Warsaw 2006

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The competition The 20th International Poster Biennale Office accepted 2383 works (among them 1972 professionals posters and 411 works of debutants), 909 artists from 47 countries (among them 698 professionals and 211 debutants). The Qualifying Committee selected 648 posters (among them 502 professionals posters and 146 debutants works), 438 artists from 40 countries (among them 333 professionals and 105 debutants) in groups: 124 posters in group A - ideological posters, 350 posters in group B - culture posters,  28 posters in group C - advertising posters. 146 posters in group D - Debuts

The jury

Thierry Sarfis (France)

Radovan Jenko (Slovenia)

Karel Misek (Czech Republic)

Marcin Mroszczak (Poland)

Marjatta Itkonen (Finland)

Jury Verdict On June 3, 2006, the jury met in Warsaw (PL) and awarded the following prizes: IN GROUP OF IDEOLOGICAL POSTERS (A): THE GOLD MEDAL: poster no: 360, author: Michel Quarez, France, title: Positif ? THE SILVER MEDAL: poster no: 403, author: Norita Shinmura, Japan, title: Global warming THE BRONZE MEDAL: poster nr: 372, authors Anna Reponen & Teemu Ollikainen, Finland, title: Buying sex IN GROUP OF THE POSTERS PROMOTING CULTURE AND ART (B): THE GOLD MEDAL: poster no: 263, author: Uwe Loesch, Germany, title: 100 Years of Ruhrlandmuseum Essen THE SILVER MEDAL: poster no: 6, author: Reza Abedini, Iran, title: Victim THE BRONZE MEDAL: poster no: 416, author: Kuba Sowinski, Poland, title: 100 years of power engineering in Cracow HONORARY MENTION: poster no: 111, author: Josef Fleisar, Czech Republic, title: Fraz Kafka exposition IN GROUP OF THE ADVERTISING POSTERS (C): THE GOLD MEDAL: poster no: 201-203, author: Aimo Katajamaki, Finland, title: Vivero zoo: Furniture Animals THE SILVER MEDAL: poster no: 451, author: Ryosuke Uehara, Japan, title: Decoration Laforet THE BRONZE MEDAL: poster no: 486-488, author: Yuniko Yasuda, Japan, title: CD Instrumental songs IN GROUP OF HENRYK TOMASZEWSKI - DEBUTS (D): THE GOLDEN DEBUT: poster no: 21, author: Aleksander Czyz, Poland, title: Being a woman HONORARY PRIZE: poster no: 84, author: Malgorzata Medowska, Poland, title: Vandalism HONORARY MENTION: poster no: 13, author: Agata Brzezinska, Poland, title: Cafe Mueller - Pina Bausch poster no: 29, author: Andrew and Jeffrey Goldstein, Germany, title: New Orleans poster no: 81, author: Kazjah Makaunoou, France, title: We are here poster no: 108, author: Nicolas Prado, France, title: We are here poster no: 114, author: Kaja Renkas, Poland, title: Whim poster no: 115, author: Justyna Rybak, Poland, title: Artist defends himself poster no: 141, author: Stefan Wegmueller, Switzerland, title: Reduziert ADDITIONAL PRIZES: THE ICOGRADA EXCELLENCE AWARD: poster no: 58, author: Stephan Bundi, Switzerland, title: Carmen THE HONORARY PRIZE OF JOZEF MROSZCZAK : posters no: 87, 88, author: Paul Davis, USA title: Paul Davis Show People, Merry Down THE HONORARY PRIZE OF JAN MLODOZENIEC : posters no: 496, 497, 498, author: Zhu Haichen, China title: Graphic Design Show, The 10th Anniversar of Visual Communication, Future, 2010 THE PRIZE OF THE POLISH STAGE ARTISTS UNION poster no: 279, Lech Majewski, Poland title: Balladyna Here are some of the winning posters: Michel Quarez Norita Shinmura Anna Reponen & Teemu Ollikainen Uwe Loesch Reza Abedini Kuba Sowinski Aimo Katajamaki Ryosuke Uehara Yumiko Yasuda Aleksander Czyz Malgorzata Medowska Agata Brzezinska Andrew and Jeffrey Goldstein Kazjah Makaunoou Nicolas Prado Kaja Renkas Justyna Rybak Stefan Wegmueller Stephan Bundi Paul Davis Lech Majewski Zhu Haichen Zhu Haichen Zhu Haichen home   winners   page created on June 10, 2006 / this section is part of Rene Wanner's Poster Page /