Piotr
Wolodkowicz  My paintings start with a color idea and then I develop the composition in which the color is the primary subject. I am a colorist. Balance, vibrancy and simplicity are my primary goals which I try to achieve through landscape and plain air paintings. My work romanticizes places that might not seem noteworthy but are beautiful in those short moments when they exist. My goal is for my work to inspire optimism and to paint good living pictures. For the past 10 years I have been interested mainly in color and how it influences the human perception. I
was born in communist Poland and now I live in Chicago Ill. My art education
started in Poland and then it continued in Wright College and Oakton College. I
have been involved in numerous curatorial projects with International Art Group
and Phantom Galleries which included being a chief curator of a gallery that
run new shows monthly with local and international themes. I am the President
of Elk Grove Village Art League and a Director of Polish Arts Club of Chicago
an organization with 87 year history. Awards Polish
Art’s Club 77th Annual Exhibit 1 st Place Award 2013 Honorable Mention Oak Park Art League 2013 Elk Grove Village Art Center 2012 Award of Excellence 2012
Silver Award Artmaijeur 2007 Silver
Award Artmaijeur 2003 Paderewski Award One
Person Shows: Atheneum Theatre, Chicago Ill Nov-Dec 2011 Omega Business Center Gallery Chicago Ill 2008 Hortex Euro-restaurant gallery, Chicago ILL May 2006 Ukrainian Museum in America, Chicago ILL May 2003 Office of Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago IIL November 2002 Gallery M Golden Book Store, Chicago ILL Multiple Shows Group Shows Oak
Park Art League multiple shows 2013 Elk Grove Village Artist League Multiple Shows Buffalo Grove Artist League Multiple Shows Highland Park Art Walk, Ill July 2012 Phantom
Gallery, Chicago Ill, Feb-Dec 2012 Elastic
Arts, Chicago Ill, Sept 2011
International Arts Group Show,
Berlin Germany July 2011 Polish Art’s Club Exhibit @ Polish Museum in America ,Chicago Ill 2009,2010, 2012 &2013 Emily Oaks Nature Center, Skokie Ill 2009 & 2012 Our Generations, Chicago Ill 2009 Polish Museum in America, Chicago ILL February 2007 & march 2006 Utrech gallery, Chicago ILL Multiple Shows High Risk Gallery, Chicago Ill 2008 Gallery M Golden Book Store, Chicago ILL Multiple Shows Stollizo Gallery, Chicago ILL Multiple Shows Harrstein Gallery, Des Plaines ILL Multiple Shows Inside Art Gallery, Chicago ILL June 1999 Woman's club of Evanston, Evanston ILL April 1999 Collections: Ernesto Alonso Estupinan Quintero Mayor of
Esmaraldas, Ecuador Edward L. Rowny Former
Ambassador, LTG USA (Ret) Sphinx Real Estate, Chicago Ill Charles
& Agata Komosa, Chicago Ill Piotr
J Aleszczyk, CPA Schaumburg Ill Peter
Vincense, Berlin Germany Alpha
Bruton, Chicago Ill Sherwin
Degraff, Chicago Ill Marek
& Lucyna Placek, Niles Ill Anna Liniewska, Chicago
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