WLODZIMIERZ KSIAZEK

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Born November 7, 1951 in Warsaw, Poland
Permanent resident of the United States since 1988


Education

1970-75

Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, MFA Painting and Art in Architecture

1969-70

Warsaw University, Biology Department


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2010

"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek and Rainer Gross", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Kouros Gallery New York, NY
"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", an installation by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek with panel discussion and lecture about the artist's work moderated by Richard Brilliant with Karen Wilkin, Linda Norden, Dominique Nahas and James McCorkle, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, New York, NY

2009

"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek- an installation", poetry by James McCorkle and Anna Frajlich in collaboration with the Grolier Poetry Bookshop,Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Roshkowska Gallery, Windham, NY

2007/08

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

2006

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2005

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", an installation by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek with panel discussion moderated by Donald Kuspit, with Robert C. Morgan, Richard Brilliant, and Saul Ostrow
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, New York, NY

2005/04

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Pool Art Fair, Art Addict, Four Points Hotel, Chelsea, curated by Robert Knafo, New York, NY

2003

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, 7th Annual Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, MA
Roshkowska Gallery, Windham, NY

2002

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Foreman Gallery, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY

2001

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
The Gallery at the Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Shillam + Smith 3 Gallery, London, England

2000

Loughborough University Art Gallery, Loughborough, England
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

1999

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

1998

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Spheris Gallery, Walpole, NH

1997

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY

1991/92

John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY

1987

Ben Shahn Center for Visual Arts, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ

1986

Henock Gallery, New York, NY

1985

Vodra Hall Gallery, Jersey City State College, Jersey City, NJ

1981

BWA Gallery, Lomza, Poland

1980

Depolma Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany

1979

Radom Museum, Radom, Poland
Express Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
BWA Gallery, Opole, Poland
BWA Gallery, Koszalin, Poland

1978

TPSP Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

1977

BWA Gallery, Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
Center of Art, Siedlce, Poland

1975

Medyk Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

1974

Sigma Gallery, Univeristy of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland


Selected Group Exhibitions

2011

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
"Accrochage", Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2010

Winter Show at Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

2009

Détournement, International Artists’ Museum Project: “Souvenir Art/Markers 7”, a collateral event of the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009, ScalaMata Gallery, Venice, Italy
Art Athina International Art Fair, Athens, Greece
Accrochage, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2008

International Art Fair - Art 2008, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2007

Art20 2007, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, 2007, Chicago, IL
International Art Fair - Art 2007, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

2006

Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, 2006, Chicago, IL
The Art Show, sponsored by the Art Dealers Association of America, New York, NY

2005

International Art Fair - Art 2005, The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA

2004

Art of the 20th Century: The International Art Fair 2004, New York, NY
“Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
“Wandering Library”, Book Art Museum, Lodz, Poland
Alpha Gallery, Boston MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2 x 2 x 2, Grimshaw Gudewicz Art Gallery, Jackson Art Center, Fall River, MA
The Art Show, sponsored by the Art Dealers Association of America, New York, NY

2003

“Banners III”, Projectives-Artists Museum, Lubbock, TX
“Wandering Library”, Project of the International Artists’ Museum in 50th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
“Wandering Library”, Project travels to: City of Meinz, Germany, Umbria, Italy, United Nations Center, New York, Alexandria, Egypt, Jerusalem, Israel
International Art Fair, “Art of the 20th Century”, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
International Art Fair, Athens, Greece
Art Chicaco, 2003, Chicago, IL
San Francisco International Art Exhibition, San Francisco, CA

2002

International Art Fair, “Art of the 20th Century”, New York, NY
“Margins of Abstraction: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Sean Scully, Joan Witek, Juan Uslé”, curated by Robert Knafo, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brattleboro Art Museum, “The American River”, curated by Carl Belz, Brattleboro, VT
T.W. Wood Museum, Montpelier, VT
Florence Griswold Museum, Lyme, CT
Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH
“The Art Show", Art Dealers Assoc. of America, 7th Regiment Armory, New York, NY
The Armory, Works on Paper, New York, NY
“The Abstract Mind”, New England College, Hanniker, NH
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago 2001, Chicago, IL
7th Regiment Armory, Art Dealers Association of America, New York, NY

2000

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
“Painting Abstraction”, curated by Cindy Schwab, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Art Chicago 2000, Chicago, IL
“You Can’t Go Home Again: The Art of Exile, Kabakov, Ksiazek, Le, Softic, Tiscornia”, curated by Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
7th Regiment Armory, Art Dealers Association of America, New York, NY

1999

“The Ninth Triennial”, curated by Carl Belz,Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA
Alpha Gallery, Boston MA
“You Can’t Go Home Again: The Art of Exile, Kabakov, Ksiazek, Le, Softic, Tiscornia”, curated by Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
The Armory, Works on Paper, New York, NY
International Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL
Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

1998

“Libertè 98”, traveling European exhibition sponsored by the United Nations
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY
The Armory, New York, NY, works on paper
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, works on paper

1997

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY

1995

“Co-Existence”, Construction in Process V, Mizpe Ramon, Israel

1993

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, NY
“My Home is Your Home”, Construction in Process IV, Lodz, Poland
Stark Gallery, New York, NY

1992

“Slow Art, Painting in New York Now”, P.S. 1 Museum, The Institute for Contemporary Art, curated by Allana Heiss, Long Island City, NY

1991

Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

1987

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
George Cesicle Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1986

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

1985

Soho Center for Visual Arts, New York, NY

1983

Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
East Wing Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Galeria Principal, La Romana, DR

1982

International Artist Society , Okinawa - Yamakataya, Japan
Arthur Charles Gallery, Washington, DC
Abraham Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, New York, NY

1982/81

Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art, Tokyo
Prefectural Cultural Hall, Fukuoka, Japan
Prefectural Cultural Hall, Nara, Japan

1981/80

Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Monte Carlo Museum, Monte Carlo, Monaco
BWA Gallery, Sopot, Poland
Radom Museum, Radom, Poland

1980

Bremen Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany
Cologne Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany

1979

Depolma Gallery, Dusseldrf, Germany
Lubeca Kunsthalle, Lubeca, Germany
Warexpo Exhibition Hall, Warsaw, Poland

1978

ZPAP Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Warexpo Exhibition Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Radom Museum, Radom, Poland
BWA Gallery, Radom, Poland

1977

Radom Museum, Radom, Poland

1976

Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
Gallery MDM, Warsaw, Poland
Stara Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
BWA Gallery, Rzeszow, Poland


Monographic Publications

2011

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Texts by Eleanor Heartney, Suzanne Stroebe, Introduction by James Montford, Published by Kouros Gallery, New York, NY and Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
(ISBN 978-0-615-44938-8)

2010

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Possibility of Understanding, Essays by Richard Brilliant, Linda Norden, Dominique Nahas, James McCorkle, Published by Blurb

2003

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Essays by Karen Wilkin and Joe Fyfe
Published by Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

2002

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Essay by David Pagel, Introduction by Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Preface by Jason Andrew, Published by Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Paintings 1990-2001, Texts by Richard Brilliant and Robert C. Morgan, introduction by Bruce Herman, The Gallery at the Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, and Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
Published by Gordon College, Wenham, MA
(ISBN 0-9707487-2-8; Library of Congress # 2002449207)

2000

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Think of It, Texts by Dominique Nahas, Saul Ostrow, and Mark Harris
Published by Loughborough University, England
(Library of Congress # 2002449210)

1999

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Hostage, Texts by David Moos and James McCorkle
Published by Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
(Library of Congress # 2002449209)

1998

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Paintings, Jaffe-Friede Strauss Galleries, Hopkinson Center, Text by Donald Kuspit, Published by Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
(Library of Congress # 2002449208)

1997

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: A Vigil of Time, Essay by James McCorkle, Published by Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York, NY


Selected Articles, Essays, Interviews, Reviews

2011

Eleanor Heartney, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Paintings", Kouros Gallery, New York, NY and Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island Collage, Providence, RI, catalogue essays
Suzanne Stroebe, "Terrible Beauty: The Paintings of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Kouros Gallery, New York, NY and Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island Collage, Providence, RI, catalogue essays
Greg Cook, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at The Bannister Gallery", The Providence Phoenix, Providence, RI, review
Cathleen Williams, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at the Bannister Gallery", The Anchor, Providence, RI, review
David Craven, Brian Wenkenweder, "Dialectical conversions: Donald Kuspit's Art Criticism", Liverpool University Press, book
The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", editorial essay

2010

James McCorkle, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Kouros Gallery New York, NY, brochure essay
Richard Brilliant, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Possibility of Understanding", published by Blurb, book
Dominique Nahas, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Possibility of Understanding", published by Blurb, book
Lindaa Nordon, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Possibility of Understanding", published by Blurb, book
James McCorkle, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek. Possibility of Understanding", published by Blurb, book
Richard Brilliant, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at The Polish Consulate of the Republic of Poland", The Polish Consulate of the Republic of Poland, New York, NY, brochure essay
Kate McQuaid, "Surface Tension", Boston Globe, review

2009

Elisabeth Sarah Gluckstein, “Appointments with Memory”, Doron Polak and Esti Drori
“Creating an Artistic Documentation of Memory”, Culture Kiosk / Souvenir Art / Markers 7, Venice Biennale 2009, book
Karen Wilkin, “At the Galleries: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek”, The Hudson Review, review
Robert Knafo, “Archeological Abstractions: An Interview with Wlodzimierz Ksiazek”, NewArt TV, video
Olga Zapisek, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery”, Chic Today, feature article
Jonathan Goodman, “Surface and Depth: the Recent Painting of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek”, brochure essay
Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, “Possibilities of Understanding”, NY Arts Magazine, article
Linda Chestney, “Home is Where the Art is”, New Hampshire Home, feature article

2008

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, “Possibilities of Understanding”, NY Arts Magazine, article

 

"TISH: EARTH", Symposium, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY, project book published for Venice Biennale, 2009

 

A.C. Frabetti, "Layered Mimesis: Seeing the Artwork of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", ArtsEditor, feature article

 

"Once or a Thousand Times", panel discussion with Wendy Gittler, moderator, Cora Cohen, John Hartman, Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Kyle Staver, The Art Students League, New York, NY

 

Czeslaw Chaplinski and Benedykt Jerzy Dorys, Polish Artists of the Last Century, publication of the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

2007

James McCorkle, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Between a Shattered World”, brochure essay

 

Matthew Baigell, Jewish Art in America

2006

John K. Grande, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Current Paintings”, brochure essay

 

Donald Kuspit, A Critical History of Twentieth Century Art

 

William Corbett, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Alpha Gallery”, ArtsMedia, review

2005

Cate McQuaid, “Wall to Wall: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Alpha Gallery”, Boston Globe, review

 

Meredith Goldstein, “Quick Picks", Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Alpha Gallery, Boston Globe

 

Robert Knafo, “Marked Ground: New Work by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek”, SV-Studio Visit, online magazine, feature article

 

Donald Kuspit, “Sustaining Abstraction”, ArtNet magazine, feature article

 

Ferdynand Rusczczyc, Marek Kwiatkowski, Jerzy Huczkowski, Boguslaw Winid, Czeslaw Czaplinski, Polish Art Collections in America, published by Fundacja Dobrej Ksiazki

 

Robert C. Morgan, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery”, ArtNews, review

 

Robert Knafo, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Body and Soul”, brochure essay

 

Donald Kuspit, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek’s Abstract Paintings”, brochure essay

 

Czeslaw Czaplinski, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek in New York City”, Gazeta Antykwaryczna

 

Czeslaw Karkowski, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery”, Polish Cultural Weekly

2004

Christopher Chambers, “December Picks”, NY Arts Magazine, review

 

Deborah Garwood, “Saturnian Beauty: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Paintings of 2003-2004”, brochure essay

 

Robert Knafo, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek”, KMAP on-line magazine, article

 

Bill Corbett, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Alpha Gallery”, Art New England, review

 

Robert Knafo, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek”,  Art Addict, New York, NY, catalogue essay

2003

Karen Wilkin, “Not What it Seems: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's Recent Work”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, catalogue essay

Joe Fyfe, “The Body in Turmoil: Thoughts on Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's Paintings”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, catalogue essay

Joanne Silver, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: New Paintings", The Edge Picks: Best of the Weekend, Boston Herald, Boston, MA

Pamela Grenside, “The Wandering Library”, 50th Venice Biennale 2003, review, trACE on-line magazine

Randy Adams, “The Wandering Library”, 50th Venice Biennale, 2003, review, trACE on-line magazine

Danielle Knafo, Living with Terror, Working with Trauma: A Clinician’s handbook, Northvale, NJ, Jason Aronson, In Press, Art reproduction

Joanne Silver, “Viewer interaction brings exhibit to life”, Boston Herald, Boston, MA

James McCorkle, “Wlodzimierz Ksiazek”, Roshkowska Gallery, Windham, NY, brochure essay

Wandering Library; Temporary Edition: Markers IV: An ‘Artist Books’ Event to Mark
The Venice Biennale 2003
, (Published by The International Artists’ Museum, 2003) Essays by Paolo Cacciary, Judith A. Hoffberg, Robert C. Morgan, Doron Polak, Rebecca Rass, Giancarlo Vianello

Dominique Nahas, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery", New York, NY, Art in America

Robert C. Morgan, "Wlodzimerz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery", New York, NY and Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Art Press Magazine

2002

Christopher Chambers, "December Picks: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery", NY Arts Magazine

Susan Hagen, "Clean Slate - Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: New Paintings", Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia City Paper

Edward J. Sozanski, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Philadelphia Art Alliance", Philadelphia, PA The Philidelphia Inquirer

Deidre Stein Greben, "Margins of Abstraction", Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, Art News

Marisa Mariscotti, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Cartography in abstract manipulations", Digital City: Philadelphia Arts and Culture

Czeslaw Karkowski, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery", New York, NY, Polish Cultural Weekly

James McCorkle, "Painting as Its Own Being: The New Work of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Artnet Magazine

David Pagel, "Mapping the Aftermath: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's Embodied Cartography", Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, catalogue essay

Amy Ingrid Schlegel, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's Resistant, Resilient Paintings", Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, catalogue introduction

Jason Andrew, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, catalogue preface

Dominique Nahas "Ksiazek's Archeology", d'Art International

Robert Knafo, "Margins of Abstraction: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Sean Scully, Joan Witek, and Juan Uslé", Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, brochure essay

Czeslaw Karkowski, "Margins of Abstraction: Kouros Gallery", New York, NY, Polish Cultural Weekly

Robert F. Smith, "Acelebration of riverways: Brattleboro Museum", Rutland Herald

Robert R. Craven, "The Abstract Mind", Art New England

Carl Belz, "The American River", traveling museum exhibition catalogue essay, Brattleboro Museum Brattleboro, VT, T.W. Wood Museum, Montpelier, VT, Florence

Griswold Museum, Lyme, CT, Currier Gallery, Manchester, NH

"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Forman Gallery, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College", The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY

"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Current Paintings", at Forman Gallery, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, The Tower Times, Oneonta, NY

Carl Belz, "A Note on Abstraction and Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Foreman Gallery

Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, NY, brochure essay

2001

Cate McQuaid "The Best of 2001: Complex Ideas Were Highlights of Exhibits", Boston Sunday Globe

Cate McQuaid "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Alpha Gallery", Boston Globe

Christopher Todd Lynch, "Signs of Humanity: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Alpha Gallery", Arts Editor

Christopher Mills, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Boston Phoenix

Richard Brilliant, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's Paintings: Fictive Walls, Veiled by Memory" Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Paintings 1990-2001, The Gallery at the Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, and Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, catalogue

Robert C. Morgan, "Ksiazek's Enigma", Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Paintings 1990-2001, The Gallery at the Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, and Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, catalogue

Bruce Herman, "Introduction", Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Paintings 1990-2001, The Gallery at the Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, and Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, catalogue

Michael Cochran, "Passionate Abstraction: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek" at the Gallery at the Barrington Center for the Arts, Wenham, MA and Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA, ArtsMedia Magazine

Karen Wilkin, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Kouros Gallery", Partisian Review

Saul Ostrow, "Paintings by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", NY Arts Magazine

James McCorkle, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Revelation's Necessity", Kouros Gallery, brochure essay

2000

Dominique Nahas, "Affirmation as Void: The Paintings of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Think of It, Loughborough University Art Gallery, Loughborough, England, catalogue

Saul Ostrow, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Painting Substance", Think of It, Loughborough University Art Gallery, Loughborough, England, catalogue

Mark Harris, "Interview with the Artist", Think of It, Loughborough University Art Gallery, Loughborough, England, catalogue

Donald Kuspit, The Rebirth of Painting in the Late 20th Century, Cambridge University Press

Cate McQuaid, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek - New Paintings at Alpha Gallery", Boston Globe

Robert C. Morgan, "Painting Abstraction", Review Magazine

Roberta Fallon, "Somewhere to Run, Kabakov, Ksiazek, Le, Softic, Sosa, Tiscornia"

Philadelphia Weekly

Amy Ingrid Schlegel, "You Can't Go Home Again: The Art of Exile", Philadelphia Art Alliancecatalogue essay

Robert C. Morgan, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: The Ineffable Painting", Alpha Gallery, brochure essay

James McCorkle, "Exile and Hostage: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's Paintings", NY Arts Magazine

Amy Ingrid Schlegel, "The Art of Exile: Kabakov, Ksaizek, Le, Softic, Tiscornia"
NY Arts Magazine

1999

Lisa D Connell, "Art of Exile - Past and Present", The Keene Sentinel

David Moos, "Forward", Hostage, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, catalogue

James McCorkle, "The Division of Time in a Cascade of Light", Hostage, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, catalogue

Carl Belz, "The 9th Triennial", Fuller Art Museum, Brockton, MA, catalogue

Robert Smith, "Art in Exile, You Can't Go Home Again", Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT, Art New England

Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT, catalogue
Rick McKowan, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Alpha Gallery", Art New England

Robert Smith, "Visions from Distant Lands on View in Art of Exile", Rutland Herald

1998

Cate McQuaid, "The Artist as Alchemist, Philosopher", Boston Globe

Gail Kelley, "In Life, Art, Ksiazek Doesn't Fear Risks", Boston Sunday Globe

Declaration Universelle des Droits de l'Homme, Libertè 98, published by the United Nationsbook

William Craig, "Ksiazek's Paintings", Valley News

Richard Vine, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Marisa del Re Gallery", Art in America

Robert Smith, "A Man, His Country, His Art", Rutland Herald

Donald Kuspit, "Mourning and Memory: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek's Abstract Paintings" Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, catalogue
Czeslaw Milosz, "Bypassing Rue Descartes", Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, catalogue essay, poem

1997

Marek Bartelik "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Marisa del Re Gallery", Artforum

Kevin Forrest, "Hartland Artist in New York City", Vermont Standard

Robert C. Morgan, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Marisa del Re Gallery", Review Magazine

Zbigniew Basara, 200 cm x 233 cm, profile, Polish Daily News

Michael Rush, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Marisa del Re Gallery", Review Magazine

Czeslaw Karkowski, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Marisa Del Re Gallery", Polish Cultural Weekly

James McCorkle, "A Vigil of Time: The Painting of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Marisa Del Re Gallery, New York, NY, chapbook

Charlotte Davenport, "Poets and Artists", The Vermont Standard

1996

Czeslaw Czaplinski, Portraits: Polish Artists in America, 19980-1995, Rosikon Press, Warsaw, Poland

The Artists' Museum, International Provisional Artist Community, Lodz, Poland, book

1995

Phillis Levin, Afterimage, Copper Beech Press, book cover

Doron Pollak, "Co-Existence: Construction in Process V", Mizpe Ramon, Israel, catalogue

1993

Phillis Levin and Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Promise, Dim Grey Bar Press, New York, NY, broadside

1992

Craig Fisher, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at John Gibson Gallery", Tema Celeste

Jean Serban, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at John Gibson Gallery", Sunstorm

Allana Heiss, "Slow Art," The Institute for Contemporary Art, PS-I Museum, Long Island City, NY, brochure

1991

Marek Bartelik, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at John Gibson Gallery", Polish Cultural Weekly

Elzbieta Dzikowska and Wiestawa Wierzchowska, Jestesmy, Zacheta Gallery Press, book

1987

Maryla Sitkowska and Grzegorz Dziamski, Sztuka Mlodych 1975-1980, book

David Penne, "No Invitation Necessary", George Ciscle Gallery, City Paper, Baltimore, MD

1986

Jean Zeaman, "Art Talk: Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at the Ben Shahn Center for the Arts", The Record

Nancy Ramsey, "A Polish Artist Encounters America", Bookforum

Catherine Weber, "Three New Shows at Ben Shahn Center for the Arts", The Beacon

David Shapiro, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Paintings", brochure essay

1985

Czeslaw Czaplinski, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Polish Cultural Weekly, profile

Jocelyn Dietsch, "Six Artists and Galleria Principal", El National de Ahora, Santo Domingo, review

Christopher White, "The Art of the 70's & 80's", The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary
Art
, brochure

1984

Phillis Levin, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Soho Center for Visual Arts and the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, brochure essay

1983

Robert Duun, East Wing Gallery, Columbia University New York, NY, brochure essay

1980

Wernisaz 7 , Channel 2, Polish TV

1979

Ewa Szemplinska, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Nowy Wyraz, literary monthly, feature article

Ewelina Pierzynska, Catalog Introduction, Radom Museum, Radom, Poland

Pauline Lemke, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Depolma Gallery", Voice, Dusseldorf, Germany

Zbigniew Florczak, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, Artistic Profile", Express Wieczorny, Warsaw Poland

Malgorzata Wozniak, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Express Gallery", Kurier Polski, Warsaw, Poland

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at Depolma Gallery, Dusseldorf, West Germany's TV

1978

Zbigniew Florczak, "Conversation with Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Express Wieczorny, Warsaw, Poland

Krzysztof Wachowiak, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Paintings", BWA Gallary, Opole, Poland, catalogue essay

Wojciech Krauze, "Wlodzimierz Ksiazek at ZPAP Gallery", Zycie Warzawy, Warsaw Poland


Artbooks

2009

“To Be Here, Again” by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek In collaboration with James McCorkle, created for the “International Artists’ Museum” as part of the project: “Détournement, Venice 2009” as a collateral event of the 53rd Biennial of Arts, Venice

2008

"The Black Book" by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, unique edition

2003

“In Winter, Writing on the State of the Child, and” by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, in collaboration with James McCorkle for “Wandering Library”- project for Venice Biennale, 2003, Silkscreen printing by RISD Print Editions, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI


Films

2010

"Possibilities of Understanding the Art of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Documentary film produced by Richard Gonci, Cameras: Christian de Rezendes, Andrew Lawton, Robert Knafo, Sage Freddura, Editor: Adam Payne, Audio Engineer: Dylan Schwartz, Music: Mitch Kess, Consultant: Bill Newkirk

2009

"Wlodzimierz Ksiazek: Archeological Abstractions", Documentary film about the artist's work by Robert Knafo, NewArtTV, 2009

2003

"In Winter, Writing on the State of the Child, and", a film by Wlodzimierz Ksiazek
Excerpts from poem, "In Winter, Writing on the State of the Child, and", by James McCorkle, and excerpts from 1990 United Nations Declaration on Rights of the Child


Film Screenings

2011

"Possibility of Understanding the Art of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
"Possibility of Understanding. The Art of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2010

"Possibility of Understanding the Art of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek", Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
"In Winter, Writing on the State of the Child, and", curated by PeterMcLean, North Hall Huntington, MA

2008

"In Winter, Writing on the State of the Child, and", Long Island University, Long Island, NY

2003

"In Winter, Writing on the State of the Child, and", "Wandering Library" Project of the International Artist's Museum in Venice, 50th Venice Biennale 2003, Venice, Italy


Artist in Residence

2000

Loughborough University, Loughborough, England

1998

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH


Faculty, Visiting Lecturer, Visiting Artist

2011

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2009

Community College of Rhode Island, Providence, RI

2009

Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2008

“The Case of Trauma as Creative Force”, lecture, Long Island University, NY
Symposium organized by ArtsEditor, with Richard Brilliant, James McCorkle, Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, and S. Edward Burns, Pawtucket, RI
“Tish:Earth”, the Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
“Once or a Thousand Times”, panel discussion, The Art Students League, New York, NY

2007

Massachusetts College of Art at the Fine Arts Work Center, Mentor, Boston, MA

2006

School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2005

School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2004

School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

2002

Hartford Art School, Graduate Program at Hartford University, West Hartford, CT
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

2001

Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Aldelphi University, Long Island, NY

2000

Loughborough University, Loughborough, England
Worchester College, Worchester, MA
Community College of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

1999

Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
Community College of Rhode Island, Providence, RI

1998

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

1995

Art Institute, Oranin, Israel

1987

Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD

1986

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1985

Parson’s School of Design at Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL


Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

1995

Galilee Intaglio Press, Israel

1994

Galilee Intaglio Press, Israel

1991

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation

1987

Artist’s Space, New York, NY

1986

Djeriassi Foundation, Woodside, CA

1994

Galilee Intaglio Press, Israel

1985

Montalvo Center for the Arts, Temecula, CA
Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic

1984

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar College, VA
Millay Colony for the Arts, MA
Ragdale Foundation, IL
Dorland Mountain Colony for the Arts, CA

1983

Yaddo Grant, NY

1979

Radom Museum Annual Award, Radom, Poland

1978-79

Ministry of Culture, Poland (one year grant)

1977-78

Ministry of Culture, Poland (one year grant)

1976

MDM Gallery, Annual Exhibition

1975

Kordegarde GalleryAnnual Exhibition, Warsaw, Poland
Ministry of Culture, Poland (Excellence Grant)


Selected Public Collections

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Loughborough University, Loughborough, England
Urban Eye, London, England
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Tufts University, Medford, MA
Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar College, VA
Shiba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
Gulf & Western
Hobart and William Smith College, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, RI
New York Public Library, NY
Library of Congress, Washington, DC

   



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