Jarek Wojcik
From salacious apples tumbling through space to curious crocodiles housed within chequered foyers, Jarek Wojcik invites you to enter a world of exquisite beauty. From within these hyper-real worlds Wojcik combines the still life tradition with modern artefacts to offer a self-reflexive critique of the history, perception and status of traditional painting methods in contemporary art.
Wojcik studied at the University of Poznan, Poland, where he received his MA in medieval mural art. In 2015, he held his first solo exhibition at Anna Pappas Gallery, Spaces and Things; a satirical exploration of the Nuevo Riche and bourgeois culture. Wojcik’s work has also been the subject of solo exhibitions at galleries in Hong Kong, Melbourne, Paris, Perth, Szczecin and Sydney.
Wojcik’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney (2013); 2011 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF); National Musuem, Poland (2010); the German Embassy, Canberra (2007); Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla (2007); and Galerie Brotzinger, Pforzheim (2007). He has been a finalist for the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award for his painting Museum Series: 0012 and in 2006 he was Highly Commended in the 4th International Biennal of Miniature Art. Wojcik is represented in the collections of the National Museum in Szczecin, Poland, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Canberra, and the Copelouzos Private Art Museum, Athens. Wojcik moved to Melbourne in 1985, where he continues to live and work.
Jarek Wojcik
Born in Szczecin, Poland. Lives and works in Melbourne,Australia.
Education
MA (Medieval Mural), University of Poznan, Poland
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Spaces and Things, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2014
Bijou, City Library, Poland
2013
Museum Series, Syndicate@Danks Gallery, Sydney
Museum Series, New Gallery on Old Bailey, Hong Kong
Bijou, Litre Space, Melbourne
2012
Museum Series, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
21 Songs, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2011
You are here, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
…and everything emptying into white, Galeria Trystero, Poland
2010
Storylines, Gallery East, Perth
2009
Landscape not forgotten, Catherine Asquith, Gallery, Melbourne
Deserted places, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2008
Paintings/works on paper, Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
So Quiet, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2007
Niedaleko stąd, Galeria Trystero, Szczecin, Poland
Pas Loin D’ici, Galerie Art Present, Paris, France
Narratives of treasured places, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2006
Not far from here, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2005
15 Minute Walk…, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Street Stories, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Melbourne Art Fair, presented by Anna Pappas Gallery
Art Athina, International Contemporary Art Fair, Athens, presented by Anna Pappas Gallery
2013
Conscious Disquiet, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2012
Festivite 2012, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Views and Visions, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
Works on Paper, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2011
KIAF 11, Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, South Korea
30 x 30 by 30, Gallery East, Perth
Annual Works on Paper, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2010
SMS. Szczecin-Melbourne-Szczecin, National Museum, Szczecin, Poland
2009
Festivite 2009, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
Das Kleine Format, Landhaus Galerie, Austria
Das Kleine Format, Galerie Brötzinger, Germany
SMS. Szczecin-Melbourne-Szczecin, Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne
5th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Touring Exhibition, Poland
2008
Works on Paper, Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne
2007
5 OF 5, Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla
Das Kleine Format, Galerie Brötzinger, Pforzheim, Germany
European Union Art Exhibition, under patronage of the EU Commission and German Embassy, Canberra
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne
4th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Touring Exhibition, Poland
2006
A Treasure Trove, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
My World Exhibition, Steps Gallery, Melbourne
The Storyteller, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
4th International Biennial of Miniature Art, OPK Gallery, Poland
Art for Chelmek, Epicentrum Gallery, Poland
2004
Linden Postcard Show, Melbourne
1998
Victorian Artists’ Society, Melbourne (POLART)
1997
Victorian Artists’ Society, Melbourne (POLART)
Selected Bibliography
2012
Martina Copley, ‘Onlooker’, Catalogue Essay
2011
Martina Copley, ‘…time and place’, Catalogue Essay for KIAF/11
2010
Ric Spencer, ‘Foray into music, architecture’, The West Australian, September 10
Troy Kearns, ‘Poles apart, yet so close’, Glen Ira Leader, June 16
2007
Bogdan Twardochleb, ‘Melbourne bliżej Szczecina’, Kurier Szczeciński
Ewa Podgajna, ‘Niedaleko stąd, czyli w Australii’, Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish)
Wojciech Leszczyński, ‘Niedaleko stąd’, Kurier Szczeciński (in Polish)
2006
Catherine Asquith, ‘Not far from here’, Catalogue Essay
2005
Catherine Asquith, ‘15 Minute Walk…’, Catalogue essay
2003
Sonia Barron, ‘Two Poles: A rich joint exhibition’, The Canberra Times,
Michael Berry, Selected Contemporary Artists of Australia
Awards
2013 Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Sydney (Finalist)
2011 Mount Eyre Art Prize, Rex-Livingston Art Dealer, Sydney (Finalist)
2010 Blake Prize, Directors’ Cut Exhibition, Sydney (Shortlisted)
2008 Con.ceit’ 08, Corangamarah Art Prize (Finalist )
2008 5th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Czestochowa, Poland (Finalist)
2006 4th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Czestochowa, Poland (Highly Commended)
2005 Canberra Art Prize, Canberra (Finalist)
2005 Walkom Manning Art Prize, New South Wales (Finalist)
2005 Manning Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2004 John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria (Finalist)
2003 10th IIAPC, Japan (Highly Commended)
2002 8th IIAPC, Japan (Highly commended)
Selected Collections
Copelouzos Private Art Museum, Athens, Greece
National Museum, Szczecin, Poland
Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Canberra, Australia
City of Stonington, Melbourne, Australia
