Born on 25 August 1959 in Lodz, Poland, lives and works in Paris since 1987
1979–1985 · Studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Lodz, Poland
A graduate in graphic design, specialty displays (at the teacher Bogusław Balicki)
1986–1987 · Exchange of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts for young artists, Poland
1988–1993 · Works in graphic design agencies in Paris
Since 1994 · Independent graphic designer
• Individual exhibitions
2024 · “Michal Batory”, Center UTU, Warsaw, Poland
2024 · “Michal Batory – Posters”, Brussels, Belgium
2020 · ‘Michal Batory – RETROPERSPEKTYWA’, Lodz, Poland
2019 · Stanska Art Gallery, ‘Michal Batory – RETROPERSPEKTYWA’, Varsovie, Poland
2018 · Progress Gallery, ‘Michal Batory affiches’, Paris
2017 · University in Szczecin ‘Michal Batory posters’, Poland
2017 · Festival FINI ‘Michal Batory posters’, Pachuha, Mexique
2016 · ‘Michal Batory 250 postes’, Buenos Aires, Argentine
2016 · The Gallery Zamek, ‘Michal Batory – Retrospective’, Reszl, Poland
2016 · BUW, ‘Michal Batory & publishing house Drzewo Babel’, Warsaw, PL
2015 · Roi Doré Gallery, ‘Michal Batory 50 posters’, Paris
2015 · Michal Batory, Lublin, Poland
2014 · Michal Batory, La Puebla, Mexico
2014 · Gallery Jola Sidi, ‘Images Untitled’, Paris
2012 · The Gallery Rirreina, Image Centre, La Rambla, Barcelona
2012 · Open air Gallery Krolewskie Lazienki, Warsaw, Poland
2011 · Roi Doré Gallery, Paris
2011 · Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris
2010 · Quito, Guayaquil, Equator
2006 · Media Enghien-les-Bains, France
2006 · Laval University in Quebec, Canada
2005 · Cultural Centre in Douarnenez, France
2005 · The University of Chonching Beijing, China
2005 · Poster Museum in Wilanow, Warsaw, Poland
2004 · Anatome Gallery, Paris
2004 · FNAC St-Lazare, Paris
2000 · University of Paris X
1999 · Typografica Gallery, Brussels
1991 · ‘Mévoire’ Philippe Gallery Ghent, Paris
• Collective exhibitions
2024 · « Poster – Lodz Today », Lodz, Poland
2024 · « 8/8 », Lodz, Poland
2022 · « Jury & exibition in “fist Biennial of Poster in Erevan”, Armenia
2021 · « Masters of Serigraphy Posters »,Paris, France
2019 · ‘POLISH LOOK‘, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2018 · ‘POLAND, A graphic revolution’, Echirolles, France
2017 · ‘La France in Taiwan, Taiwan Design Museum‘, Taiwan
2013 · ‘B & B’ with Michel Bouvet, La Paz, Bolivia
2012 · ‘Sarajevo 2014’, Sarajevo
2014 · ‘Celebrating Paris’ as part of ‘The Day Graphics’, Paris
2011 · ‘Graphics, 2000’ Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
2007 · International Poster Triennial in Sophia, Bulgaria
2001 · ‘100 years of Toulouse Lautrec’, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
2001 · ‘20 posters for the 20th Music Day’, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1998 · ‘100 years of Bertolt Brecht’, Berliner Ensemble, Berlin
1997 · ‘Spirit on’, BNF, Paris
1997 · ‘VIIIth Poster Exhibition’, The Poster Museum in Wilanow, Warsaw
1996 · ‘French Designers’ exhibition in Poland around the Poster Biennial, Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, Wroclaw, Poznan
1994 · ‘Hiroshima after math’ exhibition organized by The Peace Movement, France, Japan, Switzerland, USA
1993 · ‘70 posters for the right to dignity of ordinary prisoners’, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1993 · ‘French characters’ editing work, Glasgow, Great Britain
• Achievements
2024 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – URBAN NATURE”, Brussels, Belgium
2023 · Visual Communication for exhibition “Van Cleef & Arpels · Time, Nature, Love”, Seoul, South Korea
2023 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – NEX OPERA DAYS”, Brussels, Belgium
2022 · Visual Communication for exhibition “Van Cleef & Arpels · Time, Nature, Love”, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2022 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – BIG SCIENCE”, Brussels, Belgium
2021 · Visual Communication for exhibition “Van Cleef & Arpels · Time, Nature, Love”, Shanghai, China
2020 · Visual Communication for ‘Scena Monopolis‘, Lodz, Poland
2021 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – VOX”, Brussels, Belgium
2020 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – SOLIDARS”, Brussels, Belgium
2019 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – 30 YEARS”, Brussels, Belgium
2018 · Poster for The National Confederation of French Bakery and Pastry, Paris
2018 · Poster for ‘Jazz Festival 2018’, Lodz, Poland
2018 · Visual Communication for Agency ‘pH6’, Paris
2018 · Visual Communication for Théâtre Elizabeth Czerczuk, Paris
2018 · Poster for expo ‘100 posters for 100 years of inedependence from Poland’, Paris
2018 · Poster for expo ‘70 years of Human Rights’, Paris
2018 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – INOUÏE”, Brussels, Belgium
2016 · Visual Communication for “Festival ARSmusica – JAPAN”, Brussels, Belgiume
2013 · Visual Communication for Blanca Li, Theatre des Champs Elyses, Paris
2012 · Design of two stamps and two envelopes stamped for the Polish Post, 350,000 copies of each, Warsaw
2012 · Visual Communication Museum Krolewskie Lazienki, Warsaw, Poland
2012 · Visual Communication for the Ballets de Monte Carlo, Monaco
2011 · Visual Communication for Theatre du Peuple Bussang
2010 · Visual Communication for the Drawing Room, Paris
2009 · Visual Communication for the Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2009 · Festival ‘in Paris every letter’ poster and Communication, Paris
2006 · Creation of the graphic line for the Forum Les Halles, Paris
2005 · Creation of the graphic line for CDA95, Enghien-les-Bains
2004 · Completion of the book ‘150 Years of Advertising’ for UCAD
2004 · Completion of the book ‘Pictures click and pigeon flies!’, Dessain and Tolra editions
2002 · Exhibition Graphics ‘Victor Hugo, Luxembourg walker’, Senat / BNF, Paris
2001–2008 · Creation of the graphic design (posters, publications) for the National Theatre of Chaillot, Paris
2001–2003 · Posters for Arsenal, Metz
2001 · Creation of three CD collections for Radio France
2000 · Visual communication (poster, invitation) for the exhibition ‘Living Nature’, MNHN, Paris
2000 · Graphics exhibition ‘100 Years of the Subway’ and its graphic line (posters, publications) House of the RATP, Paris
1999 · Graphic Line (posters, publications, press) for Marne Festival
1999 · Graphic Line (posters, publications, press) for the event ‘Time of Change’ of CNMHS, Paris
1999 · Graphics of the exhibition ‘The Page’, BNF, Paris
1998 · Graphic Line (posters, publications, CD) to the Festival ‘Agora 1998’, IRCAM / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris
1997 · Visual Communication of the exhibition ‘La Serre, Future Garden’ at the Museum of Science and Industry, La Villette, Paris
1997 · Visual Communication exhibition ‘distinguished Letters” at the Postal Museum, Paris
1997 · Graphic design and visual communication of the exhibition ‘New image, new networks’ at the Museum of Science and Industry, La Villette, Paris
1996 · Creation of the book ‘Read IRCAM’ (the history of IRCAM)
1996 · Creation of the graphic line (posters, publications, CD) to IRCAM and the Ensemble Intercontemporain
1995 · Start of collaboration with the publishing house Drzewo Babel (Book covers, visual communication), Warsaw, Poland
1995 · Production of a book ‘The profession guide, for young graduates’ for Larousse editions
1995 · Implementation of several brochures for the Centre Georges Pompidou
1997 · Creation of the graphic line (posters, publications) for the National Theatre on the Hill
1995 · Graphics exhibition ‘Space’ at the Museum of Science and Industry, La Villette, Paris
1994 · Graphics of the exhibition ‘The silver wire’ at the Museum of Science and Industry, La Villette, Paris
• Price
2021 · Decorated with the “Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters”
2019 · Ird price at the International Competition for the poster ‘Gombrowicz‘, Radom, Poland
2017 · Winner of the competition “An exceptional Polish in France – Culture category – 2017”, Paris, France
2010 · Award at International Poster Biennial, Mexico for the poster of the book ‘The Winner of Solitude’
2008 · IIIrd Biennial International Poster price, Mexico to show ‘Piano Follies’
2008 · Silver Medal at the International Poster Biennial, Chicago, USA, for the show ‘Piano Follies’
2004 · Ist prize at the International Festival of Chaumont, poster for the show ‘PowerBook’ Chaumont
2001 · IIIrd prize for displays ‘Agora’ at the International Poster Triennial, Sophia, Bulgaria
1999 · IInd prize at the International Festival of Chaumont, poster for the poster IRCAM-EIC
1998 · National Grand Prize of the Cultural Displays, France, for the poster ‘The Leningrad Headquarters’
1998 · IIIrd prize in ‘Childhood is not a child’s play’, the Poster Museum in Essen, Germany
1996 · Chaumont Poster Festival, audience prize for the poster ‘The woman on the bed’
• Exposure Commissioner
2016 · Gielijn Escher and Lex Reitsma at Open air Gallery Krolewskie Lazienki, Warsaw, Poland
2015 · Germàn Montalvo and Benito Cabañas at Open air Gallery Krolewskie Lazienki Warsaw, Poland
2014 · JanPing He and U.G. Sato at Open air Gallery Krolewskie Lazienki, Warsaw, Poland
2013 · Michel Bouvet and Alain Le Quernec at Open air Gallery Krolewskie Lazienki Warsaw, Poland
• Bibliography
2021 · Publication in the book “Masters of Serigraphy Posters”, Publishing · Edition du Limonaire, France-Canada
2020 · Publication in the book “Making Posters”, Scott Laserow & Natalia Delgado,Publishing · Bloomsbury, New York, USA
2020 · Publication in the book “Communication Visuelle & Design Graphique”, Publishing · Editions Eyrolles, Paris, France
2018 · Publication in the book “Pologne, révolution graphique”,Publishing · Edition du Limonaire, Echirolles, France
2018 · Publication in the book ‘Art of Polish Poster’, BOSZ, Poland
2018 · Publication in the book ‘The Best Polish Illustrators’, SLOW, Poland
2018 · Publication in the book ‘Head to toe’, Mirko Ilic & Steven Heller, New York,USA
2015 · Publication in the book ‘Presenting Shakespeare’, Mirko Ilic & Steven Heller, New York,USA
2015 · VeryGraphic, ‘Polish designers of the XX century’, Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, Warsaw
2008 · ‘Michal Batory, emotional Graphics’ Drzewo Babel Publishing, Warsaw
2006 · Reproductions work in ‘Expose – Anatome Gallery, Graphic Design’, Panama Editions, Paris
2004 · Monograph ‘Michal Batory, posters & graphic works’, Editions Serge Malik ID
2003 · Publishing Monograph ‘Michal Batory’, Publishing Jamping Hy, Berlin, distribution in China
2002 · Interview and reproductions in ‘Graphics French’, KAK, Moscow, Russia
1998 · The interview, coverage and the poster, in No. 40 of the journal ‘graphic Steps’
1996 · Biographical Portrait in the ‘International Dictionary of the applied arts and design’, Editions du Regard, Paris
1996 · Interview and reproductions in No. 15/16 of ‘Signs’
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