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Voytek Nowakowski


ARTIST STATEMENT - I was born in 1959 in a small city called Lenczyca, Poland - a city with 1000 years of history and many beautiful castles, old buildings and churches. I started to paint when I was about 8 years old. Penetrating old buildings and old ruins of castles looking for treasures and antiques, I one day found an old box of oil paints and some old paintings. I was charmed by the beauty of really old things and started to collect them, love, and appreciate them. I had the opportunity to regularly visit the museum, which was located in our castle, admiring old furniture, sculptures and of course paintings. Those experiences and mysteries that surrounded Lenczyca had a huge impact on my work and life. The darkness of dungeons and legends about the greatest guardian of Lenczyca's treasure-Boruta the Devil-appears on my canvases quite often. Since then, I use oil paints and old master techniques which I was influenced by( John Martin, Gustave Dore, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyk )to create my own magical world from my imagination and dreams, about life and death in the atmosphere of mystery.

Voytek's works can be found in many collections, including the private art collection of :
Pope John Paul II in the Vatican
Terri Clark - Country Music Star
Lissa Gibons - TV Host - Hollywood, California
Stephen Meadows - Actor, Architect, Artist - Hollywood, California
Jackie Chan - Hollywood Star

In Canada,
his art is a part of the collection of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts,
the private collection of JOE CLARK - Minister of External Affairs - Canada, JAMES PRENTICE - Politician, Calgary, AB., Canada
THE GRANT MacEWAN LIBRARY- THE CITY HALL (old building) CALGARY, CS Resources Ltd., United Tri-Star Resources,
Abex Brokerage Services Inc.,
MacMillan Estate Planning Corp.,
and numerous corporate and private collections in the U.S.A
Private Collections in:
Canada, Poland, Holland, Denmark, Germany, France, Austria, Italy and U.S.A.

EXHIBITIONS

OMMA CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
Group Exhibition. Nov. 01. 2005. Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.

WEBSTER GALLERIES
Art Walk - Sep. 18, 2005. Calgary, Alberta, Canada

AARON ROSS GALLERY
"WATERSCAPE"
June 1, 2004, Vancouver , B.C., Canada

TIFFIN NELLY GALLERY"
"Revelation of The Mind"
Solo Exhibition - May 27, 2004 - June 27, 2004.White Rock, B.C., Canada

AARON ROSS GALLERY
"LANDSCAPE 2003"
Aug. 7, 2003 - Aug. 31, 2003. Vancouver, B.C., Canada

TIFFIN NELLYGALLERY
Selected Works of Gallery Artist - 2003. White Rock, B.C. Canada

ROCKY POINT ART GALERY
Wojciech ( Voytek ) Nowakowski - Solo Exhibition - Nov. 18,2003 - Dec.22 ,2003 Port Moody,B.C., Canada

ART-PIK GALLERY
"ART PIC'S 3RD ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA!! - North Hollywood, California

STUDIO GALLERY
group exhibition (including, Jane Seymore) Beverly Boulevard, West Hollywood, California. June 28th, 1999

MESCALERO RESTAURANT - "ART FOR LIFE"
Art Exhibition and Sale-Calgary, AB, Canada, May.16, 1999

A FUNDRAISING PROJECT FOR KIDS HELP PHONE
"DESIGNER SHOWCASE 99"
3015 Glencoe Road S.W. Calgary Alberta, Canada, Apr.30 - May.30, 1999

WEBSTER GALLERY
"NEW OIL PAINTINGS by Wojciech (Voytek) Nowakowski

WEBSTER GALLERY - "ART WALK SHOW"
Calgary, Alberta, Sep.18 - 20, 1998

SAUBURN SALOON
"OTHER SIDE"
Wojciech Nowakowski-Calgary, Alberta, Jan.15-Feb.7 1998

ARTISTIC DIRECT CHRISTMAS SHOW - "Big 4 Building Stampede Park, Calgary, Alta, Oct.17-19, 1997

GALLERY OF THE WEST
"ART EXHIBITION ABOUT WESTERN CANADA
Oct.9-Dec.31, 1997

ALLIANCE FRANCAISE - "FROM POLAND TO CANADA
a pen and ink drawing June3-27, 1997

PENNY LANE MALL
"DIVERSITY IN UNITY"
SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION BY THE POLISH-CANADIAN ARTISTIC MILLEU IN CALGARY - September 16 - September 23

THE COLLECTORS GALLERY
"MEMORIES"
recent works by Wojciech Nowakowski, June 8 - July 5 1996

SOUTHERN ALBERTA ART GALLERY
A Provincial Extension Exhibition- January 1994- 1996

ART AND CRAFT EXHIBITION
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Polish settlement in Alberta- May 15- June 15, 1995

A SPECIAL ART EXHIBITION
Diversity in Unity, Calgary Art week Festival- September 16-23, 1995

THE SHECK GALLERY
"ART WALK"
Calgary, Canada. September 18, 1993

THE SHECK GALLERY
NEW PAINTINGS by Nowakowski Wojciech, Calgary, Canada June 5, 1993

PROVO MAGAZINE
NEW ART 1992-a Christmas party and art show

KB GALLERY
ART SHOW and sale, Calgary, Canada - December, 1992

DEVONIAN GARDENS
ART EXHIBITIONS
Show of the Polish - Canadians Artist, March 15, 1991

THE SHECK GALLERY
ART WALK SHOW , Calgary, Canada- September 1990

PALLISER HOTEL
"A NIGHT IN CAMELOT"
Art Auction organized by Calgary Philharmonic Society
Calgary Canada-March'90

ARTNEST GALLERY
ART SHOW
and sale, Calgary, Canada- February,1990

SHECK GALLERY
art show and sale, Calgary Canada- November, 1989

CORROBORY GALLERY
art show and sale, Calgary Canada- November 1989

POLISH
CANADIAN CULTURE CENTER
Calgary - Canada- September, 1989
Voytek exhibited his works in West Hollywood at "STUDIO GALLERY" with Hollywood StarJANE SEYMOUR
Every year, he has his own solo exhibition in professional fine galleries in Canada and U.S.A.Some of the fine paintings were used for filming " SMALLVILLE" - T.V. Series
"TEXAS RANGER"
" AFTER THE HARVEST"
also know as WILD GEESE"
" SILENT EVENING" 18" x 2"
were use for TV. series
"CROSSING JORDAN" NBC
Specialpainting was created for film
"THE JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF THE WORLD"
by Producer, Director and Writer
Piter ChrzanowskiVoytek is also scenic artist and he has worked for theatre , stage and film in Poland, Austria, U.S.A. , and Canada.
He has worked on such films as
"NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM" with ROBIN WILLIAMS,
"X- MEN III" with HELLE BERRY,
MARLIN APRENTICE" with SAM NEIL
" TOUCHING EVIL" T.V. - series,
"PEACE MAKER" with TOM BERINGER,
"SHANGHAI KNIGHT" with JACKIE CHAN,
K - 19 " WIDOWMAKER"
with HARRISON FORDand LIAM NEESON.
2002 -" SPIDERMAN 241"
Universal Studio - Prod. Designer- Tom Cliff - credit - scenic painter.
2002 - "FORTUNE FOOL"
Broadwey Show, Prod. Designer - John Arron - credit - scenic painter.
2001 - "ROUGHING IT" TV, Series,"
credit - painter, set / scenic painter, 2000 -
"JACOB'S GIFT" - credit - art director , scenic painter and he did several matte paintings . He did work for Disney productions such as
"ARABIAN NIGHT"
"BROADWAY ON" and2000
"LAST RIVER" - DISNEY SEA
for show in Tokyo, Japan - prod. designer - Tom Cliff.
MUSEUM/GALLERY COLLECTIONS
CS RESOURCES LIMITEDUNITED TRI-STAR RESOURCESTHE COLLECTION OF THE ALBERTA FOUNDATION OF THE ARTSABEX BROKERAGE SERVICES INC.THE BRUCE JONES GROUP INC.COLLECTION OF THE CITY OF CALGARYTHE GRANT MacEWAN LIBRARY- THE CITY HALL (old building) CALGARY.
PRIVATE COLLECTION
COLLECTION OF THE POPE - JOHN PAUL II. - Private collections. Vatican.JACKIE CHAN - Hollywood Star.JOE CLARK - Minister of External Affairs.- Private Collection. Canada.
JAMES PRENTICE - Politician, Calgary, AB., Canada.TERRI CLARK - Country Music Singer - Nashville, U.S.A.LISA GIBBON - T.V. Tolker. Los Angeles, California.
STEPHEN MEADOW - Actor, Architect, Artist - West Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
INTERNATIONAL
U.S.A., Canada, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Holland, France, Italy, Spain, Wales, Poland.Contact: ( 604 ) 931-4750 cell: ( 604 ) 317-7209