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Selected Awards and Recognitions


2023 People's Choice Award, INSPIRATIONS ART SHOW, Manotick, ON

Winner in 2023 World Art Awards, Impressionism-Landscapes category.

Viewer's Choice Award, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2022         Special Merit Award, Landscape International Competition, by LS&T Gallery.

              Special Recognition Award, Landscape International Competition, by LS&T Gallery.

2021        Third Place Award in Arteast Juried Awards Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

2020        Viewer’s Choice Award, Connection Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2019         Viewer’s Choice Award, The Time is Rights, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2018        Ottawa Arts Council Mid-Career Artist Award Finalist.

            Special Merit Award, Landscape International Competition, by LS&T Gallery.

            Viewer's Choice Award, Tangerine Reflection, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

            Special Recognition Award, Landscapes International Competition by LS&T Gallery

            Viewer’s Choice Award, Captivation, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

            First Place People's Choice Award at the NFAL Spring Art Show, Ottawa,ON

2017              Special Merit Award, Landscapes, International Competition, Light Time & Space Gallery, Florida, US

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, Reverie, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2016              First Place in Oil, ArtEast Juried Awards Exhibition, Ottawa,ON

                      Special Merit Award, Seasons, LST Gallery, Florida, USA

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, Extravagance, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2015              People’s Choice Award, Expressions of Art, Carp, ON

                      Creativity & Excellence in the Arts Award, Rise - International Exhibition, Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy

            Special Merit Award, Nature - International Competition, Light Space & Time Gallery, Florida, USA

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, Season of Lights, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2014              Public Choice Award, The Illusion of Reality, International Exhibition, Galeria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy                      

           Top 10 in Landscape in Motion, International Art Competition, Art Exhibo Magazine

2013              Viewer’s Choice Award, Expressions of Art, Ottawa, ON

                      First Place in Oil, ArtEast Juried Awards Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

                      Special Recognition Award, Landscapes - International Competition, LS&T Gallery, Florida, USA

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, The Heat of Summer, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2012              Juror’s Choice Award, Mixed Emotions, Trinity Gallery, Schenkman Art Centre, Ottawa, ON

                      Best In Show Award, Hoilday Art Show, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, Spectrum, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

                      Special Recognition, Seasons - International Competition, Light Space & Time Gallery, Florida, USA

2011              Second Prize Winner, ArtEast Juried Awards Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, Articulations, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

                      Second Prize in Oil, ArtEast Awards Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

2010              Second Prize in Oil, ArtEast Awards Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, Passages, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2009              Finalist, Landscapes Competition, Canadian Brushstroke Magazine

                      Second Prize in Oil, Art & Photo - Juried Exhibition, Ottawa, ON

                      Third Prize in Oil, Art & Photo - Juried Exhibition, Ottawa ,ON

                      Viewer’s Choice Award, Lyrical, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2008              First Prize in Oil, Art & Photo - Juried Exhibition, Ottawa ,ON

                      CBRE Corporate Purchase Award, Artist Project, Toronto, ON

                      Purchase Award, Framework Foundation, First Ottawa Timeraiser, Ottawa, ON

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016              Landscape Sublime, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2015              The Illusion of Reality, Ottawa Art Gallery at City Hall Annex Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2014              Gatineau Sublime, Galerie Old Chelsea, Chelsea, QC

2010              Farewell to Summer, Casino du Lac Leamy, Gatineau, QC

2010              Landscape in Alla Prima, Richelieu-Vanier Centre, Ottawa, ON

2009              Beyond the Trees, Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2009              Colours of the Ottawa River, Cumberland Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2008              Landscapes of Ottawa and Beyond, Centrepointe Theatre Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Selected Juried Group Exhibitions

2021       Arteast Juried Awards Exhibition- Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Art Centre, Ottawa ,ON

2019        Spring Fling, Kanata Civic Art Gallery, Kanata, ON

2018              Society of Canadian Artists Interntional Open Exhibition

                      Mosaic, Trinity Gallery, Schenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

2017              Spring Fling, Kanata Civic Art Gallery, Kanata, ON

            Grand Opening, Apple Crate Gallery, Manotick, ON

2016               Mosaic, Trinity Gallery, Schenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

                      NFAL Award Exhibition, Centrepointe Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

2015               Rise, International Exhibition Castello Estense, Ferrara, Italy

2014              The Illusion of Reality, International Exhibition, Galleria De Marchi, Bologna, Italy

                       Winners, Shenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

                      Ottawa Art Expo, St. Elias Centre, Ottawa, ON

2013               Selections, Trinity Gallery, Schenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

                       Building Peace, Diefenbunker Museum, Carp, ON

                      Ottawa Art Expo, St. Elias Centre, Ottawa, ON

2012               Ottawa Art Expo, St. Elias Centre, Ottawa, ON

             Winners - NShenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

                      Selections, Trinity Gallery, Schenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

2011              Ottawa Art Expo, St. Elias Centre, Ottawa, ON

                      Winners, Shenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

                      The Artist Project, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON

                      Selections, Trinity Gallery, Schenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

2010              Sparkling Flashes, Marianne van Silfhout Gallery at the St.Lawrence College, Brockville, ON

                      Celebration, Trinity Art Gallery, Shenkman Art Centre, Ottawa, ON

                      The Artist Project, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON

2009              Ottawa Art Expo, St. Elias Centre, Ottawa, ON

                      Art & Photo Awards Exhibition, ARTEAST, Orleans, ON

                      Opening Gala Exhibition, Shenkman Art Centre, Orleans, ON

                      Slavic Heritage, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON

                      The Artist Project, Liberty Grand, Toronto, ON

2008              First Ottawa Timeraiser, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON

                      Selections, Gloucester Gallery, Ottawa, ON

                      Art & Photo Awards Exhibition, ArtEast Orleans, Ottawa, ON

                      Trees, Kohl Gallery of Arts, Toronto, ON

                      We Pick, The Academy of Realist Art, Toronto, ON

                      The Artist Project, Liberty Grant, Toronto, ON

2007              International Exhibition, Richard E.Winter Gallery, Frederic Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, NY

                      Crossing Borders, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY

                      Beyond Borders, Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY

                      Selections, Cumberland Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Education

                      2004-2006            Ottawa School of Art, Oil Painting

                      1971-1976            University of Gdansk, Poland, M.A.

                      1967-1970            Art classes, tutorials and workshops, Warsaw, Poland

Galleries

                      Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON

                      Foyer Gallery, Ottawa, ON

Corporate Collections

            Embassy of Canada, Panama City, Panama

            Beck Ltd, Ottawa, ON

                      CB Richard Ellis, Toronto, ON

                      Framework Foundation, Vancouver, BC

                      Gifford Associates Insurance Brokers, Ottawa, ON

                      McKellar Structured Settlements, Guelph, ON

                      Casino du Lac-Leamy, Gatineau, QC

Memberships

                      Foyer Gallery Association

            Nepean Fine Art League

                      West Carleton Arts Society

                      Manotick Art Association

Selected Print & TV

2017              Kitchissippi Times, Ottawa, ON

2016              Ottawa Life Magazine

2015              La Nuova Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

2014              Bimestrale d’art Cultura Informazione, Italian Art Journal, Bologna, Italy

2013              Ottawa Woman Magazine, EMC Nepean

2012              The Artisans, Rogers TV, EMC Ottawa West

2011              Due West Magazine, Ottawa Magazine,

2010              Perspectives Vanier, Daytime TV, Rogers TV, The News EMC

2009              Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, Orleans Star, L’Express Ottawa, Daytime TV, Rogers TV

2008              The News EMC, Ottawa, Nepean This Week

2007              Ottawa Life Magazine