Andrew Bartosz
Biography
Born 1946 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Lives and works in Melbourne, Australia
1960-65Graduated at the National College of Fine Arts, Bydgoszcz, Poland
1965-66Private study with artist and poet Marian Turwid in Bydgoszcz
1966-71Master’s in Fine Arts – Painting at Copernicus University in Torun in the art studio of professor Stanislaw Borysowski
1971-81Teaches painting at the Department of Education in Plock and at the Department of Fine Arts at Copernicus University in Torun in the art studio of Mieczyslaw Wisniewski
1973-76General designer for National Artistic Events in Poland
1971-77During those years Andrew had five solo exhibitions around Poland
1981Andrew came to Australia and started exhibiting in Australian galleries straightaway
Exhibitions
2011Galeria ‘Kantorek’ BWA – Bydgoszcz, Poland
2011SOHO Galleries – Sydney, Australia, Whisper Gallery London
2010/11SOHO Galleries – ‘All the Best Group Exhibition’ – Sydney, Australia
2010BWA Bydgoszcz – ‘HALLO!’ Group exhibition – Bydgoszcz, Poland
2010Manyung Gallery – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
2009Art Fair Melbourne – Melbourne, Australia
2008SOHO Galleries – Sydney, Australia
2008Gallery ‘Wielka’ – Poznan, Poland
2007 Manyung Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
2006Libby Edwards Galleries – Melbourne, Australia
2005Delshan Gallery – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
2005Despard Gallery – Group exhibition – Hobart, Australia
2004Embassy of the Republic of Poland – Group exhibition – Canberra,Australia
2003SOHO Galleries – Sydney, Australia
2002Art Images Gallery – Adelaide, Australia
2001SOHO Galleries – Sydney, Australia
2000Solander Gallery – Group exhibition – Canberra, Australia
2000Solander Gallery ‘27th Anniversary Exhibition’ – Group exhibition – Canberra, Australia
1999Libby Edwards Galleries – Melbourne, Australia
1999Opening exhibition, Libby Edwards Galleries, Queen Street Woollahra – Sydney, Australia
1999SOHO Galleries – Sydney, Australia
1999Greenhill Galleries – Group exhibition – Adelaide, Australia
1998SOHO Galleries – Sydney, Australia
1997Solander Gallery at the Contemporary Art Fair 1997 – Canberra, Australia
1997“Pol-Art’97” Victorian Artist’s Society – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1997“Pol-Art’97” National Gallery of Victoria – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1997Jackman Gallery – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1997Sir Paul E. Strzelecki International Festival’97 – Group exhibition – Morwell, Australia
1997Libby Edwards Galleries – Melbourne, Australia
1997SOHO Galleries – Sydney International Art Festival – Sydney, Australia
1996Libby Edwards Galleries – Melbourne, Australia
1995Gallery Aniela – Kangaroo Valley, Australia
1995Swing Bridge Gallery – Tasmania, Australia
1994Gallery Aniela – Kangaroo Valley, Australia
1994Moorabbin Art Centre – Melbourne, Australia
1994RACV Club – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1994Dick Bett Gallery – Hobart, Tasmania
19931st Prize in Burnie Art Prize for watercolour – Tasmania, Australia
1993Jan Matejko Memorial Painting Exhibition – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1993Swing Bridge Gallery – Tasmania, Australia
1993Gallery 101 – Melbourne, Australia
1992Touchstone Art Gallery – Hong Kong
1992, 1998Australian Contemporary Art Fair – Melbourne, Australia
1992The Caulfield Arts Complex Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
1992The Art at Linden Art Gallery – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1991The Piccolo Spoleto Art Festival – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1990J. Miller Art Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
1988AMP Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
1988J. Miller Art Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
1985Renoir Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
1985Polish Art Foundation ‘Contal’ – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1984The Age Gallery “Pol-Art” – Group exhibition – Melbourne, Australia
1983Renoir Gallery – Melbourne, Australia
Collections
Australia, Brazil, Canada, U.S.A., Poland, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Israel
STATEMENT
Andrew Bartosz celebrated paintings hold as a central theme, the celebration of the female form.
His training provided a great knowledge of human anatomy. During his formative years he spent many long hours in the Medical Academy, Gdansk, studying aspects of human anatomy and form.
Eroticism is clearly the concern of much of Andrew Bartosz's work, and there are examples amongst the works on view that provide clues to his background as an intellectual figure working with writers and others in the Arts in both Poland and the Lebanon during the 1970's.
Andrew Bartosz is a painter who revels in his work and like a long line of previous artists trained in Europe, brings a new vision to his adopted country. These are the paintings that celebrate both the wonder of sensuality and the love of technical achievement.
Andrew Bartosz ‘ Figurative Paintings’ exhibition preview May 28, exhibiting to June 14.
SOHO GALLERIES, SYDNEY Visit
WHISPER Gallery LONDON