| 2002 | Honoris causa doctorate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland |
| Honoris causa doctorate from the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago |
| 2001 | Honoris causa doctorate from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston |
| 2000 | Cavaliere nell Ordine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana |
| Orden pour le merite fur Wissenschaften und Kunste, Berlin |
| Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree, Pratt Institute, New York |
| 1997 | Honoris causa doctorates from the Academy of Fine Arts, Lodz, Poland Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts |
| 1996 | Elected honorary member of the American Academy of Art and Letters |
| 1992 | Honoris causa doctorates from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
| 1972 | Honoris causa doctorates from the Royal College of Art, London |
| 1962/76 | Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie Lausanne,
Switzerland |
| 2005 | Lifetime Achievement Award granted by International Sculpture Center |
| 2000 | Visionaries Award granted by American Craft Museum |
| 1999 | Officier de L' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris |
| 1998 | Comandor Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta |
| 1993 | Award for Distinction in Sculpture, granted by the Sculpture Center, New York |
| 1979 | Gottfried von Herder Prize, Vienna |
| 1965 | Grand Prix of Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil |