Leszek Wyczolkowski
Artist Summary
Leszek Wyczolkowski was born into a family of artists in Poland. He received his first artistic training at an early age from his father. Leszek was also influenced by his mother who encouraged him to pursue cartography which positively influenced his precision. He received his formal education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland (1975-1977) and the Ontario College of Art and Design University (1980-1982) graduating with honours. In 2005 and 2007 Wyczolkowski attended self-directed residencies at The Banff Centre, Alberta. He has exhibited in over two hundred and fifty solo and group shows in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and the United States. His works appear in museums, corporate, public and private collections in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the United States.
Artist Biography
LESZEK WYCZOLKOWSKI
EDUCATION:
1980-1982 Ontario College of Art and Design University, graduated Fine Art with Honours
1975-1977 Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Graphics Department
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2026 Prom Gallery, Warsaw – Poland
2026 Lufcik Gallery, Association of Polish Visual Artists, Warsaw – Poland
2025 Cedar Ridge Creative Centre Gallery, Toronto, ON
2022 Centre [3], Hamilton, ON – Canada
2021 Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON
2019 Mississauga Central Library, Mississauga, ON
2017 Gallery 022, Association of Polish Artists and Designers, Warsaw – Polad
International Centre for Graphic Arts, Krakow – Poland
2016 Idea Exchange Art + Design, Preston Gallery, Cambridge, ON
2015 Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
2014/15 The City Museum of Wroclaw – Poland
2013 The National Museum of the Earth in Przemysl, Przemysl – Poland
2011 Burlington Art Center, Burlington, ON
District Museum in Bydgoszcz – Poland
2009 Galerie D’art Jean Claude Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
Gallery EL, Elblag – Poland
Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
The District Museum in Chelm, Chelm
Silesian Museum, Katowice – Poland
WKP Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, ON
2007 Bellevue Gallery, West Vancouver, BC
Walter Phillips Gallery/The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2006 Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste Marie, ON
2005 Walter Phillips Gallery/The Other Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2004 Open Studio, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
2003 City of Lodz History Museum, Lodz – Poland
1112 Gallery/Society for Arts, Chicago, IL – U.S.A.
Walbrzych’s Gallery of Art BWA “CASTLE KSIAZ” – Poland
The National Museum in Kielce – Poland
2002 Profil Gallery-Center of Culture “ZAMEK”, Poznan – Poland
Gallery of Modern Art – BWA, Kalisz – Poland
Gallery of Modern Art, Opole – Poland
2001 The National Museum in Wroclaw – Poland
The Triangle Gallery of Visual Art, Calgary, AB
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2026 Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB (2-artist show)
2024/25 International Biennial of Contemporary Prints in Liège, Musée de La Boverie, – BG
Station Gallery, Whitby ON (from permanent collection)
The National Museum of the Earth in Przemysl, Przemysl – Poland (from permanent collection)
2022 Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON (from permanent collection)
Station Gallery, Whitby ON (from permanent collection)
TOMPE 2022 The Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition, London, ON
2018/19 Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON (2-artist show)
2017 Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON (2-artist show)
2016 Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON (2-artist show)
2015/16 Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON (3-artist show)
PAMA, Brampton, ON (Exchange: PAMA Artists Select)
Open Studio – Open Studio 45, Toronto, ON
Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON – Canada (from permanent collection)
2014 Galeria Zajezdnia, UMCS Lublin – Poland (2-artist show)
The District Museum In Chelm – Poland (“Omne Trinum Perfectum”)
Open Studio – Hundred Prints, Toronto, ON
2013 The District Museum In Chelm – Poland (from permanent collection)
Open Studio – Hundred Prints, Toronto, ON
2012 Art Gallery Of Mississauga, ON (from permanent collection)
2011 Art Gallery Of Mississauga, ON (from permanent collection)
Premio Acqui 10th International Biennial of Engraving, Acqui Terme – Italy
2010 2nd Penang International Print Exhibition, Penang – Malaysia
2009 Museum Of Modern and Contemporary Art – 7th International Biennial of Contemporary Prints in Liege – Belgium
Jagiellonian Library – Lettra-Krakow 2009 – Sign and Letter, Poland
Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON (from permanent collection)
Summit Gallery of Fine Art, Calgary, AB (2-artist show)
2008 Silesian Museum, Katowice – Poland (from permanent collection)
2007 Art Gallery of Peel, Brampton, ON (2-artist show)
Art Gallery ff Mississauga, ON (from permanent collection)
The Boston Printmakers 2007 North American Print Biennial, Boston, Ma–U.S.A.
2006 Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC (from permanent collection)
Art & Paper VII, 7th National Biennial Competition of Works on Paper,
Galerie D’art Jean-Claude-Bergeron, Ottawa, ON
Jacana Contemporary Art, Vancouver, BC
Agnes Bugera Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2-artist show)
2005 Higashi Hiroshima Art Museum – Japan
Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
Yebiden Gallery, Hiroshima – Japan (3-artist show)
2004 Art Festa Iwakuni – Japan
Art Expo NYC – U.S.A.
Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON (from permanent collection)
Art Gallery of Windsor, ON (from permanent collection)
2003 Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – U.S.A.
Art Ark, Kelowna, BC
2002 Toronto International Art Fair, ON
Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1112 Gallery/Society For Arts, Chicago, IL – U.S.A.
2001 Art Gallery of Mississauga, ON
1112 Gallery/Society For Arts, Chicago, IL – U.S.A.
Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Las Olas Fine Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL – U.S.A.
2000 1112 Gallery/Society For Arts, Chicago, IL – U.S.A.
Istituto Polacco di Roma, Rome – Italy (2-artist show)
Salon International D’arte, Bourg-La-Reine – France
The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg, IL – U.S.A.
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:
AUSTRIA: Private
BRAZIL: Private
BELGIUM: Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporaine, Liège
Musée de La Boverie, Liège
CANADA: Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art – Toronto, ON
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – Montréal, QC
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia – Halifax, NS
Confederation Centre Art Gallery – Charlottetown, PE
Art Gallery of Hamilton – Hamilton, ON
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives – Brampton, ON
Art Gallery of Mississauga – Mississauga, ON
Art Gallery of Windsor – Windsor, ON
Kamloops Art Gallery – BC
Two Rivers Gallery – Prince George, BC
Burnaby Art Gallery – Burnaby, BC
Surrey Art Gallery – Surrey, BC
Art Gallery of Algoma – Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery – Owen Sound, ON
Georgian College – Barrie, ON
The Banff Centre – Banff, AB
Carleton University Art Gallery – Ottawa, ON
The University of Lethbridge – AB
Department of External Affairs, Government of Canada – Ottawa, ON
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce – Toronto, ON
BMO Bank of Montreal – Montreal, QC
BMO Bank of Montreal – Toronto, ON
National Bank of Canada – Montreal, QC
Royal Bank – Toronto, ON
CVRD Inco Ltd. – Toronto, ON
Canadian Opera Company – Toronto, ON
Congress Financial Corporation – Toronto, ON
Embassy of the Republic of Poland – Ottawa, ON
Fasken Martineau Dumoulin LLP – Toronto, ON
First Gulf Development Corporation – Mississauga, ON
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Barristers & Solicitors – Ottawa, ON
Park Hyatt Hotel – Toronto, ON
The Granite Club – Toronto, ON
Northern Telecom – Mississauga, ON
Ontario College of Teachers – Toronto, ON
RGA International – Toronto, ON
Inco Ltd. – Toronto, ON
Science & Medicine Canada Inc. – Markham, ON, Private
FRANCE: National Library in Paris, and private
GERMANY: Private
GREAT BRITAIN: Private
GREECE: Private
HUNGARY: Private
ITLAY: The Vatican Collection
Istituto Polacco di Roma and private
JAPAN: Higashi Hiroshima Art Museum
MEXICO: Private
MALAYSIA: Tuanku Fauziah Museum and Gallery – Penang
POLAND: Canadian Embassy in Poland – Warsaw
National Museum in Cracow
National Museum in Gdansk
The Archdiocese Museum of Warsaw
National Museum in Poznan
National Museum in Warsaw
National Museum in Wroclaw
Museum of Art in Lódz
Museum Chelmskie – Chelm
National Museum of the Earth in Przemysl
District Museum in Bydgoszcz
Regional Museum in Tarnow
Regional Museum in Siedlce
National Library in Warsaw
City of Zielonka, and private
RUSSIA: Private
SWEDEN: City of Umea, private
U.S.A.: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – Achenbach Foundation, CA
Portland Art Museum – Gordon Gilkey Foundation, OR
The Polish Museum of America – Chicago, IL
Bass Museum of Miami, FL
Boca Raton Museum of Art – FL
The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami, FL
The American Institute of Polish Culture – Miami, FL
Society for Arts – Chicago, IL, and private
AWARDS/GRANTS:
Ontario Arts Council (OAC) Exhibition Assistance Grant (2005, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2024)
Civic Recognition Award (Achievement in the Arts), City of Mississauga (2022)
The MARTYS 2011 Mississauga Arts Council – Artist of the Year (Established Visual Arts) (2011)
Artist’s Statement
“My source of inspiration is rooted in nature and geometry, which manifests in uncluttered contemporary geometrical compositions. I paint with intent to achieve a feeling of balance and harmony offering the viewer visual and emotional contentment that promotes individual introspection. Ornamental foliage does not play a role in my work. The works address exposed branches where we see their intertwining dance towards the abstract and perhaps call to mind veins or arteries where they occasionally hint at the surreal. The landscapes are painted in numerous thin layers that render a translucency and results in the revelation of nature’s refinement. I want my work to serve the contemplation, which is so necessary to a person, in order to discover one’s own self and one’s own link with the world. I like to maintain a dialogue with the viewer. I never give an answer; I let the reaction depend on who sees it. Circle, square, fluid geometrical forms, seamless colour transitions and nuance are key factors in my work.” © Leszek Wyczolkowski
