Paweł Mendrek
Biografia
Wykształcenie
Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Katowice branch, Department of Graphics Art 1995-2000 (prof. J.Szmatloch & prof. J.Rykala) / Academy of Art Collage in San Francisco — summer semester 1998 / Universität für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna 2000-2004 (prof.W.Herzig) / International Art Symposium KulturAXE “Landscape of Desire 2002” Hungary (prof. H.Shmalix). In 2008 he gained a doctorate.
Wystawy i Nagrody
Solo exhibitions:
2010
- "These things happen", Flying Gallery, Warsaw
2009
- Accumulation, Flying Gallery, Warsaw
2007:
- Little Moments, Ariadne Gallery, Vienna, Austra;
- days & flowers, Artetage Gallery, Graz, Austria.
2005:
- Give Me a Break, StadtGalerie Vienna, Austria;
- Full Color, Ariadne Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
2004:
- Summer in the City, M-ART Gallery, Vienna / Flying Gallery Project, Warsaw, Poland;
2003:
- Kind of Woman, Ariadne Gallery Vienna and Sosnowiec Art Center, Sielecki Castle, Sosnowiec, Poland;
- Day after Day, SAP-Artelier Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
2002:
- We, Gallery of Afro-Asian Institute, Vienna / Life of the Horizon, Ariadne Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
2000:
- Control Flights, SAP-Artelier Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
Selected collective exhibitions and art projects:
2008:
AAF New York, Art Fair - Vernissage / 20/21 International Art Fair, The Royal Collage of Art, Vernissage, London
2007:
Kunstschnee - Available Art, Museum Quatiter 21, Vienna / Herbst-Winter Collection, Ariadne Gallery, Vienna / AAF London, Art Fair, Vernissage / Internationale Grafiktriennale Krakau-Oldenburg-Wien 2007, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna (info/um:druck magazine) / Rose- oh reiner Widerspruch, ArtMark Gallery, Vienna / AAF New York, Art Fair - Vernissage / 20/21 International Art Fair, The Royal Collage of Art, Vernissage, London.
2006:
XXI Polish Festival of Contemporary Painting, Szczecin, Poland / "Dabrowki 9" Academy of Fine Art Show, Silesian Museum of Fine Art, Katowice / AAF Art Fair London- Vernissage / Chelsea Harbour Design Center - "Focus 2006" cooperation Vernissage & The World of Interior Magazine, London / International Print Triennial Cracow 2006, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Cracow, Poland / "Nord Art 2006", Rendsburg/Hamburg, Germany / "Conjucton 2006" - A Contemporary Art Exhibition, London-Birmingham-Stoke, United Kingdom / "Gegensaetze" - International Art Exhibition, Hollfeld, Germany / away-available art, Camelot Gallery, Cracow
2005:
Step Out from Chaos, Academy of Fine Art in Katowice & Archidiecezjalne Museum, Katowice / Wind Art Festival, Jeju 2005, South Corea / “Art Forward Enduring Power of Paint” – The Bloxham Galleries & Vernissage, London / Harlech Biennale 2005 - MESS_AGE Project - harlech edition, Wales, United Kingdom / “available art” – Camelot Gallery – Cracow / "Nord Art 2005”, Rendsburg/Hamburg.
2004:
Wind Art Festival, Jeju 2004, South Corea / „Die Figur als Aufgabe” StadtGalerie Vienna / New Art for New Reality – "Into Europe” – The Bloxham Galleries & Vernissage, London / Affordeble Art Fair - The Bloxham Galleries & Vernissage, London / “Europa Jetzt”, ST/A/R & MAK NITE , Museum Applied Arts, Vienna / Jubilee exhibition of ex-scholarship holders of the National Fund for Children in Warsaw, Old Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland / "Kunterbunte Arbeiten" Ariadne Gallery, Vienna.
2003:
“Paesaggio di desiderio”, Austrian Culture Forum and Academy of Fine Arts Brera, Milan, Italy/ “Junger Österreicher 2003”, Museum Applied Arts, Vienna / 11 th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Museum of Art, Taiwan / V Triennial of Polish Graphics, BWA Katowice / VII International Biennial of Drawing and Graphics “The Masters of Graphic Arts”, Municipal Museum of Art, Gyor, Hungary /„Premio Acqui”, VI International Biennal of Graphics, Ovada, Italy.
2002:
„Vienna Art 2002” International Art Fair - Ariadne Gallery, Vienna / XIX Polish Festival of Contemporary Painting "Obrazowanie" ("Picturing") Szczecin / VII International Biennial of Graphics "Caixanova", Ourense, Spain / "Kunterbunte Arbeiten" Ariadne Gallery, Vienna / "The Essence 2002", Kunstlerhaus, Vienna.
2001:
Polish Painting Review "Bielska Jesień 2001" (Bielsko Autumn 2001'), Bielsko-Biała, Poland / "Ab Ovo", Sukiennice Gallery, Krakow, Poland / "Acceptance- Tolerance" Ariadne Gallery, Vienna / "Composition of Year 2000" ZPAP Katowice / 2nd Polish Triennial of Student Graphics, ASP Poznań / XI Polish Painting Review Promotions 2000" Legnica, Poland.
2000:
International Art and Peace Project Pax Danubiana, Ragensburg, Germany / "Post-industrial landscapes of Upper Silesia", Rattingen, Germany / Polish Student Graphics Competition, Canson Poland / exhibition of former scholarship holders of the National Fund for Children "Talent Gala" the National Theatre in Warsaw / "Results 2000", Wittgenstein Palace, Vienna, Austria / IV Triennial of Polish Graphics, BWA Katowice, Poland / l Polish Triennial of Student Graphics, Poznań, Poland.
1998:
11 International Salon of Artistic Photography "Kuźnia'98" Rybnik, Poland / "Who Murdered Reality?" The Mill&Short Gallery, San Francisco , USA.
Awards, grants and distinctions:
2006:
- Nomination for Grand Prix, XXI Polish Festival of Contemporary Painting, Szczecin, Poland.
2005-2002:
- Culture Prize for young Artist, Town Hall Katowice, Poland.
2003:
- “Junger Österreicher 2003” International Wine Marketing Austria;
2001:
- Special Award for artistic courage and uncompromising attitude "Silver Spur", XI Polish Painting Review "Promotions 2000" Legnica;
2000:
- scholarship of Hugo Kołłątaj Foundation, Katowice, Poland
- Grand Prix, the Polish Student Graphic Competition, Canson-Poland;
- a competition accompanying the Triennial of Polish Graphics.
1998:
- Grant Award of Academy of Art Collage in San Francisco;
- scholarship of the Socretes/Erasmus Program at Universität für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna.
