Joanna M. Wezyk

Born 1966, Krakow, Poland
Lives in New Jersey and works in New York City
Adjunct Professor, the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Kean University, New Jersey
Art Instructor at The Center for Visual Arts of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

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 The School of Visual Arts-Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for
Exceptional Achievement in Fine Arts
2008 Joan Mitchell Foundation nominee
2008 Artists and Writers Educational and Development Foundation Grant Recipient
2007 Dedalus Foundation Fellowship nominee
2006 Summer Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, New York

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 New Mexico State University Art Galleries, Las Cruses, N.M.
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

2009 “Joanna M Wezyk; Slawomir Elsner, Martin Manning”, Kukje Gallery,
Seoul, South Korea
2009 “I Stepped Into the Room” Tina Kim Gallery, New York
2009 Faculty Show, James Howell Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
2009 “Police 90” Krolikarnia, National Museum, Warszawa, Poland
2008 “Chinoiserie and Other Follies”, Thomas Hunter Project Space at Hunter
College, New York
2008 “Cenacle: Reverie Refurbishing Revelry and Vice Versa”, SVA Gallery,
New York
2008 “Animal”, SVA Thesis Exhibition, SVA Gallery, New York
2008 Fresh”, C.A.M. Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Benefit Auction, White Box, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
2006 Faculty Show, James Howell Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey
2006 Visual Center of New Jersey, Summit,NJ
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Library of Congress, Washington, DC
New Mexico State University Art Galleries, 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