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| 1931 | Born in France to Polish parents |  Djunek Siatecki, Eleonora Opalkowa-Siatecka,
Roman Opalka | ||||||
| 1935 | Return to Poland with the family | |||||||
| 1940 | Deportation of the family to Germany | |||||||
| 1945 | Liberation of the family by the US Army and departure to France | |||||||
| 1946 | Return to Poland | |||||||
| 1946-48 | Education as a lithographer at the graphic school of Walbrzych Nowa Ruda | |||||||
| 1949 | Studies at the School of Art and Design in Lódz | |||||||
| 1950 | Meets his first wife Halszka (Alina) Piekarczyk | |||||||
| 1950-56 | Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw |  Alina Piekarczyk, Roman Opalka
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| 1957 | First trip to Paris | |||||||
| 1959-63 | Serie of monochrome paintings in white | |||||||
| 1963 | Painting on the color white | |||||||
| 1965 | Beginning of the work OPALKA 1965/1 – ∞ | |||||||
| Prize at the Exhibition of Young Polish Painters in Sopot, Poland | ||||||||
| 1968 | Broadening of his concept: first voice recording | |||||||
| Grand Prize at the First British International Print Biennial, Bradford | ||||||||
| 1969 | 10th Sao Paulo International Art Biennial, Brazil | |||||||
| Gold Medal for graphic arts at the exhibition «Gold Bunch of Grapes» in Zielona Gora, Poland | ||||||||
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| 1971 | First Prize of the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Poland |  Marie-Madeleine and Roman Oplaka's wedding
in Krakau, surrounded with their sisters | ||||||
| 1972 | First trip to the USA | |||||||
| 1976 | Meets Marie-Madeleine Gazeau | |||||||
| 1976-77 | DAAD’s scholarship in Berlin | |||||||
| 1977 | Settles in France | |||||||
| Prize at the 14th Sao Paulo International Art Biennial, Brazil | ||||||||
| 1985-90 | Visiting professor at the Summer Academy in Salzburg | |||||||
| 1991 | National Prize of Painting, Paris | |||||||
| 1993 | Kaiserring (King's Ring Prize), Goslar |  Tommaso Trini, Roman Opalka, Lorand Hegyi
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| 1996 | Special Prize of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw | |||||||
| 2009 | Awarded Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters, Paris | |||||||
| Gold Medal of the Cultural Merit « Gloria Artis », Warsaw | ||||||||
| 2011 | August 6th, died in Chieti, Italy | |||||||
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