Bogdan Fialkowski was born in Poland in 1943.
In 1970, Fialkowski received Honorary Masters Degree in Fine Arts from the
Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan in Poland.
Bogdan Fialkowski is a successful artist
since 1974 based in Melbourne.
Bogdan Fialkowski has been exhibiting in
Australia, Vatican, Italy, Poland and Germany and Switzerland.
For many years
Fialkowski has been working in Italy restoring, repairing and
reconditioning the valuable works of art in place of worship,
cathedrals and basilicas.
Fialkowski
paintings are characteristically full of texture, surprising
colour and composition.
Inspired by the rich colours of the
Australian
landscape, Fialkowski adopted the pallete of ochre, yellow and red
often contrasted with his favourite cearuleum and cobalt.
Fialkowski's fascination with
female nude led to a huge collection that is both seductive and
sensual. These nudes are carefully placed in mysterious and
natural environments as in the landscape of their own.
There is a substantial shift
in the artist work since the exhibition at "25 years in
Australia". New form and composition become apparent, the
attention to detail is distinctive.
New paintings are grouped,
each telling a different story. "Symbiosis" family with its
colours
and twin composition are a surprising to the writing of a tale in
pictures.
"Storm" sequence seduces with background and detailed
nudes in an extreme contrast of hues.
When compared with
beautifully executed but somewhat conventional "Devil's
Marbles", "Sunrise" lead's to the artist latter affair with the
Australian landscape showing a level of maturity, expertise and
confidence.
Here the artist investigates both typical Australian
detail as well as the colour, the depth and the light of the
desert.
The "Journey" sequence has the artist finally venturing
into his vision of Australia. His penetrating eye decisively
participates in the exploration of the landscape he now calls
his own.
AWARDS
1979 Honorary Masters Degree from the Academy of Fine Arts
in Poland
1979-82 work as an assistant in Professor Kempinski's Painting
Composition Studio
1982-83 restoration 17th and 18th
century Churches throughout Poland and Italy.
1983 Fialkowski designed and
constructed the Swiss Pavilion for the Poznan International Exhibition
for Hilti Switzerland.
1984 at the Dusseldorf International
Exhibition Fialkowski prepared a display to demonstrate a new technique of
painting using fiberglass and paint.
1985 received a Keyneton
Award for
landscape 'The Devil's Marbles'.
COLLECTIONS
University of of Fine Arts Poznan
Poland
the Vatican collection
Italy
Cameron O'Reilly
collection
Microbial Screening Technologies
collection Sydney Australia
public and private
collections around the world
including Australia, Poland, Italy and
Switzerland.
The
roots of Fialkowski work is in Expressionism and New Figuration. His paintings
reflect the postmodern era, and its characteristic concerns and attitudes
capture the artist's emotional depth and his feeling for natural aspects of
life.
