GOSIA WLODARCZAK
Born 06.11.1959, Poland
1979-1984 Study at Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland. Faculty: Drawing, Painting and Graphic Art
1984 Master of Fine Arts, with Distinction, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland
1989 -1994 applied research and creative activity throughout Asia, Europe and Australia
1996 Settled in Australia. 2005 Lives and works in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Since 2006 represented through the Drawing Center of New York Viewing Program, New York, USA.
Solo Exhibitions
2008 SHARED SPACE NEW YORK, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, USA
SAFETY ZONE SHARED, OFFicyna place of art Gallery, Szczecin, Poland
CINDERELLA II – THE DREAMER, SASA Gallery University of SA, Adelaide, Australia
CINDERELLA II – THE DREAMER, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007 LOOKING, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 LIVING EDGE, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
SKIN OF THE WALL, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia
SHARED SPACE, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2005 SPACE ACTIVE, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
this is what was there, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
PERSONAL SPACE/SAFETY ZONE 8, International Drawing Conference, South Australian School of Art, UniSA, Adelaide
T-NDJ and UNNAMED, video installation, International Drawing Conference, Hyatt Regency, Adelaide, Australia
2004 NOW, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
DAWN TO DUSK, Arc One/Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
SAFETY ZONE, Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2003 MAGNOLIA, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2002 DRAWING CONTINUOUS, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
MEETING YOU THERE, Space Untitled, New York, USA
GRAFFITI FOR INTERIORS, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2001 AWARD WORKS, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
2000 CARTOGRAPHY, Roar Studios, Melbourne, Australia
CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER - ALICE, (two persons show with Sandra Lee Murphy) Impressions Gallery, Perth, Australia
1999 THE SURFACES OF TIME, Impressions Gallery PMWA, Perth, Australia
LANGUAGE, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
1998 PERMANENT RESIDENCY, ARM Gallery, Poznan, Poland
TAKING A STAND, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
ART WITH POETRY AND MUSIC, Polish-Australian Cultural Society, Murdoch University, Australia
PRINTS, Polish Cultural Club, Midland, Australia
1989 NEW WORKS, PSP Gallery, Poznan, Poland
1984 GILGAMESH, Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland
Group Exhibitions
2008 THE TALLIS FOUNDATION 2008 National Works on Paper, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Australia
KONTRAPUNKT Performers Festival, OFFicyna Place of art Gallery, Szczecin, Poland
ENTROPY (touring exhibition), Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, New York, USA
6th 100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, USA
MULTIPLEX, Boutwell Draper Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Art Centre, Australia
NEW SOCIAL COMMENTARY '08, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Australia
The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize '08, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia
2007 CHANCE & NECESSITY (curator: Isabelle Dervaux), Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY, USA
TRACES Contemporary Drawing Project, Central TAFE Gallery, Perth, Australia
5OF5 Benalla Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
SUMMER SHOW, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2006 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Fleurieu Peninsula Biennale, South Australia
THE FREE PRESS, Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden
The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia
MINE OWN EXECUTIONER, Mundaring Arts Centre, Australia
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, Australia
The Sunshine Coast Art Prize, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2005 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
DRAWN OUT, curator: Hannah Mathews, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
DRAWING IS A VERB, Adelaide Central Gallery2, International Drawing Conference, Australia
The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia
City of Perth National Art Award, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
TRANSLATIONS AUSTRALIA, Hill-Smith Fine Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
MEMORY STATION, Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
MINIATURES, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
THEIR SUMMER, Arc One Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Fifth Drawing Biennale, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, Australia
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, Australia
International Mini Print Exhibition, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Australia
Jacaranda Drawing Award, Grafton Regional Gallery, Touring exhibition, Australia
BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
MINIATURES, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
SUMMER SHOW, Arc One Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
MULTI-COLOURED AUSTRALIA, Embassy of Republic of Poland, Canberra, Australia
2003 mix tape, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
POLISH ART CONFRONTATIONS ’03, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
THE REGULAR PAPER, ENMU-R, Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Sydney International Art on Paper Fair, Gallery East, Fox Studios, Sydney, Australia
The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Hutchins Art on Paper Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart, Australia
ART ON THE ROCKS, ASN Gallery, The Rocks, Sydney, Australia
POLART ‘03, Parliament House, Sydney, Australia
The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Australia
WOMEN WORKING FOR WOMEN Soroptimist International, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
Bunbury Biennale, Regional Art Gallery, Australia
Mandorla Art Award, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
MINIATURES, Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
SUMMER SHOW, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2002 The Free Art Biennial, New York, USA
Manifesta 4, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Melbourne Art Fair, Gallery East, Royal Exhibition Building, Australia
Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia
MELASPINA, Miniature Print Biennale, Montreal, Canada
The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Australia
BankWest Contemporary Art Prize, Perth institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
2001 WHERE I LIVE, International Print Exchange, Somerset County Museum, UK
The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Australia
1st International Drawing Biennale in Memory of Tomasz Ostrowski, Melbourne, Australia
ROCHE Contemporary Art, PCL Exhibitionists Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The 9th Acquisition & Print Awards, Tweed River Regional Gallery, Australia
Bunbury Biennale, Regional Art Gallery, Australia
City of Perth Invitation Art Exhibition, Perth, Australia
Hazelhurst Art Award for Art on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2000 The Toowoomba Biennale Art Exhibition, Regional Art Gallery, Australia
6 X 6, Impression Gallery, Perth, Australia
1999 Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia
THE PRINT CALENDAR 2000, The New Collectables and Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, Australia
Prints WA 1999, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Western Australia
The Western Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Fremantle Passenger Terminal, Australia
OUTBACK, Broken Hill Art Gallery, Australia
Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool, Australia
GROUP OF FIVE, Tea at The Round House Gallery, Fremantle, Australia
1998 WESTERN EDGE, Print Council of Canada, Vancouver, Canada
PRINTS WA/98, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
1997 PRINTS WA/97, Impressions Gallery, Perth, Australia
ONE WORLD - ONE HOPE Aids Council Found Rising Exhibition, Perth, Australia
SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE OF STILL LIFE, ARM Gallery, Poznan, Poland
THE ESSENCE OF BLOOMING, ARM Gallery, Poznan, Poland
1996 International Book Fair, Jerusalem, Israel
1989 Polish Art Fair, Poznan Trade Fair, Poland
1988 PLANEAIR, State Gallery and Museum, Rybnik, Poland
4th International Triennial of Drawing, Wroclaw, Poland
International Art Exhibition, Mother-Pole Hospital, Lodz, Poland
1987 International Quadrennial of Woodcut & Linocut, Olsztyn, Poland
1987 ALEXANDER RAK, National Printmaking Exhibition, Katowice, Poland
PLANEAIR, State Gallery and Museum, Gniezno, Poland
6th National Emerging Printmakers Exhibition, Poznan, Poland
1986 International Children’s Book Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic
International Triennial of Drawing, Kalisz, Poland
ALEXANDER RAK, National Printmaking Exhibition, Katowice, Poland
Prizes & Awards
2008 Mornington Peninsula Shire Aquisitive Award NWOP, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Australia
2005 The Hutchins Prize, Hobart, Australia
Whyalla Art Prize, Country Arts South Australia
ARTITUDE (Commendation), Perth Convention Centre, Australia
2004 Hutchins Art Prize (Henry James Art Hotel Award), Hobart, Australia
2003 Joondalup Art Prize, Australia
2001 The Artist’s Chronicle Front Cover Award, Australia
Minnawarra Art Festival (LIVING IN MY CITY), Armadale, Australia
2000 PrintsWA 2000, Fremantle, Australia
City of Melville Art Awards (Work on Paper), Australia
Minnawarra Arts Festival (Work on Paper), Armadale, Australia
1999 Albany Art Prize (Drawing), Australia
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Art Awards (Drawing), Australia
The Katanning Art Prize (Miniature), Australia
CPM 8th Print Acquisition Awards (Highly Commended), Bray Park, Australia
PMH’s 90th Birthday Inaugural Art Award, Perth, Australia
Illawarra Print Award (Commendation), Wollongong, Australia
City of Melville Art Awards (Work on Paper), Australia
1998 Joy Johnson Memorial Award for Linocut, Prints WA, Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
1997 City of Melville Art Awards (Work on Paper), Australia
1988 Emerging Polish Printmakers Award, Katowice, Poland
Grants & Public Art Projects
2007 ECU Business and Law Buildings, Public art project, Western Australia
2006 Australia Council, New Work Established, NSW, Australia
2004 Ministry of Culture & the Arts WA, New Project Grant, Australia
2003 Ministry of Culture and the Arts WA, Artflight, Australia
2002 Ministry of Culture and the Arts WA, Artflight, Australia
2001 Ministry of Culture and the Arts WA, Artflight, Australia
2000 Ministry of Culture and the Arts WA, Artflight, Australia
1999 WA Centenary of Women’s Suffrage Grant 1999/2000, Western Australia
1988 Fellowship for Outstanding Young Artists (One Year), President of Poznan, Poland
Collections (selected)
National Gallery of Australia; Art Gallery of South Australia; Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, Victoria; Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland; Artbank, NSW, Australia; Chang Mai University, Thailand; ENMU-R, Roswell, New Mexico, USA; Edith Cowan University, Western Australia; Murdoch University, WA; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia; City of Armadale, WA, Australia; City of Joondalup, Western Australia; City of Whyalla, South Australia; Henry James Art Hotel, Tasmania, Australia; The Hutchins Collection, Tasmania, Australia; KAW Publishing House, Katowice, Poland; Mother-Pole Hospital, Lodz, Poland; The Australian Print Collection, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia; London Print Workshop, UK; Print Council of Canada; Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia; Shire of Katanning, Western Australia; Sir Charles Gardener Hospital, Western Australia; BankWest, Australia; BHP Billiton, Victoria; Bullseye, Portland, Oregon, USA; Technology Park, Belmont, Western Australia, Wellington Management, Tokyo, Japan.
Bibliography
BOOKS
2006 The New Mc Culloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art, pp: 1034, 1161, 1170, Aus Art Editors and The Miegunyah Press
2004 Dr David Bromfield NOW (Gosia Wlodarczak drawing 1986-2004) 108pp, Brown Art, East Perth, Western Australia
2002 Prof. Urszula Kaczmarek Polish emigration after 1989: Polish artists in Perth - M. Wlodarczak and L. Sarnecki 458-468pp, Jagiellonski University, Cracow, Poland
CATALOGUE ESSAYS
2008 Maria Zagala Shared Space New York Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn NY, USA
2008 Prof Ian McLean On drawing: Gosia Wlodarczak’s quest SASA Gallery University of SA, Adelaide, Australia
2008 Olga Sankey Cinderella II – The Dreamer SASA Gallery University of SA, Adelaide, Australia
2006 David Hansen Drawn in, Drawn out Helen Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2006 Ashley Crawford I see therefore I am Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Dr Jan Altmann The Bits Between Shared Space at Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Judith McGrath Mine Own Executioner Mundaring Arts Centre, Australia
2006 Michele Elliot Living Edge Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
2005 Dr Christopher Crouch this is what was there Arc One Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2005 Dr Ian McLean Drawing blind: process in Gosia Wlodarczak’s art Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
2005 Hannah Mathews Drawn Out-a drawing project Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Australia
2004 Helen Maxwell As far as I can come, so far – experiencing the work of Gosia Wlodarczak 2004 Drawing Biennale, ANU, Canberra, Australia
2002 Dr David Bromfield, Please Enter - Gosia Wlodarczak and the banality of description Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2002 Dr Jan Altmann Walls Gallery East, North Fremantle, Australia
1999 Dr Jan Altmann Language The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
1998 Dr Jan Altmann Taking a Stand The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
REVIEWS & MEDIA (selected)
2008 John Neylon Gosia Wlodarczak SASA Gallery 20 May - 27June The Adelaide Review, 06/2008
2008 Malgorzata Frymus Safety Zone Interview Polish Radio Szczecin, 18/04/2008
2007 John McDonald Drawn from head and heart The Sydney Morning Herald (Spectrum) 16,17pp, 28-29/7, Australia
2006 Rick Spencer Artists face the firing squad The West Australian Weekend, 4/11, Perth, Australia
2006 Anna Epstein Another Past Jewish Museum of Australia Journal, Vol 11, No 3, Melbourne, Australia
2006 Sonia Barron Gallery wall wrapped in Wlodarczak skin The Canberra Times/Times2, 1/09, Australia
2006 Helen Musa Mastering the art of going right up the wall The Canberra Times/News, 1/08, Australia
2005 Andrew Frost Making a Controlled Mess, State of the Arts, Jul-Sep 2005, Sydney, Australia
2004 Dr Ian McLean Poetics of Agrophobia Artlink, Vol 24, No3 Sep 04, Adelaide, Australia
2004 Simon Blond Artist Makes a Point with Lines The West Australian, 1/05, Perth, Australia
2004 Sasha Grishin Layered scribblings trace a sense of home as sanctuary The Canberra Times 20/7, Australia
2003 Longin Sarnecki The Prize for Gosia Wlodarczak, IX Intern. Art on Paper Fair Kurier Zachodni, 5-6/03, Australia
2003 J. Bianchini Lighting up Life Joondalup Community, 4/8, Perth, Australia
2002 John McDonald Art Fair to Remember Financial Review, 10/10, Sydney, Australia
2002 Paola Anselmi Western Young Guns State of the Arts, Dec/02 - Feb/03, Sydney, Australia
2002 Dr D. Bromfield, Laying it Down - Plane as Possible Behind 8ball, issue 27-01/05/02, Perth, Australia
2002 Sarah Palmer Bathed in inspiration The West Australian, 15/4 Australia
2001 Michael Kilmann, Printmakers WA profile, “Grafiknett” No1/01, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Andrew Basinski Polish artist on ROCHE Art Exhibition Polish Kurier Vol. XV, No147, Australia
2001 Jo Higgins Sometimes Bed is Not an Option... It’s Time to Rise... Artwrite 22/June 01, COFA UNSW, Australia
2000 Dr Jan Altmann Curiouser & Curiouser - Alice Printmakers WA, No2/4, Perth, Australia
2000 Judith McGrath 6 X 6 Web site: www.artseen.vbw.com.au, Australia
2000 Dr Jan Altmann Gosia Wlodarczak CARTOGRAPHY Imprint, Vol.35, No2, Melbourne, Australia
2000 Longin Sarnecki The Willow Among Gum Trees Polish Kurier, No3/143, Perth, Australia
1999 Janet Lewis Language Exhibition Imprint, Vol.34, No3, Victoria, Australia
1998 Renata Kos Permanent Residency Dziennik Poznanski, Feb - 98, Poznan, Poland
1997 Agata Drogowska Flat For Two Cztery Katy 9/72, Warsaw, Poland
1989 Joanna Dabkowska-Zydron Malgorzata Wlodarczak in PSP Gallery Nurt 1989/1, Poznan, Poland
Other Professional Experience
GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION
1984–Present Book design: layout, typography and illustration. Published illustrated books include:
Dr David Bromfield Fakeology, the work of Stuart Elliott 1964-2004,184pp, BrownArt, East Perth 2004, Australia
Dr David Bromfield NOW: Gosia Wlodarczak drawing 1986-2004,108pp, BrownArt, East Perth 2004, Australia
Dr Jan Altmann and Julie Prott Out of the Sitting - room, Western Australian Women’s Art 1829-1914, 84pp, Press for Success, Perth 1999, Australia
Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki The Land of Venus, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan1996, Poland
Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki The Sheds of Saffron, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki The Brahmin’s Paths, 72pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki Friends from the Ark, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki The Rags of Earth, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
Joanna Roszak, Longin Sarnecki The Guardians of Dreams, 64pp, ‘SARO’ Poznan 1996
James Matthew Barrie Peter Pan, 132pp, Ksiegarnia Sw. Wojciecha Publishing House, Poznan 1990, Poland
Grozdana Olujic The Tails of the South Wind Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza Publishing House (KAW), Poznan1990
Hans Christian Andersen The Most Beautiful Rose - Tales, 236pp, Sw. Wojciecha Publishing House, Poznan 1989
Bronislaw Dostatni Magda’s Travels, science series for children, KAW, Poznan 1988-90, Poland
1999-00 Editor of Printmakers Association Newsletter, Western Australia
1995-97 Art Director, ‘SARO’ Publishing House, Poznan, Poland
1987-95 Book Designer and Illustrator for Polish publishing houses: ‘Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza-KAW’, ‘Wydawnictwo Zachodnie’, ‘Ksiegarnia Sw Wojciecha’, Poland
1985-89 Graphic designer, Raczynski National Library, Poznan, Poland
CURATORIAL & PROJECT COORDINATION
2000 Curator PRINTSWA 2000 exhibition, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
2000 Curator WHERE I LIVE International Prints Exhibition, Impression Gallery, Perth, Australia
1999 Curator PAINTED EARTH by Longin Sarnecki, MOSAIC Bookshop, Perth, Australia
Curator PRINTSWA ‘99 (Printmakers Association of WA art award), The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
Curator LANGUAGE exhibition by Longin Sarnecki, The Moores Building, Fremantle, Australia
1998 Curator PAINTED EARTH photographic exhibition by Longin Sarnecki, Impressions Gallery, Perth, Australia
1985-89 Exhibition Curator for Raczynski Library, Poznan, Poland
1985-89 Freelance Display Designer for International Trade Fairs, Poznan, Poland
1985-88 Design for religious festivals, City Church Fara, Poznan, Poland
1981-82 Theatre stage design, Polski Theatre, Poznan, Poland
TEACHING
2005 Two-days drawing workshop with children, ArtPlay, City of Melbourne, Australia
2000 Educational 1 hour TV program Book Illustration, host - Carl Altmann, TAFE Television and Channel 31, March 2000.
Drawing teacher (seasonal), TAFE Central, Perth, Australia.
1999 Copyrights lecture for TAFE Art’s Management students during The Surfaces of Time exhibition, Impressions Gallery, Perth, Australia
1999 Printmaking Workshop for Factory art group, TAFE Carine, Western Australia
1998 Drawing Workshop for Factory art group, TAFE Carine, Western Australia
1984-89 Private tutor for students entering exams to Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland
OTHER
2008 ''Artistspeak'', Samstag Museum Auditorium, University of South Australia, Adelaide
2007 Guest artist lecture, SA School of Art University of South Australia, Adelaide
2006 Guest speaker, Visiting Artist Program – Context & Culture 2, Holmesglen TAFE, Australia
2004 Judge, Joondalup Art Prize, Australia
2003 Guest speaker for the First Sunday program at the Art Gallery of Western Australia
2002 Judge, Religious Art Prize, BankWest Building, Perth, Australia
2002 Guest speaker, TAFE Central, School of Art, Perth, Australia
2001 Guest speaker, Art Department students, Curtin University, Australia
2001 Art writer (Australian correspondent),ARTeon monthly art magazine, Poland |
