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Location:
Vancouver BC
"I am offering textiles which echo tradition--my own translations
of tradition into a form which is contemporary . . . I am searching
for a new form for traditional techniques. "
Education:
· Fine Arts Academy, Warsaw, Poland 1962-64
· Universidad Catolica, Lima, Peru, Summer 1965
· Honours, Interior Design and Textile Design, Chicago Art Institute,
Chicago, USA 1964-67
Selected Exhibitions, Commisions:
· Large scale architectural commission, Canadian Embassy, Warsaw,
Poland 2002
· Contemporary textiles, group exhibition, Warsaw/Lodz/Elblag, Poland
2000/2001
· "Blue: The Color That Changed The World", group exhibition,
Vancouver Museum, October 1999
· American Craft Museum, group exhibition, New York City, USA 1998
· Solo exhibition, West Kootenay Art Centre, Castlegar, BC 1992
· Solo exhibition, Waikato Museum of Art, Hamilton, New Zealand
1991
Selected Awards, Accomplishments:
· Associate Professor of Design, Landscape Architecture Program,
University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 2001 to present
· Associate Professor of Design and Textile Design, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC 1969-2001
· Canada Council Visual Arts Grant, 2000
· Dekaban Foundation Travel Grant, 1999, 2000
· Recipient, 1981 Prix Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in the
fine crafts
· Elected to the Royal Canadian Academy 1980
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