J E R R Y  W.  M I C H  

(Jerzy W. Michalski)

 

1949 born in Poland (Jerzy Michalski)

1977 graduates at the faculty of Painting, Graphic Arts and Sculpture area of Painting and Graphic Arts (Dist.)

1977 Masters in Fine Arts- Painting; teaches drawing at the Academy

1985 PhD Fine Arts Painting; Head of the Drawing Studio at the Academy

1992 Permanent entry to Australia. Distinguished Talent Program; Works in painting, drawing, graphic art & renovation of Baroque Sacred Art; Lives & works in Tasmania

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lexicon of Polish Artists -Polish Academy of Science 1978-94; Fine Arts in Poznan -Publishing House 1987; Polish Revolutionary Art Movement 1980th -University of Washington 1987; Hemsbacher August 1991; P.W.S.S.P. Academy of Fine Arts Publication 1989; The Mercury-Davies Bros.Limited March Nov.94/ Dec.95/ Feb.96/ Dec.97/ Aug.98/ Sep.2000; Southern Star Independent Hobart March 1993; Arts Antiques Auctions- Bruxelles Dec. 1993; IdeArt News Paris Jan. 1994; The Bulletin News Weekly Brussels Dec. 1993; ArtLink Australian Contemporary Art Quarterly VOL.14, no.l, 1994; Network Bulletin issue no.5, Nov. 1994; Art & Business Jan. 94; Star Hobart Nov.1994; The Canberra Times Feb. & June 95/ July 97/ July 01; Who’s Who of Australian Visual Artists- Thorpe Second Edition; Craft Arts International, issue 38, OCT.96; "RAIN CITY" von Schroeder Fine Arts Publishing (97); The Courier-Mail Aug. 97; National Gallery of Victoria Exhibition Program 97/98; Australian Art Collector issues 3-20; "Culture and Art" Polish-TV 98; ACAF-6 Catalogue; Melbourne Art Fair 2000 Catalogue; "Residence", "HEAT" von Schroeder Fine Arts Publishing; Art & Australia vol.37 no.2; Art Gallery Guide issues 1 & 2; The Dictionary of Biography -Polonia, PWN Poland

 

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

1977-    scholarship-Polish Council for the Arts

1978-    award ”Attitudes” Krakow Prize Exhibition (painting)

1979-    award -Wroniecki Prize Exhibition (print)

1979-    award -Wroniecki Prize Exhibition (drawing)

1980-    fellowship Polish Council for the Arts

1980-    award -Spychalski Prize Exhibition (painting)

1985-    fellowship -Polish Council for the Arts

1986-    medal -Polish Contemporary Painting Festival

1994-    highly commended -Trust Bank Tasmania Art Award

1996-    highly commended -Circular Head Arts Festival

 

COLLECTIONS

Parliament House Collection Canberra; The Tamar Collection Launceston; University of Washington USA; Ditter Collection Germany; Academy of Fine Arts Poznan; Department for Education and the Arts Warsaw; National Museum & Art Gallery Gdansk; Silesia Museum and Art Gallery Katowice; Museum and Art Gallery Koszalin; Museum and Art Gallery Radom; National Museum & Art Gallery Plovdiv; City Art Gallery Poznan; City Art Gallery Leszno; City Art Gallery Konin; City Art Gallery Bielsko Biala

 

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

USA, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Suitland, Austria, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, China, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan

 

RENOVATIONS

1983-    interiors of the Baroque church – Horyniec

1985-    presbytery of the Baroque church – Gieraltow

1986-    sculptures in the Baroque church – Boleslawow 

1987-    frescos reconstruction Baroque church – Boleslawow

 

PRINCIPAL INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2001     “Journey” Chapman Gallery Canberra

2000     “Heat” SOHO Galleries Sydney; “Shine” Despard Gallery

1999     “Blue Street” Chapman Gallery Canberra; “Maze” Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts Brisbane

1998     “The City” Despard Gallery Hobart

1997      ”Places” Michel Sourgnes Fine Arts Brisbane; ”Places” Chapman Gallery Canberra

1996     “Dreamer” Gallery Two Launceston

1995     “The Web of the Magic” Solander Gallery Canberra; “Nostalgia” Chapman Gallery Canberra

1994     Galerie les Ateliers Paris France; “The Web of the Magic” Swing Bridge Art Gallery Tas.

1993     Galerie d'Art KaYa Bruxelles Belgium; Salon des Arts Gallery Melbourne; “Private Movie” Swing Bridge Art Gallery Tas.

1992     "Quarter to Four" Swing Bridge Art Gallery Tasmania

1991     Hemsbacher Kulturherbst Hemsbach Germany; Galerie d’Art KaYa Bruxelles Belgium; Galerie les Ateliers Paris France; BWA Gallery Poznan Poland & BWA Gallery Konin

1989      Wattletree Gallery Melbourne

1987      BWA Gallery Poznan Poland

1981      BWA Gallery Leszno Poland

1980      Nova Gallery Poznan Poland

1978      Museum of Gorzow Poland       

 

PRINCIPAL GROUP EXHIBITION

2001     Wagner Art Gallery Sydney, Maria Perides Gallery Brisbane, The Tattersall’s Club Art Prize Brisbane,

2000     “We are Australians - touring exhibition: Volvo Gallery Sydney, Adelaide Festival Center; Canberra Museum & Art Gallery; Hamilton Art Gallery; Tasmanian Museum & Art Galler New England Museum & Art Gallery, Armidale, NSW; Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Vic.; The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Center:

The Tattersall’s Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane;

Melbourne Art Fair 2000 with von Schroeder Fine Arts

Hobart Summer Festival von Schroeder Fine Arts

1999     Christmas Exhibition Despard Gallery Hobart

1998     ACAF 6 Melbourne von Schroeder Fine Arts

1997     National Contemporary Art Award, 28th Alice Prize Christmas Exhibition Despard Gallery Hobart; National Gallery of Victoria 7th Festival of Polish Visual Arts

1996     “Homage to Masaccio” University of Tasmania; Daniel -Chodowiecki-Press, Berlin, Germany; ACAF-5 Melbourne; 4th Official Tasmania Day Art Exhibition,

1995     "Brief Moments" Swing Bridge Art Gallery

1994     Galerie d’Art KaYa Bruxelles Belgium; Swing Bridge Art Gallery Tasmania; Chapman Gallery Canberra; Gallery Two Launceston; Galerie d’Art Hotel California Paris France

1993     "Interiors" Dick Bett Gallery Hobart; Gallery Two Launceston; Burnie Art Gallery Burnie; Gallery 101 Melbourne; Gallery Novotel; Strickland Gallery Hobart; Swing Bridge Art Gallery Tasmania

1992     Galerie d’Art Hotel California Paris France; Salon des Arts Melbourne

1991     R.M.I.T. Gallery Melbourne; Gretz Gallery Melbourne; Museum of Poznan Poland: Gallery ZPAP Poznan Poland

1989     Dempsters Gallery Melbourne

1986     Festival of Contemporary Paintings Szczecin Poland4

1985     "Metaphor in Polish Painting" Koszalin Poland; "Interart"

1984     "New Realism" Schwedt Germany; "Interart" Poznan

1983     "Young Artists of Poznan" Plovdiv Bulgaria

1981     "Fantasy and Metaphor" Austria Hungary Bulgaria

1980     Gallery BWA Poznan Poland 

1979     Museum of Gniezno Poland

1978     International Triennial of Drawings, Wroclaw, Poland; Young Figurative from Poznan to Vienna Austria

 

 

 

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