GALLERY

Guest Artist - Gosia Wlodarczak-S

"A Kiss"

Personal Data

Gosia Wlodarczak-S
130A Glendower St.
Perth WA 6000
ph/ fax (08)9328 5626

Born 06. 11. 1959 in Banie, Poland.
1990 -1994 travelled across Asia, Australia & Europe
September 1996 settled in Perth, WA.

Academic Qualifications

• 1979 - 1984 Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland.
  Faculty: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture and Graphic Design.

• 1984 Degree: Master of Arts with Distinction in
  Printmaking.

Work Experience

1985 - 1989 Freelance Exhibition Designer for International Trade Fairs, Poznan, Poland.
1987 - present Book Designer and Illustrator for Polish Publishers.
1995 - 1997 Art Director of “SARO” Publishing House.
1998 - present Exhibition Curatorial and Art consultancy
1999 - present Desktop Publishing - Editor and Designer for Printmakers Association of WA Newsletter

"Interior - B&W"

Selected Group Exhibitions

1986, 87- Alexander Rak Exhibition of Polish Printmaking, Katowice
1987 6th National Exhibition for Young Polish Printmakers, Poznan.
- 6th Polish Printmaking Awards- Jozef Gielniak
Memorial, Jelenia Gora State Gallery.
1989 Polish Visual Arts Fair, Poznan.
- Exhibition of Painting and Drawing, State Gallery of Rybnik, Poland.
- Exhibition of Painting and Drawing, State Gallery of Gniezno, Poland.
1997 The Thirteen Annual Experimental Print Award, Perth.
- The Seventh Annual Printmaking Competition, Perth.
- “Symbolic Language of Still - life” ARM Gallery, Poznan, Poland.
1998 Prints WA 1998, The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
- “Western Edge”, Western Australian Prints to Vancouver, Canada.
1999 “Language” group of four exhibition, The Moores Building, Fremantle.
- Shell Fremantle Print Award ‘99, Fremantle Arts Centre.
- The Broken Hill City Art Gallery “Outback” Art Prize 1999, NSW.
- Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool, Victoria.
- “The Print Calendar 2000”, exhibition of prints for calendars, The New Collectables & Kidogo, Fremantle.
2000 - 6 x 6 Printmaking Exhibition (group of six), Impressions Gallery, Perth, WA.

International Exhibitions

- Exhibition of Book Illustration & Design, Prague, Czech Republic (1986)
- International Triennial of Drawing, Kalisz, Poland (1986/87)
- International Quadrennial of Woodcut and Linocut, Olsztyn, Poland (1987).
- 4th International Triennale of Drawing, Wroclaw, Poland (1988)
- International Art Exhibition, Polish Mother’s Hospital, Lodz, (1988)
- International Book Fair, Jerusalem, Israel (1996)

"Rothko"

Solo Exhibitions

1984 Exhibition in Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland.
1989 Printmaking and Drawing Exhibition, Poznan, Poland.
1998 “Permanent Residency”, prints exhibition in Poznan.
- “Taking a Stand” printmaking, painting, The Moores Building, Fremantle.
- Art show for Polish - Australian Cultural Society with Poetry and Music, Murdoch University, WA.
- Exhibition in Polish Cultural Club “General Sikorski”, Perth.
1999 “The Surfaces of Time”, drawing exhibition at Impressions Gallery, PMAWA, Perth.

Prizes and Grants

1988 Young Polish Printmakers Award, Katowice, Poland.
- President of city of Poznan One Year Scholarship
1997 Award for Work on Paper, City of Melville Art Awards, WA.
1998 Joy Johnson Memorial Award for Linocut, Prints WA 1998, The Moores Building, Fremantle, WA.
1999 Pen/Pencil Category, Albany Art Prize 1999, WA.
- Drawing Category, City of Kalgoorie-Boulder Art Awards 1999, WA.
- WA Centenary of Women’s Suffrage Grant 1999/2000 for illustrations to “Out of the Sitting-Room”
- Highly Commanded, Illawara Print Award, Wollongong, NSW.
- Miniature Category, The Katanning Art Prize 1999, WA.
- Highly Commanded, CPM 8th Print Acquisition Awards, Bray Park, NSW.
- Encouragement Award, PMH’s 90th Birthday Inaugural Art Award, Perth.
- Award Work on Paper, City of Melville Art Awards 1999, WA.
2000 Award for Work on Paper, Minnawara Arts Festival, Armadale, WA.

"The Draughts"

Bibliography

1989 “Nurt” Cultural Monthly Magazine/1989/1, pp. 31-32: “Malgorzata Wlodarczak in PSP Gallery” by J. Dabkowska-Zydron.
1996 Radio coverage about graphic design of a series of books “Journeys of Imagination” (SARO Publishing House), Poland.
1997 “Cztery Katy”, Polish Interior Design Monthly Magazine: Illustrated text: “Flat For Two”.
1998 Daily Newspaper “Dziennik Poznanski”: review of the exhibition “Permanent Residency” by Renata Kos.
- Interviews for TV Cultural News in Poznan, January 1998, about the show “Permanent Residency”.
- Interview For Polish Radio “Kurier”, Perth 6EBA-FM, 1pm 16 April with A. Basinski.
- Interview for Printmakers of WA Newsletter, No.3, 1997/98, pp.10-11, with Barbara Kletnieks
1999 - “Imprint",Vol.34, No.2, p 24, The Quarterly Journal of The Print Council of Australia Inc. review of LANGUAGE exhibition by Jeannette Lewis.
- Review “City of Melville Award for Work on Paper” by Jan Altmann, “Printmakers WA” No.2/4, p 12.
- “The Art Calendar 2000”, review by Jan Altmann, “Printmakers WA”, No.2/4, pp. 14-15.
2000 Educational 1 hour program about Book Illustration for TAFE Television and Channel 31 (March 2000).
- Andrew’s Basinski guest for an interview for Polish Radio ”Kurier”, 6EBA-FM, 1.30 pm 6 April 2000.
- “6 X 6”, review by Judith McGrath, Web site: www.artseen.vbw.com.au , 5 April 2000

Collections

State Gallery in Rybnik, Poland; The Polish Mother’s Hospital Collection in Lodz;
Art Bank, Commonwealth Collection, Sydney;
Technology Park Collection, Belmont, WA; Shire Of Katanning Collection;
Hawaiian Investment Pty. Ltd; City of Armadale Collection.

Affiliations

Printmakers Association of Western Australia,
Artists Foundation of Western Australia.

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