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Andrzej Michael Karwacki
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DON'T DREAM A DREAM, LIVE A DREAM AND LET REALITY SLEEP Eyvo Johnson As an artist, I find difficult to answer, is it I who defines painting or is it painting that defines me... Either way, it is both a transpersonal and a narcissistic relationship. The process of painting creates a state of Liminality, which leads to the discovery of my very essence. It is like writing a fable, one without words and one that is rather suggestive in nature. In that progression, I forget all that I know, for originality can only be achieved by reaching into my own infinite possibilities. The abstract mechanics of art is where the silent spaces between thoughts materialize into hues of light and through use of paint, transform canvas. This in fashion is same as making music, where the musician by use of an instrument transcends the process of playing. And when that happens, art completes life, bringing to focus what nature cannot bring to finish, allowing me to be closer to the source of all things. |
Born 1967 in Poland, in the historic town of Brzeg. Andrzej grew up during the years of political oppression and era of communist Poland. There, He attended the School for the Arts and Literature. Andrzej moved to New York in 1984 and continued his education in the School for the Arts at Jersey City State University, where he received BFA in painting. He continued his education in Philadelphia and in 1994, received Master Degree and Honorary Award from University of Pennsylvania in the field of environmental art and landscape architecture. |
Living in the Bay Area since 1994, Andrzej has a broad creative practice.He is a freelance designer, illustrator, landscape architect and teacher. Andrzej's focus has been in both contemporary abstracts and figurative paintings. His work has been acquired by many private collectors throughout The United States. His paintings are shown in LA, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Paris and London and published in the New Yorker, ArtBusiness.com, NY Uppereast.com, Dalkey Archive Books, SF Weekly and SF Station. CV/RESUME.pdf |
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