Peter Grzybowski
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Peter Grzybowski is a multimedia and performance artist and a painter. Studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (ASP). Graduated 1982. First performances completed 1981, individual and with Awacs Group (1982–87) and KONGER
(1984–1986) (see The history of Polish performance art). Since 1985 has lived in the USA.
Until 1996 he had exhibited painting works (e.g. in OK Harris Gallery
, New York, Fusion Arts Museum, New York, DeCordova Museum Lincoln, MA, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, National Building Museum Washington DC, Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Galleria Arsenal, Poznan, Exchange Gallery, Lodz, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery Kraków, Zachęta Gallery Warsaw, Grand Palais
and others)
His paintings imitate objects such as photographs, boards, marble and metal plates. They are included in collections such as: John Hechinger Collection, Norton Center for the Arts, Bob Rotchild Collection, Michael Rakosi Collection, Raymond and Arlene Zimmerman Collection, Exchange Gallery and many other collections in USA, Canada, France, Germany and Poland.
Currently he creates multimedia performances and installations, in which he uses computers, digital video, sound, UV lighting (the installations were shown e.g. at Entropia Gallery in Wroclaw, and New York galleries TIXE, Fusion Arts Museum and Now Gallery
as well as interactive CD-ROMs (presented among e.g. at the International Art Meetings in Katowice 2000, WRO International Festival in Wroclaw 2001 and Chashama
in New York 2002.
He has been a participant of many international festivals and performance events (such as Open International Performance Art Festival in Beijing, the International Performance Art Festival "Castle of Imagination", Poland 2000 and 2006, IIPAE Jakarta, Indonesia 2006, Interakcje - Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland 2006, Chashama
New York 2002 - 2006, Coalition Performance Festival, Chile 2005, Judson Memorial Church
New York 2004, New New Yorkers Festival at Center of Contemporary Arts in Warsaw 2004, Forum Social Europeen Berlin, Paris 2003, Fort Sztuki Kraków 1998 - 2000, Franklin Furnace
New York 1987, Cooper Union School of Art New York 1987, C.U.A.N.D.O Center New York 1986, Art Now Gallery Mannheim 1983)
He is a member of Fort Sztuki Association and International Association of Performance Art Organizers (IAPAO), an organizer (curator) of "Kesher" performance events and festivals in USA and Poland. With Małgorzata Kaźmierczak he is also a co-founder (currently a Vice-President) of the Foundation for the Promotion of Performance Art "Kesher" in Kraków (Poland).
Konger
Konger is a Polish performance art group from Kraków, Poland, established in 1983 by a group of professional artists in protest against the imposition of Martial law in Poland...
(1984–1986) (see The history of Polish performance art). Since 1985 has lived in the USA.
Until 1996 he had exhibited painting works (e.g. in OK Harris Gallery
OK Harris Gallery
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, New York, Fusion Arts Museum, New York, DeCordova Museum Lincoln, MA, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, National Building Museum Washington DC, Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Galleria Arsenal, Poznan, Exchange Gallery, Lodz, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery Kraków, Zachęta Gallery Warsaw, Grand Palais
Grand Palais
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and others)
His paintings imitate objects such as photographs, boards, marble and metal plates. They are included in collections such as: John Hechinger Collection, Norton Center for the Arts, Bob Rotchild Collection, Michael Rakosi Collection, Raymond and Arlene Zimmerman Collection, Exchange Gallery and many other collections in USA, Canada, France, Germany and Poland.
Currently he creates multimedia performances and installations, in which he uses computers, digital video, sound, UV lighting (the installations were shown e.g. at Entropia Gallery in Wroclaw, and New York galleries TIXE, Fusion Arts Museum and Now Gallery
Now Gallery
Now Gallery was a New York City art gallery based in East Village, Manhattan active in 1983 - 1989. An artist himself, director and owner Jacek Tylicki, has been recognized as an important promoter of emerging artists....
as well as interactive CD-ROMs (presented among e.g. at the International Art Meetings in Katowice 2000, WRO International Festival in Wroclaw 2001 and Chashama
Chashama
Chashama is a non-profit organization that supports thriving cultural communities by transforming temporarily vacant properties into spaces where art can flourish...
in New York 2002.
He has been a participant of many international festivals and performance events (such as Open International Performance Art Festival in Beijing, the International Performance Art Festival "Castle of Imagination", Poland 2000 and 2006, IIPAE Jakarta, Indonesia 2006, Interakcje - Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland 2006, Chashama
Chashama
Chashama is a non-profit organization that supports thriving cultural communities by transforming temporarily vacant properties into spaces where art can flourish...
New York 2002 - 2006, Coalition Performance Festival, Chile 2005, Judson Memorial Church
Judson Memorial Church
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New York 2004, New New Yorkers Festival at Center of Contemporary Arts in Warsaw 2004, Forum Social Europeen Berlin, Paris 2003, Fort Sztuki Kraków 1998 - 2000, Franklin Furnace
Franklin Furnace
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New York 1987, Cooper Union School of Art New York 1987, C.U.A.N.D.O Center New York 1986, Art Now Gallery Mannheim 1983)
He is a member of Fort Sztuki Association and International Association of Performance Art Organizers (IAPAO), an organizer (curator) of "Kesher" performance events and festivals in USA and Poland. With Małgorzata Kaźmierczak he is also a co-founder (currently a Vice-President) of the Foundation for the Promotion of Performance Art "Kesher" in Kraków (Poland).