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Stanislaw
Jan Krakiewicz (Stas) was born in 1964 in Liverpool, England
from Polish immigrant parents fleeing from persecution in
the Second World War. He has history of painting stretching
back fifteen years, which has evolved stylistically and passionately
through his varying arts practise. Recently preferring to
find inspiration from English Naïve art and Art Brute
that has no need to show technical realism, with the belief
that it gets in the way of the balancing act between concept,
colour and form. He resolves his concepts through his fragmented
dyslexic residual memory and revels artistically in its unexpected
outcomes.
His paintings
imitate traditional technical influence from past masters,
using layers of glaze over an impasto surface creating a sumptuous
texture. His mature style can be broken up into three distinctive
themes: dwellings in sparse abstracted landscapes, primitive
art reflecting on fatherhood and portraiture in the faux primitive
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MA Multimedia Arts,
Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool |
| 86-89 |
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BA (Hons) Degree in
Fine Art, DeMontford University, Leicester |
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| Solo Shows |
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| 2000 |
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Toy Spy, Huyton Gallery,
Merseyside |
| 1998 |
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Anna’s Animals,
Orrell Art Centre, Merseyside |
| 1998 |
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Portraits from the
Ark, Hanover Gallery, Liverpool |
| 1997 |
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The Dark Works, The
Beluga Bar, Liverpool |
| 1995 |
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Figurative Works,
Orrell Art Centre, Merseyside |
| 95-96 |
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Melodrama, a touring
show by ArtReach at nine venues. |
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| Selected Group Shows |
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| 2005 |
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Barn Gallery, Henley
on Thames |
| 2005 |
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Cheshire Open, Grosvenor
Gallery, Chester |
| 2005 |
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Affordable Art Fair,
Barn Gallery, Battersea, London |
| 2004 |
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Grosvenor Gallery,
Chester |
| 2003 |
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Dukes Oak, Cheshire |
| 2003 |
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Manchester Art Show,
Urbis, Manchester |
| 2003-05 |
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Kitchen Gallery, Norton
Priory, Cheshire |
| 2002 |
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Woolff Gallery, 69
Leonard St, London |
| 1999 |
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The Box Room, part
of the first Liverpool Biennial |
| 1997 |
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Visionfest , Atkinson
Art Gallery, Southport |
| 1995 |
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Portobello Prize Open
5, Tabernacle Gallery, London |
| 1994 |
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Network 94, The Acorn
Gallery, Liverpool |
| 1994 |
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MCA , The Atkinson
Gallery, Southport |
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