Joanna M. Wezyk
Born 1966, Krakow, Poland
Lives and works in New Jersey and New York City
Adjunct Professor, the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Kean University, New Jersey
EDUCATION
2008 M.F.A. School of Visual Arts, New York
2006 M.A. in Fine Arts Teaching, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
1990 B.F.A., M.A. in Graphic Arts from Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Krakow, Poland
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2008 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in Fine Arts, School
of Visual Arts, New York
Artists and Writers Educational and Development Foundation Grant
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Program Nominee
2007 Dedalus Foundation Fellowship nominee
2006 Summer Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, New York
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Muzeum Zamoyskich, Kozlowka, Poland (up-coming)
2010 C.A.M. Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey (up-coming Two Person Exhibition)
2010 Tina Kim Gallery, New York (up-coming)
2009 New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, New Mexico
2008 Tina Kim Gallery, New York
2005 Plus Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2004 Polonaise Fine Art Gallery, Woodstock, VT
2001 El Dorado Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
Fisher Galleries, Washington, DC
1997 American Center for Polish Culture, Washington DC
1996 Galeria Egeria, Poland
United Nations, New York, NY
1994 Innercity Gallery, Providence, RI
1993 Kosciuszko Foundation, New York, NY
1991 Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 PoliceArt’10 Muzeum Niepodleglosci, Warsaw, Poland
Hammond 2010 Tri State Artist Competition Wnner’s Exhibit, selected by David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator and Vice President of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, Hammond Museum; North Salem, N.Y.
31st Annual Juried Exhibition, curated by Maura Lynch, The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
2009 I Stepped Into the Room, Tina Kim Gallery, New York
Slawomir Elsner, Martin Mannig and Joanna M. Wezyk, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Faculty Show, James Howell Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
PolicArt, Krolikarnia-Muzeum Narodowe (National Museum), Warsaw, Poland.
2008 Animal, SVA Thesis Exhibition, SVA Gallery, New York
Fresh, C.A.M. Galeri, Istanbul
Cenacle: Reverie Refurbishing revelry and Vice Versa, SVA Gallery, New York
Chinoiserie and Other Follies, Thomas Hunter Project Space at Hunter
College, New York
2006 White Box Benefit Auction, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Faculty Exhibition, James Howell Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
Visual Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Library of Congress, Washington, DC
New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, N.M.
Polish Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Museum Archidiecezjalne, Krakow, Poland
American Center for Polish Arts, Washington, DC
Polish Institute of Arts and Science, New York, NY