As each year, the Museum of Caricature hosts an international exhibition devoted to satirical drawing. This time, we are combining two competitions organised as part of the Legnica SATYRYKON festival into one exhibition. In addition to the main competition entries, we are also presenting works from the sketchbook competition called SKETCH IS POWERFUL.

SATYRYKON is Poland's biggest event focusing on satirical drawing, held continuously for the past 45 years. The competition is open to cartoonists, graphic artists, painters, sculptors, photographers and poster designers. This year, entries were judged in two categories: JOKE & SATIRE and this year's main theme – EGO. The competition attracted 2523 entries by 768 authors from 67 countries. The most important trophy, the Grand Prize of Satyrykon 2023, was awarded to "Tank” by Grzegorz Myćka. The first prize in the EGO category went to Stanisław Gajewski.

SKETCH IS POWERFUL is a sketchbook competition that has accompanied the main competition for the past three years. It is addressed to pupils, students and graduates of art schools and colleges. This year, interest in the event exceeded all expectations. A record number of 436 participants entered the competition – almost twice as many as in the previous edition. The exhibition features 128 sketchbooks. These are drawings by the leading creators of Polish illustration, design or poster art, as well as by young artists just beginning their adventure in the art world.

Satyrykon is an open competition for cartoonists, graphic artists, painters, sculptors, poster artists and photographers, organised by the Legnica Cultural Centre together with the Satyrykon Cultural and Social Foundation. Its initiators in 1977 were Andrzej Tomiałojć from Legnica and Robert Szecówka from Wrocław.

Initially, Satyrykon was a local exhibition of drawings by the Wrocław community, but in 1978 it was transformed into a nationwide competition exhibition of satirical drawings. Legnica was the first and for many years the only meeting place for Polish satirists, and Satyrykon itself effectively contributed to the popularisation of satirical drawing in Poland. In the following years Satyrykon enriched its programme and broadened its formula. In 1980 the International Photographic Exhibition, Fotożart, was organised for the first time, and works submitted to the satirical drawing competition were judged in two categories: Satire and Joke. Both exhibitions shared the Grand Prix of Satyrykon. In 1985 the All-Polish Exhibition of Satirical Drawing officially became an international competition. At that time close contacts were established with many artists, art critics and festival organisers from abroad. Every year thousands of works by several hundred authors from dozens of countries all over the world are submitted to the Satyrykon.

SATYRYKON is Poland's biggest event focusing on satirical drawing, held continuously for the past 45 years. The competition is open to cartoonists, graphic artists, painters, sculptors, photographers and poster designers. This year, entries were judged in two categories: JOKE & SATIRE and this year's main theme – EGO. The competition attracted 2523 entries by 768 authors from 67 countries. The most important trophy, the Grand Prize of Satyrykon 2023, was awarded to "Tank” by Grzegorz Myćka. The first prize in the EGO category went to Stanisław Gajewski.

Jury
Satyrykon – Legnica 2023

chairman: MICHAŁ BATORY (France/Poland) graphic artist, poster designer. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź. Winner of many international awards and his work has been exhibited in numerous galleries around the world, including Les Arts Décoratifs at the Louvre.

members

NOMA BAR (United Kingdom) graphic artist, illustrator. Winner of the world's most prestigious graphic design competitions, including the Design of The Year award, for best exhibition.

MICHAŁ DYAKOWSKI (Poland) designer, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. Graduated in visual communication at the University of Arts in Poznań.

CARLOS DAVID FUENTES HIERREZUELO (Cuba) cartoonist and graphic artist, winner of the Grand Prix of Satyrykon 2022. Winner of many awards in national and international competitions. Two-time juror of the Cuban Biennale of Humour.

KONSTANTIN KAZANCHEV (Ukraine) designer, caricaturist. Member of the National Union of Designers of Ukraine (1990), National Union of Journalists (2010), National Union of Artists (2015). Winner of many awards around the world.

ELŻBIETA PIETRASZKO (Poland) president of the SATYRYKON Foundation, long-term organiser and author of the Satyrykon programme.

MAX SKORWIDER (Poland) graphic artist, poster designer, illustrator. Head of VII Graphic Studio - Comics and Graphic Novel at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Visual Communication of the University of Arts in Poznań.

Jury represented by: MICHAŁ BATORY (France) – chairman and members: NOMA BAR (United Kingdom),  MICHAŁ DYAKOWSKI (Poland),  CARLOS DAVID FUENTES HIERREZUELO (Cuba),  KONSTANTIN KAZANCHEV (Ukraine),  ELŻBIETA PIETRASZKO (Poland),  MAX SKORWIDER (Poland) having seen 2.523 works by 768 authors, who come from 67 countries of the world. The Jury has decided to qualify 100 works for the post competition exhibition.

The Jury has awarded the following regular prizes:

Grand Prix

SATYRYKON 2023 Grand Prix and money award of 10,000 PLN to GRZEGORZ MYĆKA (Poland) for his work “Tank”

Section: EGO

I prize, gold medal and money award of 7,000 PLN – STANISŁAW GAJEWSKI (Poland) for his work “EGO”

II prize, silver medal and money award of 6,000 PLN – MAREK KWIATKOWSKI (Poland) for his work “Ego sick”

III prize, bronze medal and money award of 5,000 PLN – HEIBAT AHMADI (Iran) for his untitled work

and two equal distinction awards of 4,000 PLN each

MARCIN GRABIA (Poland) for his work “Pope? Nope!”
SZYMON SZYMANKIEWICZ (Poland) for his work “Balloon”

Section: JOKE and SATIRE

I prize, gold medal and money award of 7,000 PLN – MICHAŁ TATARKIEWICZ (Poland) for his untitled work

II prize, silver medal and money award of 6,000 PLN – SERGEY SICHENKO (Israel) for his work “Christmas Tree”

III prize, bronze medal and money award of 5,000 PLN – AGIM SULAJ (Italy) for his untitled work

and two equal distinction awards in of 4,000 PLN each

PAWEŁ KUCZYŃSKI (Poland) for his work “Sail”
TOMASZ PAWLUCZUK (Poland) for his work “Fake Hare”

Special Awards

Mayor of Legnica award of 4,000 PLN – ARISTIDES ESTEBAN HERNANDES GUERRERO (Cuba) for his untitled work

Director of Legnica Culture Centre award of 4,000 PLN – BRADY IZQUERDO RORIGUEZ (Ireland) for his work „Dirty Game”

SATYRYKON`s Andrzej Tomiałojć Foundation award of 4,000 PLN – ULRIKE WODNER (Germany) for her work „Wild Animals”

Director of Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art in Warsaw award of 4,000 PLN – JAKUB KAMIŃSKI (Poland) for his work „Good Morning.”

The Andrzej Waligórski Award of Legnica’s journalists – SZYMON SZYMANKIEWICZ (Poland) for his work “Does not offend”

SKETCH IS POWERFUL is a sketchbook competition that has accompanied the main competition for the past three years. It is addressed to pupils, students and graduates of art schools and colleges. This year, interest in the event exceeded all expectations. A record number of 436 participants entered the competition – almost twice as many as in the previous edition. The exhibition features 128 sketchbooks. These are drawings by the leading creators of Polish illustration, design or poster art, as well as by young artists just beginning their adventure in the art world.

The Jury (Tomasz Broda, chairman, Agnieszka Srokosz and Anita Wincencjusz Patyna) has awarded the following prizes:

I PRIZE, 5.000 PLN
Jacek AMBROŻEWSKI for his work „Student's Sketchbook”

II PRIZE, 3.000 PLN
Michał DYAKOWSKI for his work „Mam tytuł na końcu języka”

III PRIZE, 1.500 PLN
Artur LIGENZA for his work "Black Sheep”

two distinctions ,1000 PLN each

Zuza KAMIŃSKA for her work "What Not To Do”

Beata FILIPOWICZ for her work "Such a Guy”

Special Award of the Jury, 600 PLN

Greta SAMUEL for her work „Notes About Man”

Jury represented by: MICHAŁ BATORY (France) – chairman and members: NOMA BAR (United Kingdom), MICHAŁ DYAKOWSKI (Poland), CARLOS DAVID FUENTES HIERREZUELO (Cuba), KONSTANTIN KAZANCHEV (Ukraine), ELŻBIETA PIETRASZKO (Poland), MAX SKORWIDER (Poland) having seen 2.523 works by 768 authors, who come from 67 countries of the world. The Jury has decided to qualify 100 works for the post competition exhibition. The Jury has awarded the following regular prizes: