BIOGRAPHY

 

Zenon Żyburtowicz – reporter, artist and photographer. Traveler. Member of the Academie international de Lutece in Paris, the association of the Polish caricature artists, the association of the Polish art photographers and the Polish Journalists Association. He photographed for Schweizer Illustrierte and the Viennese Die Ganze Woche

Individual exhibitions: Photo reports (Warsaw, 1984), Japan (Warsaw, 1988), Colors of Life (Vilnius, 1990); Range of emotions (Canarian islands, Tenerife, 1990); Jumbo! – Kenya (Warsaw, 1993); Such flowers (Warsaw museum for caricature 1993 Estonia 1995); Siberia via the Jenissej (Vienna, Warsaw, 1995); The household slippers (Warsaw museum for caricature 1995); Castles, palaces and manor houses (Berlin, Gothenburg , Dusseldorf, Karlskrona, Brussels, London, Lille, Paris 2003); Here the colors the power (Kozienice 2010 Warsaw – museum of Independence in 2011); Some prefer blondes (Warsaw museum for caricature in the year 2010, Lubomierz XIII National festival of comedy film 2010); Indiscretions (2012 Legnica 2013, Warsaw).

Participation in national and international exhibitions: Press photo (Amsterdam, 1985); Youth 1980, s (UNESCO, 1984); Satyr icon (Legnica in 1985, 1987, 1992); Humor photo (Belgium, 1985, 1986, 1987, journalist price 1985); Master of the Polish press photo (Moscow, 1986, Leningrad, Kiev, 1987); Poland political satire 80 s (London, 1991); Satirical Art (New York, Lyon, 1992); Satirical Art (New York, Gabrovo, Sofia, London, 1994); Woman (Belgiums, 1995); Oooo…Hoffmann Novel – the film Fire and sword; Hoffman fun: Warsaw – Museum for Caricature 1999; Lodz – Cinema Museum 1999; Swinoujscie – IV vacation festival of stars 1999; Katowice – Palace the youth 1999; Torun – Center for The manner; Arthur court 1999; Sierpc – Musem of the land of Masovia 2000; Montreal first Polish film festival 2000; The lower edge – Piasten Museum, 2001; Kalisz – Museum of Kalisz, 2004; Wloclawek – Gallery of the Humor and the Satire On the ladder; 2004; Lubomierz – IX National film festival comedy, 2005; Round the film, legends and novels: The old fairytale; fun (Warsaw, museum for caricature, 2003; Lodz, Cinema Museum 2003-2004, Międzyzdroje – Museum of Natural Wolin National park 2005; Lubomierz – XII Comedy film festival 2008); Telemagia (Warsaw, museum for caricature, 2005), Children of the World (Warsaw, 2006).

Participation in national and international exhibitions in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Spain, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, Turkey, the USA, Great Britain, USSR.

Co. author of television programmes Exspress Dimanche and Photo gram and the film, „Happy Iceland. Within the years 1984-2002 he was active for the editings of the weekly editorial Women and Life and the monthly editorial Lady. At present, he works for Fashion & style and the agency, Eeast News.

Winner of numerous awards under this: Television Warsaw Courier for the best press photo journalism in 1986 and 1987; International Salon of Japan (The Asahi Shimbun, 1985, 1986, 1987); Inter Press – Photo (Moskau, 1985); Inter Press – Foto (Bagdad , 1987); Grand Prix Association of Journalist’s travelers, Globetrotters for the most interesting tourist publications in the year 2007; Festival of the European satire – Koziołki (Poznan, 2008).

Author of albums and books: Siberia about the Jenissej (prize Pen Fredro book of the year 1996); Noble nest (prize Amber Book, 1996): With fire and sword, portrait of a film (1999), Noble nest II (2000); Polish palaces (2002); The Ancient history – If The Sun was a God – a portrait of the film (2003); Siberia – full of secrets 2005; The Castle Museum in Pszczyna 2005; Tthe charm of last years (2006); Polish castles and palaces (2007); Photo of taste (2002); Easter star (2003), Benedictine tastes and flavors (2008), Away from the road (2008), Holiday with spirits (2009); Polish year (2009); Blonde – portrait of a film (2010); People’s Republic Of Poland – portrait, faces and masks (2011).

Honored twice with the diploma of the chapter More Beautiful Poland: for creating of beauty for which we can be proud in front of the world within the years 2005 and 2013. His works are located in the collections of the Museum for Cinematography in Lodz and the Museum for Caricature in Warsaw.