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Jerzy Jedrysiak (pronounced yen-dri-siak)
Saturday, Sept 19 - Sunday, Oct 25, 2009

Using carved linoleum, Jerzy Jedrysiak creates intricate and poetic linocut prints. Although his prints are black and white, the rhythmic lines and the stark contrast of dark and light impart a colorful nature. Highly influenced by his natural surroundings in the mountain town of Zakopane and the region's folklore, Jedrysiak creates a rich narrative of his world — both real and imagined.

Please note that the first 3 prints will be on view at the show, other prints may be seen by appointment.



Koncert 19 1/4 x 25 5/8 1995 Grand Prix for Best Print of the Month in Cracow, Poland	In Search of the Golden Egg 19 9/16 x 25 3/8 1992 Honor Award at the II International Biennale of Graphic Art in Orense, Spain


In the Shadow of the Good Tree 25 1/4 x 19 9/16	Fowler 25 5/16 x 19 5/8


Macondo 19 1/4 x 25 5/8

about the artist
Jerzy Jedrysiak (b. 1954 in Zakopane, Poland) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and received his diploma for Woodcut and Book Design projects. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Art at Cracow University College where he runs the linocut workshop.

As an internationally renown artist, Jedrysiak has created about 90 linocuts in editions of generaly no more than 50 impressions from each plate. He has had over 50 one-man shows, and participated in about 500 group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. He has won 36 awards in graphic arts. His works are included in numerous private and museum collections, such as the Library of Congress in Washington DC and Albertina Museum in Vienna.

Jedrysiak is a member of XYLON — the International Society of Wood Engravers. He practices graphic arts and drawing. In graphics, he most often employs linocut.

Jedrysiak lives in Zakopane, a small town located 60 miles from Cracow in the Tatra Mountains.

selected foreign awards

Jedrysiak has been granted awards in 24 competitions in Poland and in 14 international graphic competitions.

1986: The Third Prize, International Graphic Triennale, Frechen, Germany

1987: The First Prize, XYLON International Graphic Triennale, Winterthur, Switzerland

1990: Ex aequo Award, International Graphic Triennale, Frechen, Germany

1991: Grand Prix, Bharat Bhawan, International Graphic Biennale, Bhopal, India

1991: The Second Prize, International Graphic Biennale, Wakayama, Japan

1992: The Prize of Honour, International Graphic Biennale, Orense, Spain

1993: The First Prize, The First International Graphic Biennale, Maastricht, Holland

1994: The Prize of Honour, International Graphic Biennale, Orense, Spain

1994: The Second Prize, Daniel Chodowiecki Stiftung Preis, Berlin, Germany

1995: The Triennale Award, International Graphic Triennale, Fredrikstadt, Norway

1996: The Prize, The International Graphic Exhibition, Portland, USA

1997: Daniel Chodowiecki Stiftung Preis, Berlin, Germany

2002: The Prize of Honour, Bharat Bhawan, International Graphic Biennale, Bhopal, India

works in selected collections

Congress Library, Washington, USA

Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria

Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan

Kanawaga Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

Queens University, Kingston, Canada

Esso, Hamburg, Germany

The Naional Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ther Regional Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, USA

The Hebler Centre of International Graphic, Fredrikstad, Norway

Moderna Galleria, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Gewerbemuzeum, Winterthur, Switzerland

International Graphic Collection, Maastricht, Netherlands

International Centre of Contemporary Art, Ukraine

Bharat Bhavan, Roopankar Art Museum, India

Gallery Caixe, Orense, Spain

The International Museum of Graphic, Biella, Italy

Universal Graphic Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Museum of Contemporary Prints, Fredrikstaad, Norway

Kunsthaus, Grechen, Switzerland

Kreissparkasse, Ludwigsburg, Germany

National Museum, Warsaw, Poland

National Museum, Cracow, Poland

The Tatra Museum, Zakopane, Poland

Portland Art Museum, Portland, USA

Moderna Galleria in Banska Bystrica, Czech Republic

Triennale of Graphic Art Collection, Frechen, Germany

Ukrainian International Center of Contemporary Art, Lvov, Ukraine

Museum of Contemporary Art, Bhopal, India

PRINTMAKING 101
t e r m s & t y p e s

linocut:An abbreviation of "linoleum cut", the linocut technique is a derivation of the woodcut; however, because of the supple, relatively soft properties of the linoleum, linocuts have different characteristics. The material takes all types of lines, but is most suited to large designs with contrasting dark and light flat tints. The material is cut with small pen-like tools, which have mushroom-shaped handles. The tools have a variety of forms: straight and rounded edge, double pointed, as a chisel or V-shaped chisel, etc. As on a woodcut, the relief parts of the block are inked. For printing a large number of important proofs, the lino is attached to a wooden block. Color printing is done with several lino blocks.
from Prints: History of an Art, by Michel Melot, Anthony Griffiths, Richard S. Field, Andre Beguin. Rizzoli, 1991, 290 pp.

additional printmaking terms

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