Andrzej STROKA (b. 1953), "Pokładanie." Żabi Róg, 2024

acrylic on canvas, 90 x 130 cm, signed lower right: Stroka

Born in 1953 in Kraków. He works in painting, drawing, and commercial graphic design, and designs and curates exhibitions. He studied painting in the studio of Prof. Stanisław Batruch in Kraków. Co-owner of the Graphic Arts and Poster Gallery in Warsaw.



Solo exhibitions:

1980, Warsaw, “Krzywe Koło” Young Artists’ Gallery. 1981, Warsaw, “Art” Gallery – “Marilyn Monroe.”

1983, West Berlin, Europacenter Gallery. 1983, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery. 1984, Warsaw, Zapiecek Gallery – “Alicja.” 1985, Warsaw, Plac Zamkowy Gallery. 1985, Kraków, DESA Gallery. 1985, Olsztyn, BWA Gallery. 1985, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery. 1985, West Berlin, “Van Divan” Gallery. Chicago, Vienna Gallery. 1986, Głogów, BWA Gallery. 1986, Germany, Bremen, “Ars Nova” Gallery. 1987, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery – “Przejazd” drawings. 1987, Warsaw, Zapiecek Gallery. 1987, Opole, BWA Gallery. 1987, Kraków, Nowa Huta Cultural Center. 1988, Gdańsk, BWA Gallery. 1990, Warsaw, “Nowy Świat” Gallery. 1992, Warsaw, Warsaw Mayor’s Gallery. 2010, Olsztyn, Art Exhibition Office – painting “Marilyn Monroe.” 2010, Warsaw, Olympic Center – painting “Marilyn Monroe.” 2011, Warsaw, Promotional Gallery – painting “30 Years of Creative Work.” 2013, Wrocław, Wrocław City Museum, “Marilyn Monroe in the Paintings of Andrzej Stroka.” 2014, Museum of Warmia and Mazury, “Zamek” Gallery in Reszel, “Marilyn Monroe and Other Beautiful Paintings.” 2025, Museum of Warmia and Mazury. Bishop’s Castle in Lidzbark Warmiński: “Transformations of the Landscape.” 2025, PRAGALERIA Gallery: “Scales of Summer. Transformations of the Landscape.”



Participation in group exhibitions of Polish art in Budapest, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, England, and the U.S.

Works in public and private collections in Poland, Germany, Denmark, France, Italy, the U.S., Switzerland, Mexico, Canada, England, and Kuwait.



Since 1979, he has organized and curated dozens of exhibitions of Polish art in Poland and abroad, including:

– in Kraków: Józef Wilkoń at the Palace of Art, Stanisław Rodziński at the BWA “Bunkier,” Stasys Eidrigevicius at the BWA “Bunkier,” “100 Years of Polish Posters” at the BWA “Bunkier,” and Zofia Wolska at the Palace of Art in Kraków.

– at the Wrocław City Museum in City Hall: Waldemar Świerzy, Jan Młodożeniec, Franciszek Starowieyski’s “Teatr Rysowania.”

– at the BWA in Sopot: Jan Cybis, Stasys Eidrigevicius.

– at the BWA in Olsztyn, including works by Jan Trasin, Andrzej Mleczka, Edward Dwurnik, Stasys Eidrigevicius, Stanisław Rodziński, Jan Cybis, Jerzy Duda-Gracz, from the collection of Wojciech Fibak, “Ecole de Paris,” Polish painting from the collection of the National Gallery in Lviv, Duda-Gracz’s “To Chopin,” and Tadeusz Dominik.

– Museum of Warmia and Mazury in Reszel: works by Teresa Pągowska, posters by Franciszek Starowieyski, and Stasys Eidrigevicius.

– In Kazimierz on the Vistula: works accompanying the Jan, Stanisław, and Piotr Młodożeńcy Film Festival, and works by Stasys Eidrigevicius.