M.Wieliczko

Mieczysław Wieliczko - Major achievements and awards

• Multiple winner of the "Polish Landscape Biennale in Kielce" 1st prizes:
  • Grand Prix and Jan Bułhak's diploma for outstanding achievements in native artistic photography - 1980
  • Silver medal - 1982
  • Distinction, Biennale medal and Jan Bułhak's diploma for outstanding achievements in native artistic photography - 1984
  • 150 years of photography medal - in acknowledgement of development in photography - 1985
  • Biennale medal - 1987
• Multiple winner of various themes national contests:
  • Distinction - "Apollo" nude and portrait exhibition - Olsztyn 1973
  • Bronze medal - International Nude and Portrait Exhibition "Venus" - Kraków 1981
  • WTF diploma - "Small size"- Warszawa 1981
  • Bronze medal - Artistic Photography Biennale "Child" - Rzeszów 1981
  • 1st prize - "Polish country" - Gorzów Wielkopolski 1981
  • Silver medal - "IV Photographic Presentations and Promotions" - Uniejów 1981
  • Silver medal - "V Photographic Presentations and Promotions" - Uniejów 1983
  • Silver medal - "VI Photographic Presentations and Promotions" - Uniejów 1984
  • 1st prize - Natural Photography Exhibition - Poznań 1983
  • Distinction - Artistic Photography Biennale "Opus 83" - Kamień Pom. 1983
  • Silver medal - Artistic Photography Biennale "Child" - Rzeszów 1983
  • Grand Prix - "Polish photography in 1944-84" - Warszawa 1984
  • 1st prize - XIV Gorzów's Photographic Confrontations - Gorzów Wlk 1984
  • Bronze medal and distinction - Artistic Photography Triennale - Warszawa 1988
  • Bronze medal - "Portrait" competition - Jelenia Góra 1989
• Life-time achievements in photography:
  • Gazeta Olsztyńska award 1997 - "Laur 97" - Celebrity of the year.
  • "Atut 98" - for albums on Warmia and Mazury.
  • Olsztyn Governor Award for Warmia and Mazury promotion 1998.
  • Olsztyn City Mayor Award for photographic creation 1999.
  • Olsztyn City Mayor Award for life-time achievements 2001.
  • Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Award - "Meritorious for Polish Culture" 2009.
  • Olsztyn City Mayor's Statue of St. Jacob 2010 Award.
• Author of photography albums:
  • "Kościoły Warmii" (The Churches of Warmia) - AFW "Mazury" 1991.
  • "Frombork" - AFW "Mazury" 1991.
  • "Huits Siecles D`Eglises Polonaises le cas du Ermland" (The Churches of Warmia) - Romain Pages Editions 1992.
  • "Warmia i Mazury" (Warmia and Mazury), with co-author Ryszard Czerwiński - Pub.Baturo 1994.
  • "Olsztyn" - Pub.Baturo 1995.
  • "Mazury - kraina wielkich jezior" (Mazury - The Land of The Great Lakes) - Pub.Baturo 1996.
  • "Las" (The Forest) - Pub. Buffi 1997.
  • "Warmia" - Pub.Buffi 1999.
  • "Kościoły i kaplice Archidiecezji Warmińskiej" v.1 and v.2 (The Churches and Chapels of Warmia Archdiocese. Volume I. The Holy Warmia) - Curie MAW 1999.
  • "Kronika Olsztyńska K.I.Gałczyńskiego" - Pub.Buffi 2001.
  • "Olsztyn" - Pub.Buffi 2002.
  • "Zdania i uwagi A.Mickiewicza" (Sentences and Observation of Adam Mickiewicz) - Publishing House 4K 2003.
  • "Pieśni ufnego serca. Psalmy." (Songs Of A Trustful Heart. Psalms) - Pub. 4K, Bytom 2003.
  • "Na Mazurach i Warmii" (In Mazuria and Warmia) - Pub.Buffi, Bielsko-Biała 2004.
  • "Olsztyn" - Pub.Buffi, 2006.
  • "Światło" (Light) - Pub.Buffi, 2006.
• Photographs in collective publications:
  • "La Pologne" - Romain Pages Editions 1993.
  • "Polska" - AFW "Mazury" 1994.
  • "Góry Polskie" (The Polish Mountains) ­ Pub.Baturo 1966.
  • "10-lecie Polski Niepodległej 1989-1999" (The 10th Anniversy of The Independent Poland) - "Fundacja Księgi 10-lecia Polski Niepodległej" (The 10th Anniversary of The Independent Poland Book Foundation) and Pub.United Pubishers 2001.
  • "Mistrzowie Polskiego Pejzażu" (The Masters of Polish Landscape) - ZPAF and Fine Grain Agency 2000.
  • "Mazury i Warmia" (Warmia and Mazury) - guide - Hachette Livre Poland 2002.
  • "Warmińsko-Mazurskie" - Publishing house Unitex 2003
  • "Warmińsko-Mazurskie. Granice zjednoczonej Europy" (Warmińsko-Mazurskie. The Borders of United Europe) - Publishing house Edytor - Bydgoszcz 2003.
  • "Polska w obiektywie" (Poland Through a Lens) - National Geographic 2009.
  • "Polska - ziemia w światłach i cieniach" (Poland - Land in Light and Shadow) - Publishing house Mazowsze 2009.
  • "Cerkwie" (Orthodox Churches) - Publishing house Carta Blanca 2009.
  • "Pałace i dwory" (Palaces and Manors) - Publishing house Carta Blanca 2009.
• Distinctions on International Book Fair in Warsaw in "The most beautiful books of the year" contest for albums: "Warmia i Mazury" (Warmia and Mazury) 1994, "Las" (The Forest) 1997, "Warmia" 1999, "Światło" (Light) 2006.
• Polish Publishing Society honourable award for outstanding photographs in many albums presentated in "The most beautiful book of the year" contests - 1998.
• Author of photographs used in EXPO 2000 in Hannover.
• Presentation of albums "Las" (The Forest) and "Warmia" in polish best books collection in Frankfurt Fair 2000.
  
  
• Individual exhibitions:
  • "Fotografia M.W. " (The Photography of Mieczysław Wieliczko) - Leszno 1981.
  • "Fotografia Ziemi"- Olsztyn 1982, Bielsko-Biała 1983, Gorzów Wielkopolski 1983, Łódź 1985, Radom 1986, Kielce 1987.
  • "Pejzaże" (Landscapes) - Bielsko-Biała 1985.
  • "Pejzaż Północno-Wschodniej Polski" (North-east Poland Landscapes) - Olsztyn 1988.
  • "Pejzaże" (Landscapes) - Olsztyn 1991.
  • "Fotograficzne 25 lat" (Photographic 25 Years) - BWA Olsztyn 1998.
  • "Olsztyn" - BWA Olsztyn 2002, Polish Consulate in Kaliningrad 2002.
  • "Spacerkiem po Olsztynie" (Walking Through Olsztyn) - France, Chateauroux 2004.
    
  • "Mazurski pejzaż" (The Landscape of Mazury) - Toruń 2004.
    
  • "Cztery pory roku na Warmii i Mazurach" (The Four Seasons on Warmia and Mazury) - Germany/Bavaria, Ellingen 2008, Gelsenkirchen 2008, Hof 2009
• Collective exhibitions:
  • "Polska fotografia krajobrazowa 1944-1984" (Polish Landscape Photography) - Kielce 1985.
  • "Salon zaproszonych" (Show of The Invited) - Łódź 1984.
  • "Salon zaproszonych" (Show of The Invited) - Łódź 1986.
  • 40 years of ZPAF exhibition- Warszawa 1987.
  • "Krajobrazy świata w fotografii polskich podróżników" (Landscapes of The World in Polish Travellers Photographs) - Warszawa 1987.
  • "Salon zaproszonych" (Show of The Invited) - Łódź 1988.
  • "Wystawa fotografii górskiej" (The Exhibition of Mountain Photography) - Bielsko-Biała 1988.
  • "Olsztyńskie Klimaty" (Olsztyn Climates) - BWA Olsztyn 2003.
  • "Kochajmy Warmię" (Let Us Love Warmia) - Offenburg 2005, Gelsenkirchen 2006, Chateauroux 2006, Osnabrück 2006.