Wojciech Pietranik is a contemporary award-winning Polish artist. He worked at the Royal Australian Mint as a sculptor - designer, from 1989 until 2012, and his designs have since featured on the reverse of many Australian commemorative coins.
Pietranik was one of 18 artists and jewelry designers to be invited to submit a design for the Sydney Olympics 2000 medal, that would be awarded for. He has been a member of FIDEM (Federation Internationale de la Medaille d’Art) since 1990 and has participated in the biennial exhibitions in different parts of the world. His medals are in collections of the British Museum and the Royal Coin Cabinet in Stockholm Sweden, as well as in many collections in Australia and overseas.
Wojciech Pietranik was born in 1950, in Poland, where he graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Gdansk. He lives and works in Australia. The Royal Australian Mint celebrated Pietranik's 20 years of design and sculpture work with an exhibition in 2010.
