Kamila Wozniakowska

Biography

1993 - 1996

Master's Degree in Fine Arts, University of Quebec, Montreal, PQ

1983 - 1986

Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts: University of Quebec, Montreal, PQ

1979 - 1983

École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts; Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions

2006

Peripheral Visions, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto

2005

"Exercices de style": Paintings and Editions, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini

2004

Le Monde Comme Il Va, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal

2002

Whores, Thieves and Murderers. On the Timeliness of the Work of J. Gay and B. Brecht, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, ON

2000

Before and After, Blue Series, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, ON

1999

• Impostures, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, QC
• Impostures, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, ON

1996

Tableaux didactiques, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, PQ

1994

If it's painted, it's true, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, PQ

1993

Lexique pictural d'un enthousiaste, Museum of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Riviére-du-Loup, QC

1992

• Suite cynégétique - paintings, Figures pour mes amis qui boivent, mentent et me volent - etchings, Occurrence Gallery, Montreal, QC
• Suite cynégétique, Gallery of University of Quebec, Hull, QC
• Les tableaux de chasse, Haut 3e Impérial Gallery, Granby, QC

1990

• Ainsi le soliloque se travestissait en dialogue, Museum of Town of Lachine, Lachine, QC
• Piéces de conversation, Maison du Brasseur, Lachine, PQ

1986

Les ceremonies, Diffusion III Gallery, Montreal, PQ

Group Exhibitions

2004

• Moving Pictures / Still Pictures, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, ON
• Passaporto, Hotel Le Meridien Art+Tech, Turin, Italie
• Art with Heart, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

2003

• Accrochages : oeuvres de la collection permanente du Musée, Museum of Town of Lachine, Lachine, QC
• Painting Unbound: Looking at the Nineties, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal, Montreal, QC

2001

• Plein ciel, Musée d’art urbain, Montreal, QC

2000

• Encan - Amis du Musée, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal, Montreal, QC

1998

• Kitchell, Poletto, Wozniakowska, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, ON

1997

Of Fire and Passion, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal, Montreal, QC

1996

• Diptychs, Rochefort Gallery, Montreal, QC
• Acquisitions 1995 - Art Bank Collection of Museum of Quebec, Museum of Quebec, Quebec, QC

1995

• 10 Annual International Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON
• 9e Grand Prix de Peinture de la Ville de Saint-Grégoire, Centre d'Animation de la Forge, Saint-Grégoire, France

1994

• Le lieu de l'être, Museum of Quebec, Quebec
• Peinture, Ponctuation 1994, Maison des arts de Laval, Laval, QC
• Parfum d'Ambrosius, Graff Gallery, Montreal, QC

1993

• Discovery Biennale, Museum of Quebec, Quebec, QC
• Easthetics, Dominion Gallery, Montreal, QC
• Parti Pris Peinture, Gallery of University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, QC

1992

• School of Montreal 1992, Maison de la Culture Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, QC

1991

• Persona, Museum of Rimouski, Rimouski, QC
• Montréal ville francophone interculturelle, Association Québec-Communauté française de Belgique, Montreal, QC
• En mouvement et de concert, Complexe Desjardins, Montreal, QC

1989

• Art est un luxe... moi non plus, Les Havres Gris Gallery, Montreal, QC

1987

• Viva Vice Versa, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris, France

1986

• Bourse McAbbie, Gallery of University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, QC

1985

McAbbie Award Exhibition, Gallery of University of Quebec in Montreal, QC

1984

Moe Reinblatt Award Exhibition, Gallery of University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, QC

Grants and Awards

• Canada Council for the Arts - Creation/Production Grants between 1991 and 2005
• Quebec Council for Arts and Letters - Creation/Production Grants between 1990 and 2004
• McAbbie Foundation - Award and Grant 1985
• Moe Reinblatt Foundation - Citation 1984

Public Art Projects

2002

"Musiciens et chanteurs en hiver à Valleyfield", suite of 39 paintings; Salle Albert-Dumouchel, Valleyfield, QC

1999

"Quatre écoles", suite of four paintings; École à L'Orée-des-Bois, St-Colomban, QC

1997

Suite of ten paintings for the foyer of a theatre building; Maison Théâtre, Montreal, QC

Collections

• National Bank of Canada Collection, Montreal
• MIT Visual Arts Center, Boston, Massachusetts
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal
• Hydro-Québec Collection, Quebec
• Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa
• Art Bank, Museum of Quebec, Quebec
• Stewart Hall Cultural Centre, Pointe-Claire
• Museum of Town of Lachine, Lachine
• Private collections in Canada, United States, France, Belgium, Switzerland

Catalogues

• Godmer, Gilles, Lamarre, Andre, "Kamila Wozniakowska, Le monde comme il va", Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, 2004.
• Coss, Giulia, Passaporto, Associazione Culturale Passaporto, Turin, 2004
• Bernier, Robert, La peinture au Québec depuis les années 1960, Les Éditions de l'Homme, Montreal, 2002.
• Lussier, Réal, Of Fire and Passion, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, 1997
• Mercier, Guy, Le lieu de l'être, Musée du Québec, Quebec, 1994
• Lacroix, Laurier, Peinture. Ponctuation 1994, Revue Trois, Laval, 1994
• Biennale Découverte, Fondation Découverte, Quebec, 1993
• L' École de Montréal 1992 - Premier volet, Maison de la Culture Plateau-Mont-Royal, Montreal, 1992.
• Pluralité 92 - 93, Conseil de la Peinture du Québec, Montreal, 1992.
• Visions de femmes, Centre des femmes du Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, 1991.

Press Reviews

• Lehmann, Henry, "Rewriting art history", The Gazette, Montréal, April 10, 2004.
• Delgado, Jérôme, "Bédés d'art", La Presse, Montreal, March 14, 2004.
• Hellman, Michel, "Art engagé", Le Devoir, Montréal, February 7, 2004.
• Redfern, Christine, "History revisited, ridiculed", Mirror, Montréal, February 2004.
• Watal, Divya, "A grid tells a thousand tales", The McGill Daily, March 8, 2004.
• Dault, Gary Michael, "Character sketches in acrylic", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, November 2, 2002.
• Goddard, Peter, "Artist turns morning routine into wet nightmare", The Toronto Star, Toronto, November 6, 2002.
• Delgado, Jérôme, "Des oeuvres exposées sous de nouveaux cieux", La Presse, Montreal, August 4, 2001.
• Marvikakis, Nicolas, "À la belle étoile", Voir, Montreal, August 2001.
• Mavrikakis, Nicolas, "Corps étrangers", Voir, Montreal, June 23, 1999
• Mendelman, Bernard, "Kamila postures herself at Dominion Gallery", The Suburban, Montreal, June 23, 1999
• Dault, Gary Michael, "Parables in pigment, told with an Old Master palette", The Globe and Mail, Toronto, March 20, 1999.
• Bérubé, Stéphanie, "Quand l'art et l'architecture font corps", La Presse, Montreal, August 1, 1998.
• Bernier, Jean-Jacques, "Toutes tendances confondues", Vie des arts, Montreal, Winter 1998, pp. 57-58.
• Marchand, Keith, "Kamila Wozniakowska's compelling canvases", Mirror, Montreal, January 8, 1998.
• Marchand, Keith, "Canvases of fire?", Mirror, Montreal, November 6, 1997.
• Lamarche, Bernard, "Les temps sont chauds", Le Devoir, Montreal, October 26, 1997.
• Kozinska, Dorota, "Museum welcomes new kids on block", The Gazette, Montreal, October 18, 1997.
• Kozinska, Dorota, "International outlook is key to gallery's success", The Gazette, Montreal, August 31, 1996.
• Aquin, Stéphane, "Le diable au corps", Voir, Montreal, August 29, 1996.
• Cron, Marie-Michèle, «Blancs sont les murs...», Le Devoir, Montreal, November 26, 1994.
• Recurt, Elisabeth, «À l'écoute de gestes», Parcours, Montreal, Spring 1994.
• Cron, Marie-Michèle, «La peinture est-elle dépassée par les événements?», Le Devoir, Montreal, November 13, 1993.
• Hakim, Mona, «Différent, révélateur, vivifiant», Le Devoir, Montreal, July 24, 1993.
• Dumont, Jean, «Le corps et la pensée», Parcours, Montreal, Summer 1992, p.21.
• Dumont, Jean, «Question sans réponse», Le Devoir, Montreal, May 30, 1992.
• Aquin, Stéphane, «Des Goya grotesques», Voir, Montreal, May 7, 1992.
• Normand, Anne, «Un coin d'atelier Impérial dans ses tableaux», La Voix de l'Est, Granby, January 18, 1992.
• Ringuette, Pierre, «Persona "grata"», Noir d'encre, Quebec, Autumn-Winter 1991, p.11.
• Dumont, Jean, «Slivniker, Lapka, Wozniakowska, artistes du centre de l'Europe», Le Devoir, Montreal, January 5, 1991.