Ryszard Woźniak

Polish painter, performer and teacher

Ryszard Woźniak
Self-portrait with crossbar (1985)
Born	Ryszard Woźniak 13 June 1956 (1956-06-13) (age 67) Białystok, Poland
Nationality	Polish
Education	Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Known for	Painting
Movement	Neo-expressionism

Ryszard Woźniak (born 13 June 1956 in Białystok) is a Polish painter, performer and teacher.^[1]

Between 1976 and 1981 Woźniak studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, under Stefan Gierowski. In the years 1982-1988 he taught art at his home university. Since 1982, he was involved in Gruppa, having participated in almost all the artist group's exhibitions and campaigns, as well as having co-wrote its newsletter "Oh well" ("Oj dobrze już"). Between 1985 and 1989, together with Marek Sobczyk, Woźniak worked on the polychromy of the Neo Greek-Catholic Church of St. Nicholas, Kostomloty in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. In 1986, the artist and Ryszard Grzyb went for a scholarship to West Berlin. In 1991/1992 he lectured at the private Art School in Warsaw, founded and run by Jarosław Modzelewski and Marek Sobczyk. Since c.1992-93, he runs a painting studio at the University of Zielona Góra.^[2]^[3]

A new wave of popies
(1982)
Damsel get up
(1984)
Home for the incurably ill
(1987)

References

^ Sułkowski, Szymon. "Ryszard Woźniak, obraz jest myślą, myśl jest obrazem". www.ryszardwozniak.pl. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
^ "Woźniak Ryszard - Galeria Test". Galeria Test (in Polish). Retrieved 11 April 2017.
^ "sztuka podziwu - oświaty kaganiec". oświaty kaganiec (in Polish). 1 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2017.