Personal

Born 1979 in Klodzko, Poland                                                                                                                                  Lives and works in Highland Park, New Jersey

Education

Mason Gross School of the Arts - Rutgers University                                                                            September 2008 - Present:                                                                                                                                    Visual Arts (MFA)

Braunschweig School of Fine Arts and Design (HBK Braunschweig)                                                    October 1999 - June 2006:                                                                                                                                          State Examination in Painting, Installation, Art History, Media Studies and Didactics of Art

University of Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig)                                                                                                  October 1999 - June 2006:                                                                               
State Examination in American Studies, Cultural Studies, Psychology and Philosophy

The State Examination (Staatsexamen) is equivalent to an American Master's Degree and leads to a professional University degree in higher education and teaching based on subject-related studies in multiple areas.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor                                                                                                                         September 2003 - June 2004:                                                                                                                                   Exchange student at the Department of History of Art

Venice International University                                                                                                                                   August 2001 - September 2001:                                                                                                                             Symposium with the International Schelling Society

Grants and Honors

  • "High Honors" certificate of distinction from the Braunschweig School of Fine Arts and Design and the University of Braunschweig, July 2006
  • DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and University of Michigan/Rackham Graduate School:                                                                                                                                                       Recipient of competitive German government grant for two academic semesters at the University of Michigan in the field of Art History, August 2003 - June 2004                                                                    

Exhibitions

Currently: First Year MFA Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, New Jersey

  •  September - October 2008: L'Art de Rien, Paris, France
  •  July - August 2008: L'Art de Rien, Paris, France
  •  September - October 2007: Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  •  July - August 2007: Costick Activities Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan
  •  February - March 2007: Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, Michigan
  •  January - February 2007: Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
  •  December 2006: Longacre House, Farmington Hills, Michigan 

Earlier exhibitions include group shows at:

HBK Gallery, Braunschweig, Germany
Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
VHV, Hannover, Germany