Anna Wątróbska-Wdowiarska

Anna Beata Wątróbska-Wdowiarska, born January 17th 1960, is a sculptress specializing in medals.

Anna Beata attended the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts between 1981 and 1987 and studied medal making under the direction of Professor Zofia Demkowska. Her master’s degree graduation work, under Professor Stanisław Słonina, was awarded the Marian Wnuk medal.

Anna Beata has both cast and struck medals in Polish and foreign museums as well as in private collections and her work to date includes over a hundred struck medals.

Individual exhibitions

1998-Medals, Museum of Medals in Wrocław,Poland 

1999-Art of Medals, Museum in Ostrołęka,Poland

1999-Two Generation, Stanisława Wątróbska-Frindt and Anna Wątróbska-Wdowiarska. Museum in Brodnica,Poland

2000-Art of Medals, Historical Museum in Warsaw,Poland

2004- Medal Exhibition at the Silesian Piast Museum in Brzeg ,Poland

2013- Medal exhibition Beijing, Shanghai,China

2014- Sculpture and medal exhibition "Between space and illusion" Doha-Qatar 

2016- Author's exhibition at PROM, Warsaw ,Poland

2018-Space and its illusion, ZPAP, Warszaw, Poland

Exhibitions

1987 - 3rd Polish Exhibition of Medalic Art, Toruń

1989 - „ Zofia Demkowska’s Atelier”, Warsaw

1989 - 2nd Triennial of Portrait Sculpture, Sopot

1990 – FIDEM, Helsinki

1994 – FIDEM, Budapest

1996 – FIDEM, Neuchatel

1996 - Participation in the International Symposium of Medals, Kremnica

1998 – FIDEM, The Hague

1999 - The Tunnel of Time Warsaw Sculpture of the End of the Century, Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Warsaw

2000 - 1st International Biennale of Contemporary Medals, Seixal, Portugal

2000 – FIDEM, Weimar

2000 - The Syndrome of the Turn of the Millennium, Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Warsaw

2001 - 2nd International Biennale of the Contemporary Medal, Seixal, Portugal

2001- The Sacrum Today, Kielce

2001 - Polish Medalic Art of the 90’s, The Museum of Medalic Art, Wroclaw

2002 – FIDEM, Paris

2002 - The Exhibition of Polish Medalic Art organized by The Museum of Medalic Art in Wroclaw

2002 - 1st International Exhibition of the Medalic Art “Masaccio 600”, Israel

2002 - 2nd International Exhibition of the Medalic Art “Anime Spiritus Violin”, Israel

2002 - Polish Medal FIDEM 2002, the Museum of Polish Medalic Art in Wroclaw

2004 - 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Asia and Pacific Nusantara 2003-2004, Warsaw

2004 - FIDEM, Seixal

2004 - 7th Autumn Meeting of Art, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

2004 - 3rd International Biennale of Contemporary Medal, Seixal, Portugal

2005 - 4th International Biennale of Contemporary Medal, Seixal

2006 - 8th Autumn Meeting of Art, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski

2007- FIDEM Colorado Springs 2007, 

2008 - "From the Danube, the Vltava and the Vistula” the Exhibition of the Medalic Art, Wrocław, Budapest, Kremnica, Uherskie Hradiste

2008 - 5th International Biennale of Contemporary Medal, Seixal, Portugal

2010-FIDEM USA

2012- FIDEM United Kingdom

2013-China

2014- Qatar

2014 FIDEM, Bugaria

2016 FIDEM Belgium

2018 FIDEM Ottawa, Canada

2021 FIDEM Tokyo, Japan

Awards

1986 – Third Prize, Closed competition by Sculpture Department, Academy of Fine Art and the Mayor of Łowicz to commemorate the 850th Anniversary of Łowicz (minted medal)

1994 – Award for the artistic level granted by Hungarian Numismatic Institute, FIDEM, Budapest (casted medal)

1996 – Third Prize, The Competition for the Congressional Medal of Honor, FIDEM, Neuchatel

1996 – First Award, The competition held by the Society of Maria Skłodowska-Curie and the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, to commemorate 100th anniversary of discovery of radium (minted medal)

1996 – Second Award, The competition held by the Civic Centre of Warsaw to commemorate 400th Anniversary of Warsaw (minted medal)

1996 – First Award, The competition held by the Parliament of the Republic of Poland for the parliamentary medal (casted medal)

2002-Second place in a completion organised by the BASIS School of Sculpture in association with the Israeli Art. Medal Association and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the birth of Masaccio (cast medal).

2002- Special Award in International Art Medal Competition “Anima Spititus Violin” Tel Aviv 

2003-Most Excellent Work in The International Coin Design Competition Japan Mint

2004-Fine Work in The International Coin Design Competition Japan Mint

2004-Third place in VII Autumnal Salon of Art “Dante Europeo 2003” in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski , Poland

2005- Special Mention in Hans Christian Andersen 200, International Art Medal Competition, Tel Aviv 

2006- Honorable Mention “Drop” in VIII Autumnal Salon of Art in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland

2016-First Prize in The International Art Medal Competition "Beauty of Animals", China

2019- First Prize in The International Art Medal Competition "FIDEM medal"