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Piotr Rypson
Born in 1956 in Warsaw. Project leadership “Baza Sztuki – Art Base on the Net”; Project leadership “Re:form / Europe”.
 

educational background

2000

Ph.D. in Literature, University of Warsaw (Visual Poetry in the Polish Baroque)

1976 – 1982

Mediterranean Archaeology Department, University of Warsaw, M.A. in Nubian studies

1972 – 1975

Comboni College, Asmara, Ethiopia
 

fellowships and awards

1991

The Fritz Saxl Fellowship, The Warburg Institute, University of London

1989

Dr. Guenther Findel-Stiftung, Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel

1987

International Visitors’ Program; United States Information Agency, (USA)
 

professional background

since 2003

Project leadership Baza Sztuki – Art Base on the Net

1999 – 2005

Vice President, Mindworx Polska Ltd.

1993 – 1996

Chief Curator, Centre for Contemporary Art - Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

1990 – 1994

Head, Literature and Publications Department, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw

1984 – 1990

Chief Editor of Akademia Ruchu Publications

1978 – 1981

Remont Gallery, Warsaw.
 

teaching background

2002 - 2003

Professor, Miami Ad School, Warsaw

1995 – 1999

Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1994 - 1998

Lecturer, Curatorial Studies, Postgraduate Museum Studies, Warsaw University

1993

Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Old & New Experimental Poetics, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT Wroclaw Art Academy, Wroclaw
On Fluxus, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw

1992

The Image of the Word, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw Artists’ Books, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw

1987-1991

Mail Art; Visual Poetry, Łódź Art School, Łódź Polish Futurism, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York
Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
History of Visual Poetry, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
 

conferences and festivals (selected)

2003

Alternative Art Spaces; Seoul

2002

Public Art., Polityka & Goethe Institute; Warsaw

2001

The Global Dimension of Cultural Policy, UNESCO & Haus der Kulturen der Welt; Berlin

1998

Challenge, Polish-Swedish Seminar, Academy of Fine Arts; Warsaw

1996

Fourth International Emblem Conference, Catholic University; Leuven
Fluxus - Art, Life & Politics, Goethe Institute; Warsaw
A Symposium on Emblems, Art and Advertising, Fordham University (Department of Modern Languages); New York

1995

Emblem Studies - State of the Art, Wrocław University

1994

Art in Central and Eastern Europe; Zagreb
American Artists’ and Critics’ Journey to Polish Art, The New School for Social Research; New York

1993

Iconography East/West; Szeged University
Crossing Cultures, La Caixa/Arts International; Barcelona
Polish Art Criticism, Centre for Polish Sculpture; Orońsko.

1987

Visual Poetry Conference; Wolfenbüttel
 

editorial background

1990 – 1993

Chief Editor, Centre for Contemporary Art

1987 – 1996

Editor of OBIEG art magazine; Warsaw

1984 – 1989

Publisher of Akademia Ruchu Editions

1980 – 1982

Editor of Post Magazine
 

bibliography

2002

“Piramidy, słońca, labirynty, Poezja wizualna w Polsce od XVI do XVIII wieku” [Piramids, suns, labyrinths, Visual Poetry in Poland between 16th and 18th Centuries”, Warszawa: Neriton.

2000

“Książki i Strony. Polska książka awangardowa i artystyczna w XX wieku” [“Books and Pages. The Polish Avantgarde and Artists’ book in the 20th century”], Warszawa: Center for Contemporary Art.

1995

Krzysztof Wodiczko (Hg. P. Rypson): “Sztuka Publiczna” [“Public art”], Warszawa: Center for Contemporary Art.

1992

“Książki i Strony. Polska książka awangardowa i artystyczna 1919- 1991” [“Books and Pages. The Polish avant-garde and artists’ book 1919-1991”], Warszawa: Centre for Contemporary Art.

1990

“Der Raum der Worte. Polnische Avantgarde und Künstlerbücher 1919-1990” [The room of words. Polish Avant-garde and artist books 1919-1990”], catalogue, Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Library.

1989

“Obraz Słowa. Historia poezji wizualnej” [The picture of the word. History of visual poetry”, Warszawa: Akademia Ruchu.

1985

“Mail Art czyli sztuka poczty”, Warszawa: Akademia Ruchu.