Post-Competition Exhibition at the Center for Art Education
The National Art Competition organized by the Center for Art Education is the most important event for fourth-year students at art high schools. Thirty-three finalists participated in this year’s national round. By decision of the jury, all of them were admitted to art colleges. The post-competition exhibition at the WENA Gallery showcases the works of the most talented young artists from all over Poland!
The Starak Family Foundation is a partner of the event. The Center for Art Education, the main organizer of the competition, has entrusted its co-organization to the Wojciech Gerson State High School of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
The exhibition opens and symbolically closes with works by masters—jurors, professors, and active artists representing various artistic centers across the country.
Prof. Tomasz Milanowski – Dean of the Faculty of Painting, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Prof. Rafał Kotwis – Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznań
Prof. Jacek Kornacki – Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Prof. Grzegorz Niemyjski – Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław
Prof. Mateusz Otręba – Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
The 33 students are the finalists selected through a three-stage competition.
On June 12, at the headquarters of the Starak Family Foundation in Warsaw, we had the honor of hosting students, teachers, school principals, and the families of the authors, where, during the ceremony, diplomas and “Indexes” entitling them to apply for admission to art programs in the 2027/2028 academic year without an entrance exam.
The administration of the Center for Arts Education presented the Grand Prix awards and the first through third-place prizes.
Congratulations to the future students of art colleges and to the winners:
Grand Prix: Michał Pawłowski, Bydgoszcz School of Fine Arts
1st Place: Małgorzata Berkowska, Wrocław High School of Fine Arts
2nd Place: Julia Weremiuk, J. Kluza High School of Fine Arts in Kraków
3rd Place: Natalia Krajka, Magdalena Abakanowicz High School of Fine Arts in Gdynia
The exhibition is on view at the WENA Gallery of the Starak Family Foundation, located at 8 Bobrowiecka Street in Warsaw, from June 12–26, 2026. Admission is free.
We cordially invite you to this unique exhibition featuring works by both masters and their students!
