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Biography
Adolf Ryszka was born at Popielow near Rybnik on February 5, 1935.In 1953-1957, he studied at the College of Art Techniques in Zakopane, and in 1957-1962 in Professor Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz's studio at the Department of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
He joined the Polish Artists Union in 1965.
In 1970 he was admitted to the European Sculptural Symposions, and later sat on the board of the association.
In 1972 he married Jasna Strzalkowska. His daughter Anna was born in 1973.
Since 1983 he was the head of the Division of Sculpture at the Department of Fine Arts of the Copernicus University in Torun. He was appointed full professor in March 1995.
He died in April 1995.
Major stages of his work
1965-1986 - Innocent series
1966-1978 - series of portraits of Pablo Casals
1965-1985 - Armchairs series
1970-1977 - Striding series
1980-1995 - Sarcophagus series
1981-1994 - Helmets series
1973-1995 - ceramic sculptures
1970-1995 - medals and plaques
Represented in the collections of the National Museums Cracow, Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw; the Museum of Art in Lodz; the Museum of Medalic Art in Wroclaw. Abroad at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, the Joan Miro Foundation in Madrid, Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris and in private collections at home and abroad.
Major one-man shows
1996-1967 Contemporary Gallery at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw 1968 BWA Gallery in Zakopane 1969 BWA Salon in Gdynia 1970 Kordegarda Gallery in Warsaw 1979 BWA Gallery in the Castle of Pomeranian Dukes in Szczecin 1981 BWA Gallery in Zamosc 1982 Venice Biennale, Polish Pavilon (with Jan Kucz) 1988 SARP Pavilon in Warsaw 1994 Zacheta Gallery in Warsaw 1994 Center of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko
He has taken part in several dozen group exhibitions in Poland, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, France, the USA, Denmark,Great Britain, Canada, Japan, Hungary, India, Spain and Italy.
Prizes
1966 Festival of Fine Arts in Warsaw-bronze medal and a third-class prize awarded by the Minister of Culture and Art 1970 the 3rd Festival of Fine Arts at the Zacheta Gallery-gold medal for medal making and an honorary mention for sculpture 1974 the 5 th Festival of Fine Arts at the Zacheta Gallery-silver medal for a set of medals 1978 the 4 th International Biennale of Miniature Sculptures in Mucsarnok Budapest-a prize 1979 the Brother Albert Prize for a monument to Franciscan Wladyslaw Zebrowski, Japan 1981 the Minister of Culture and Art's-second-class prize for the series of P.Casals portraits 1986 Asian-European Art Biennale in Ankara-the President Ataturk Prize and a gold medal for sculpture 1988-
-1994Prizes of the Rector of the Copernicus University in Torun for scholarly and artistic achievements 1995 a first-class prize awarded by Rector of the Copernicus University in Torun for his entire artistic work
