LESZEK WYCZOLKOWSKI - Download PDF here


Leszek was born in 1950 into a family of artists in Poland. His great-grand uncle, Leon Wyczolkowski (1825-1936), was a renowned Polish painter and graphic artist, associated with Young Poland (Mloda Poiska), an important artistic movement at the turn of the 19th & 20th century.

Leszek Wyczolkowski received his first artistic training at an early age from his father. His formal education was obtained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland (1975-1977). After immigrating to Canada in 1978, Leszek continued his education, graduating with honours at the Ontario College of Art (1980-1982).

He has traveled through Asia, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Sweden and the United States. Leszek Wyczolkowski's works appear in museums, corporate, public and private collections in Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Sweden & the United States.

EDUCATION

1975-1977
  The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland

1980-1982
  Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2004
  Open Studio, Toronto, ON - Canada
  Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON - Canada
  Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC - Canada

2003
  City of Lodz History museum, Lodz - Poland
  1112 Gallery/Society for Arts, Chicago - U.S.A.
  Walbrzych Gallery of Art BWA "Castle Ksiaz" - Poland
  National Museum in Kielce - Poland

2002
  Profil Gallery - Center "Zamek", Poznan, Poland
  Gallery of Modern Art-BWA, Kalisz, Poland
  Gallery of Modern Art, Opole - Poland

2001
  The National Museum in Wroclaw - Poland
  The Triangle Gallery of Visual Art, Calgary - Canada

1999
  1112 Gallery/Society for Arts, Chicago - USA

1998
  Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary - Canada

1996
  Regional Museum in Siedlce - Poland
  The Polish Museum of America, Chicago - USA
  Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario - Canada

1995
  Municipality of Athens Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
  World of Exchange Plaza, Ottawa, Canada

1994
  Stara Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw - Poland

1993
  Focus Gallery, Toronto - Canada

1992
  World Trade Centre, Toronto, Canada
  Point Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1991
  Centre of Culture and Art, Kalisz - Poland

1990
  The Regional Museum in Bydgoszcz - Poland

1989
  Gallery Zet, Zielonka - Poland
  Art Gallery Planty 3, Cracow, Poland

1988
  Morin-Miller Galleries, New York - U.S.A.
  Region of Peel Gallery, Brampton, Ontario - Canada
  University of Toronto, Toronto - Canada

1987
  Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto - Canada
  L'Alliance Francaise, Ottawa, Canada

1986
  Teatr Polski, Warsaw, Poland

1985
  Delores LeBlanc Patenaude Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
  Columbus Centre Art Gallery, Toronto - Canada

1984
  City Hal, Ottawa - Canada
  Posk Gallery, London - Great Britain
  Gayton Gallery, London - Great Britain

1983
  Kaiser House Galleries, Kleinburg, Ontario - Canada
  Del Bello Gallery, Toronto - Canada

1982
  Galerie Montcalm, Hull Quebec - Canada
  Galerie Surrealist, Toronto - Canada
  Del Bello Gallery, Toronto - Canada
  Gallery 76, Toronto - Canada
  Dragonskolans Konst-Klubb, Umea, Sweden

1981
  Polish Culture Centre, Toronto, Canada
  De Bello Gallery, Toronto - Canada

1980
  Toniara Art Gallery, Mississauga - Canada
  De Bello Gallery, Toronto - Canada

1979
  Polish Culture Centre, Toronto - Canada

1978
  Polish Culture Centre, Toronto - Canada

1976
  Prof. Libresky Gallery, Vienna - Austria

1975
  City Hall, Zielonka - Poland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2005
  Higashi Hiroshima Art Museum - Japan
  Yebiden Gallery, Hiroshima - Japan (3 - artist show)

2004
  Art Festa Jwakuni - Japan
  Art Expo NY - U.S.A.
  Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON - Canada (from permanent collection)