ANDREW SZCZEPANIEC “SETTA”

 

EDUCATION 

Academy of Fine Art, Krakow, Poland, dep. of Sculpture (Master of Arts) -State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland.

 

 

SELECTED AWARDS & GRANTS

2018 – COMPETITION FOR A MONUMENT TO WOJCIECH KORFANTY in Warsaw , Poland ,The Second Prize. 

2004 - BIG APPLE FESTIVAL, NEW YORK - Award for project . Realization “Apple Spiderman “at Times Square in New York.

1993 - NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS – GRANT IN SCULPTURE.

 

 

EXHIBITIONS 

Participation in many group and individual exhibitions. Recent Exhibitions: MM Gallery, Chorzów, Poland, February 2026; CPS Gallery, New York, October 2025. Art works in collections of Museums in Poland- Katowice, Poznan, and Chorzow, Army Museum, Chopin Museum in Warsaw. Private collections in USA, Japan, Poland, Germany, Sweden, France, Israel, Canada. 

 

SELECTED SCULPTURAL PROJECTS

The Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument in Mysłowice, the Mother and Child Monument in Chorzów, the Monument to Polish Soldiers in Chorzów, and outdoor sculptures. Commemorative plaque honoring Baranowski in Chorzów. Doors to the cathedral in Gdów. Outdoor sculptures in WPKiW in Chorzów, the Forest Park in Katowice, and Legnica, Poland.

 

 

EIS Studio, ATTA Studio, Standard Transmission Studio, United Scenic Artist Studios in NY.   

 

Sculpted realistic portraits, constructed realistic human bodies, props, sets and models for projects.

 

EXAMPLES:

Professional Football Hall of Fame, Canton, OH

Nine portraits and bodies (live size) of famous sport figure:

Bellagio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas NV - Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump – portrait and body -live size

Sculpture of Tom Hanks sitting on a bench. Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa -; sculpture size - 150%.

John Travolta from the movie “Saturday Night Fever”- sculpture size - 150%. Sarah Forsett - size 150%.

Wrestlers: Bruno Sammartino, the Ultimate Warrior, - Jamestown Settlement Galleries, Jamestown,

VA - 11 naked Indian boys’ figures, live size. - Harrison Museum of Georg Washington,

Alabama - Sitting figure of young George Washington (live size); portrait and body. - Signers’ Hall – 42,

National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA – Over forty bronze sculptures of the signers of the United State Constitution (live size figures).

Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT – Over hundred native Indian figures with natural hairs and naturally painted. 

In addition I worked on similar projects for: Ronald Regan Presidential library,

Simi Valley CA – Figures Ronald Regan and President Gorbachev.