User:Lsrgsrd/Sebastian Mikołajczak

Sebastian Mikołajczak (born 24th November 1975 in Góra, Poland) – polish sculptor, medal and coin designer.

The artist majored in Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,where he graduated with distinction in 2005. In 2010 he received a doctorate in Fine Arts and in 2021 was conferred habilitation (doctor habilitatus) in this discipline. He is a research and teaching staff member as a professor at his alma mater.

His main area of work is medal making and coin design. He designs coins for the National Bank of Poland and the Mint of Poland, and also collaborates with foreign banks and mints.

He has presented his works at 8 individual exhibitions, 38 national exhibitions in Poland, and 152 exhibitions abroad. His works can be found in museum collections both in Poland and abroad. He is a member of the International Art Medal Federation (FIDEM), the Polish Association of Medal Art, and the “Otwarte” Association of Art.

Medals

 * The World series
 * The Future of Nature series
 * The Bonds series
 * The People series
 * The Myths series
 * The Medal in Art series
 * The Biblical Stories series
 * The History series
 * Medals for institutions

Coins

 * National Bank of Poland – circulation coins
 * National Bank of Poland – collectible coins
 * International issuers

Tokens

 * Selected tokens

Information materials

 * The International Medallic Project


 * Money Center of The National Bank of Poland

Audiovisual materials

 * Dzień Dobry TVN
 * TVP Bydgoszcz
 * How coins are made, pt. 1
 * How coins are made, pt. 2

Awards

 * 2022 – Jaap Van Der Veen / Teylers Museum Prize For The Contemporary Art Medal. The international Prize for the most promissing oeuvre in the Contemporary Art Medal awarded by Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands.
 * 2022 – Main prize for the medal “MEDALS OF DIS/HONOR” at the 36th International art medal and small sculpture symposium, awarded by Prof. Algirdas Žebrauskas, ALKA Museum, in Telšiai, Lithuania.
 * 2021 – 2nd and 3rd prize in the international contest of the Central Bank of Estonia Esti Pank for a silver 15 euro coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Johan Pitka. Tallinn, Estonia.
 * 2020 – 2nd prize in the “Coin Constellation — 2020” contest in the category „Unique Conception” for the New Zeland’s 5 dollar coin „Creation of the World”, Moscow, Russia.
 * 2020 – Main prize for the medal “500 Years of Medal Art in Poland and Lithuania” at the 36th International Medal Art Symposium, awarded by Prof. Algirdas Žebrauskas, ALKA Museum, in Telšiai, Lithuania.
 * 2020 – Award in the medal art contest for the exhibition “Czas ucieka, wieczność czeka” (in Polish: Time is running out, eternity awaits). The 5th Edition of Medal Art Conversations with John Paul II. The Kordegarda Gallery of the National Centre of Culture in Warsaw, Poland.
 * 2019 – 3rd prize in the 2019 International Coin Design Competition, Osaka, Japan.
 * 2018 – 1st place in the international competition Coin Constellation — 2018 in the category Coin Classic for the 10 zloty collector’s coin The Great Polish Economists — Nicolaus Copernicus, issued by the National Bank of Poland, Moscow, Russia.
 * 2018 – 1st prize in the international competition of the Central Bank of Estonia Esti Pank for a silver 15 euro coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jaan Tõnisson, Tallinn, Estonia.
 * 2017 – 1st prize in the international competition of the Central Bank of Ireland for a silver 15 euro coin devoted to the work of Jonathan Swift on the 350th anniversary of his birth, Dublin, Ireland.
 * 2016 – The title of World’s Most Inspirational Coin in the numismatic competition Coin of the Year 2016 (COTY) for the silver coin Jan Karski, 10 zloty value of the National Bank of Poland, Krause Publications, USA.
 * 2013-2023 – Awards in competitions of the National Bank of Poland for the designs of collector and circulation coins along with their implementation.
 * 2012 – Award for the medal Samogitian Baptism at the XXVIII International Medal Art Symposium at the ALKA Museum in Telšiai, Lithuania.
 * 2011 – Grand Prix Prize at the XXVII International Medal Art Symposium “Memory” (Lietuvos medalio kūrėjų stovykla “Atmintis“) at the ALKA Museum in Telšiai, Lithuania.

Distinctions and Scholarships

 * 2018 – Decorated as Medallist Honoris Causa for special merits in the field of medallic art, granted by Professor Bogomil Nikolov from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, FIDEM Art Medal Congress and Medal Exhibition 2018, Ottawa, Canada.
 * 2018 – The Honorary Medal “Thorunium” — a special prize awarded by the President of Toruń in honor of service to the city.
 * 2018 – Scholarship of the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorski Voivodeship for persons active in artistic creation, the promotion of culture and the preservation of monuments.
 * 2017 – The Golden Coach, awarded by the “Nowości” newspaper in the category “Culture”.
 * 2016 – Distinction at the International Art Medal Competition in memory of Boris Schatz, Israeli Art Medal Association, Yannay, Israel.

Selected Works in Museum Collections

 * British Museum, London, Great Britain
 * Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands
 * Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany
 * Museum of Coins and Medals of The National Bank of Slovakia, Kremnica, Slovakia
 * The Eesti Pank Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
 * The Mint Museum, Osaka, Japan
 * National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
 * The Ulster Museum, Belfast, Northern Ireland
 * National Museum of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
 * University Museum of Bergen, Norway
 * Museum of Kristijonas Donelaitis in Tolminkiemis, Russia
 * Samogitian museum “Alka”, Telsiai, Lithuania
 * Contemporary Medal International Centre, Seixal, Portugal
 * Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Preserve, Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * The Museum of Medallic Art of Wrocław, Poland
 * Museum of the City of Lodz, Poland
 * The Numismatic Cabinet of The Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland
 * Numismatic Cabinet at Mint of Poland
 * Money Center of The National Bank of Poland in Memory of Sławomir S. Skrzypek in Warsaw, Poland
 * Krakowski Salon Ekonomiczny of The National Bank of Poland

Individual Exhibitions

 * 2023 – Between — Obverse/Reverse The Medals and Coins of Sebastian Mikołajczak. The District Museum in Toruń
 * 2023 – The World and its People, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Holandia
 * 2019 – Sebastian Mikolajczak AVERZ/REVERZ, The Museum of Coins and Medals of the National Bank of Slovakia in Kremnica, Slovakia
 * 2019 – Sebastian Mikolajczak THE WORLD, Medialia Gallery, New York, USA
 * 2018 – Sebastian Mikołajczak. Coins and Medals, Leon Wyczółkowski District Museum in Bydgoszcz, Poland
 * 2009 – The Laboratory of Dreams, The BWA Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
 * 2008 – The Laboratory of Dreams, The Forum Gallery, Toruń, Poland
 * 2007 – In the Embrace of Morpheus, Oficyna Gallery, Szczecin, Poland

International Group Exhibitions and Symposiums

 * 2023 – XXXVII Art Medal Congress, Federation FIDEM exhibition, Florence, Italy
 * 2023 – XXXVIII International medal art and small sculpture symposium in Telsiai, Lithuania
 * 2022 – „Symbiosis” International Medallic Project 2022, Muzeum Oyama Town, Japan
 * 2022 – XXXVIII International art medal and small sculpture symposium „MEDALS OF DIS/HONOR”, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania
 * 2022 – „Music associations-medal interpretations” International Medallic Project 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2022 – „Tsukuba Art Medal Project/TAMP” Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
 * 2021 – „Transformation” International Medallic Project 2021, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
 * 2021 – XXXVII International art medal and small sculpture symposium „Creators of the statehood signs”, Telsze, Lithuania
 * 2021 – „Future for nature” International Medallic Project 2020, Muzeum Oyama Town, Japan
 * 2021 – XI Baltic Medal Triennial „Medal Art in Lithuania and Poland — 500 years”, National Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania
 * 2021 – XXXVI International Medal Art Federation FIDEM exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
 * 2021 – „HOMAGE TO...” International Medallic Project 2021, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2020 – XXXVI International medal art symposium „Medal art in Lithuania and Poland — 500 years”, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania
 * 2020 – „The Medal — This Is Me” International Medallic Project 2020, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2019 – „We Are...” International Medallic Project 2019, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2019 – World Money Fair 2019 Berlin, Germany
 * 2018 – FIDEM XXXV. Art Medal World Congress, Ottawa, Canada
 * 2018 – Coin Constellation, Moscow, Russia
 * 2018 – X Baltic medal triennial “Baltic Unity”, Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia
 * 2018 – World Money Fair 2018, Berlin, Germany
 * 2018 – “Medal ages” International Medallic Project 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2017 – The 7th International Medal Symposium, Blue House, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
 * 2017 – Look East, Charków, Ukraine
 * 2017 – Boris Schatz, Tolerancijos Centre, Wilno, Lithuania
 * 2017 – World Money Fair 2017, Berlin, Germany
 * 2017 – “I have a dream...” International Medallic Project 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2017 – Symposium for 100 year of Lithuania, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania
 * 2017 – X Baltic Medal Triennial “Baltic Unity”, Šv. Jono Gatvės Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
 * 2016 – Boris Schatz, Israeli Art Medal Association, Yannay, Israel
 * 2016 – FIDEM XXXIV Art Medal World Congress, Ghent, Belgium
 * 2016 – “Seven Medal Attacks” International Medallic Project 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2015 – “1001 Nights” International Medallic Project 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2014 – International Contemporary Medalists On Ophthalmology & Related Themes, Medialia Gallery, New York, USA
 * 2014 – From the Danube, Veltava and Vistula Rivers. Medallists and Their Works, Museum of Coins and Medals, Kremnica, Slovakia
 * 2014 – Via Baltica, Šv. Jono gatvės galery, Wilno, Lithuania
 * 2014 – FIDEM XXXIII. Art Medal World Congress, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2014 – Coin Constellation, Moscow, Russia
 * 2014 – XXX International Symposium of Medals, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania
 * 2014 – “Faceback” International Medallic Project 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2014 – World Money Fair 2014, Berlin, Germany
 * 2013 – Exhibition at Unesco 300th birthday of Kristijonas Donelaitis, Königsberg, Germany
 * 2013 – Whisper in a microcosmos, Galerie H2O, Kioto, Japan
 * 2013 – “New creation” International Medallic Project 2013, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2013 – Kunst uit Toruń, BplusC Centrum voor kunst en cultuur, Lejda, Netherlands
 * 2012 – FIDEM XXXII. Art Medal World Congress, Glasgow, Scotland
 * 2012 – XXVIII International Symposium of Medals, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania
 * 2012 – “The end” International Medallic Project 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2011 – Dawn of the Second Decade, Medialia Gallery, New York, USA
 * 2011 – XI International Medallic Art Symposium, Museum of Coins and Medals, Kremnica, Slovakia
 * 2011 – XXVII International Symposium of Medals, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania
 * 2011 – “Medalliwood” International Medallic Project 2011, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2011 – World Money Fair 2011, Berlin, Germany
 * 2010 – FIDEM XXXI. Art Medal World Congress, Tampere, Finland
 * 2010 – “Medal Sessions X” International Medallic Project 2010, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2010 – VIII Baltic Medal Triennial, Riga, Latvia
 * 2010 – 4th International Biennial of Contemporary Medals, Seixal, Portugal
 * 2009 – “Medal Sessions IX” International Medallic Project 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2008 – Exhibition of medals, National Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2008 – Exhibition of medals, University Centre of Culture, Lisboa, Portugal
 * 2008 – “Myths, Legends, Prophecies” International Medallic Project 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2007 – “7 the Key” International Medallic Project 2007, Sofia, Bulgaria
 * 2007 – FIDEM XXX. Art Medal World Congress, Colorado Springs, USA

Group Exhibitions in Poland

 * 2022 – Tatuaż. Symbol, piętno, piękno, Muzeum Etnograficzne im. Marii Znamierowskiej-Prüfferowej w Toruniu
 * 2022 – Czas ucieka Wieczność Czeka. Postscriptum, Muzeum Miedzi w Legnicy
 * 2021 – XI Bałtyckie Triennale Medali, Muzeum Okręgowe w Toruniu
 * 2020 – Czas ucieka, wieczność czeka. V Edycja Medalierskich Rozmów z Janem Pawłem II, Kordegarda Galeria Narodowego Centrum Kultury w Warszawie
 * 2018 – Kody dostępu. Wystawa pedagogów Wydziału Sztuk Pięknych Uniwersytetu im. Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Bydgoskie Centrum Sztuki, Bydgoszcz
 * 2017 – Wielcy polscy ekonomiści — Mikołaj Kopernik, Centrum Nowoczesności Młyn Wiedzy, Toruń
 * 2017 – Być razem — Medalierskie rozmowy z Janem Pawłem II, Opactwo w Krzeszowie
 * 2017 – Życie zadane — Medalierskie rozmowy z Janem Pawłem II, Muzeum Monet i Medali Jana Pawła II w Częstochowie
 * 2016 – Raport, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej „Znaki Czasu”, Toruń
 * 2016 – Być razem — Medalierskie rozmowy z Janem Pawłem II, Panteon Narodowy Kościoła pw. Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Krakowie
 * 2015 – Wobec Świętości, Medalierzy Polscy w roku kanonizacji Jana Pawła II, Muzeum Miedzi w Legnicy
 * 2015 – od Conditio Humana do…, Galeria Wozownia, Toruń
 * 2015 – Wobec Świętości, Medalierzy Polscy w roku kanonizacji Jana Pawła II, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
 * 2014 – Rok Jana Karskiego, Centrum Dialogu im. Marka Edelmana w Łodzi
 * 2014 – Medalierzy polscy: Mój Jan Paweł II, Zamek Królewski w Warszawie
 * 2014 – Znad Dunaju, Wełtawy i Wisły. Medalierzy i ich dzieła, Muzeum Sztuki Medalierskiej, Wrocław
 * 2012 – Coin Expo 2012, Pałac Kultury i Nauki, Warszawa
 * 2012 – Wystawa Rzeźbiarzy Wydziału Sztuk Pięknych Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Centrum Rzeźby Polskiej Muzeum Rzeźby Współczesnej, Orońsko
 * 2011 – Ars Sine Scientia Nihil Est, Muzeum Uniwersyteckie w Toruniu
 * 2011 – Coin Expo 2011, Pałac Kultury i Nauki, Warszawa
 * 2010 – Wystawa Pedagogów Wydziału Sztuk Pięknych Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Galeria BWA, Płock
 * 2010 – Polygonium 2, Galeria BWA, Bydgoszcz
 * 2006 – Wystawa Małej Formy Rzeźbiarskiej, Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki, Koszalin

Publications

 * Between — obverse/reverse The Medals and Coins of Sebastian Mikołajczak - PDF file - ISBN 978-83-958952-2-7
 * Sebastian Mikołajczak Medals & coins - PDF file - ISBN 978-83-952401-1-9
 * The World and its People - Art Medals by Sebastian Mikołajczak, 2023, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands, pg. 1-64
 * The Medal, British Art Medal Society, Great Britain, 2021 - ISSN 0263-7707, pg.60-61
 * XI Baltic Medal Triennial „Medal Art in Lithuania and Poland — 500 years”, National Museum of Lithuania, 2021, ISBN:978-83-945533-5-7, pg. cover, 38
 * Collector coins and banknotes 2020, National Bank of Poland - ISBN: 978-83-941054-6-4, pg.51-73
 * FIDEM TOKYO 2020 XXXVI, Congress International Federation of Medallic Art, Tokio, Japan, 2020, pg. 312
 * Collector coins and banknotes 2019, National Bank of Poland - ISBN: 978-83-941054-6-4, pg. 23-27
 * The Medal, British Art Medal Society, Great Britan, 2018 - ISSN 0263-7707, pg.69-71
 * Collector coins and banknotes 2018, National Bank of Poland - ISBN: 978-83-941054-3-7, pg. 51-54
 * Medals & Coins, Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, 2018 - ISBN 978-83-952401-1-9, pg.1- 110
 * International FIDEM XXXV, Art Medal World Congress, Ottawa, Canada, 2018 - ISBN 978-1-7753287-0-4, pg.188
 * Collector coins and banknotes 2017, National Bank of Poland - ISBN: 978-83-941054-7-1, pg. cover, 12-16
 * Collector coins and banknotes 2016, National Bank of Poland - ISBN: 978-83-941054-5-7, pg. 24-28, 41-44
 * FIDEM XXXIV, Art Medal World Congress, Ghent, Belgium, 2016, Ghent - ISBN:978-2-87502-061-1, pg. 291
 * The Mint of Poland – 250 years, Mint of Poland - ISBN:978-83-910488-0-1, pg. 64,79
 * XXX International Symposium of Medals, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania, 2014 - ISBN 978-609-447-160-5, pg.17
 * Collector coins and banknotes 2014, National Bank of Poland - ISBN: 978-83-941054-0-2, pg. 37-40, 51-54
 * International exhibition of contemporary medals, Art Medal World Congress FIDEM XXXIII, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014 - ISBN 978-954-2988-17-5, pg.1
 * From the Danube, Veltava and Vistula Rivers. Medallists and Their Works, Museum of Coins and Medals, Kremnica, Slovakia, 2014 - ISBN 978-83-62290-77-2, pg.26-29
 * Collector coins and banknotes 2013, National Bank of Poland - ISBN: 978-83-932138-3-2, pg. 51-54, 67-70
 * XXVIII International Symposium of Medals, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania, 2012 - ISBN 978-609-447-063-9, pg.18
 * Art Medal World Congress FIDEM XXXII, Glasgow, Szkocja, 2012 - ISBN 978-1-90747477-21-3, pg .135
 * XXVII International Symposium of Medals, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania, 2011 - ISBN 978-609-447-028-8, pg.20
 * International Medals Art Symposium, Vilnus, Lithuania, 2011, St. John Street Gallery - ISBN 978-609-95004-6-1, pg.16-17
 * XXVI International Symposium of Medals, Museum Alka, Telsze, Lithuania, 2010 - ISBN 978-9955-854-97-5, pg.13
 * FIDEM XXXI, 31th Congress International Federation of Medallic Art, Tampere, Finland, 2010 - ISBN 978- 951-609-455-0, pg. 227
 * FIDEM XXX, 30th Congress International Federation of Medallic Art, Colorado Springs, USA, 2007 - ISBN:978-0-89637-029-6, pg. 224
 * 6th International Biennial of Contemporary Medals, Seixal, Portugal, 2010, National Society of Fine Arts award, pg. 65
 * 5th International Biennial of Contemporary Medals, Seixal, Portugal, 2008, National Society of Fine Arts award, pg. 79
 * XXXVIII tarptautinė medalio meno ir mažosios skulptūros kūrėjų stovykla Telšiuose. Medal / of dyshonor, 2022 - ISBN 978-609-447-379-1, pg. 24
 * Muntkoerier 7/8 - ISSN 0165 5442, pg. 38-40