PETER GRÍSA
Peter Grísa was born in 1962 in Ružomberok, Czechoslovakia (now Slovak Republic). In 1977 – 1981 he studied at the School of Applied Arts (today the School of Arts and Crafts of J. Vydra) in Bratislava, at the Department of Graphic Design under Prof. Gabriel Štrba, st. and Prof. Jozef Dusík.
In 1984 – 1990 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava at the Department of Free Printmaking and Book Illustration under Prof. Igor Rumanský and Assoc. Prof. Ján Lebiš. In 1988 he completed a study stay in Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Perugia, at the Department of Printmaking and Nude Drawing.
He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Slovakia (Dolný Kubín, Trenčín, Levoča, Martin, Bratislava), Belgium, Finland, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, the USA, Italy and Poland.
He lives in Trenčín and is engaged in book design, free computer graphics, illustration and drawing.
Awards and honourable mentions:
1988 “Honourable Mention” for illustrations in collective of illustrators –
in a competition The Most Beautiful Books of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
1989 “Medaille ď Argent” for drawing – at the international salon in Casino Koksijde, Brussels, Belgium
1989 “Award of Belgian Princes Foundation” for drawing – at the international salon in Casino Koksijde, Brussels, Belgium
1993 “The Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic Award for Publishing Attendance” – in the competition The Most Beautiful Slovak Books
1994 “Certificate for Design and Illustrations” of an anthology Not Waiting
for Miracles
1996 “International Children´s House Bibiana Award” – for the most beautiful children´s book of summer 1996
1996 “General Credit Bank Award” for the best children´s book 1996
1996 “The Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic Award for the Publication
of Little Circulation” – in the competition The Most Beautiful Slovak Books
1997 “The Ministry of the Slovak Republic Award for Publishing Attendance” –
in the competition The Most Beautiful Slovak Books
1998 “Certificate for the Book Design” – in the competition The Most Beautiful Slovak Books
1998 “Honour Roll of IBBA”- in the competition The Most Beautiful and the Best Books of the World, New Delhi, India
2009 “The Most Beautiful Children´s Book of Winter 2008”- for graphic layout
of the work by Ján Milčák Fantastic Choo-Choo Train (Rozprávkový vláčik)
2010 “National Award of the Czech Republic for Design”– in the competition PACKAGING
2010 in category Consumer Packaging (in cooperation at the project www.radmilla.sk)
2010 “National Award of the Czech Republic for Design”- in the competition PACKAGING
2010 in category Consumer Packaging – Gift Item (in cooperation
at the project www.radmilla.sk)
2010 “Worldstar Award for PACKAGING 2010” Istanbul, Turkey – world packaging design award for the implemented graphic design of confectionery packaging impress (in cooperation at the project www.radmilla.sk)
