Michael Antkowiak
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Born: Warsaw, Poland
Lives: Toronto, Canada, and New York City, USA
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2001- 2003 MFA New York Academy of Art. New York City, USA
Painting Major.
1996 - 2001 Associate of the Ontario College of Art and Design
Toronto, Canada.
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2009 TWO WEEKS OF INTRODUCTIONS Board of Directors Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
SICK LOVE Catherine Slip Art Space (Curated by Gillian Sneed), New York, NY.
WISH YOU WERE HERE Gladstone Hotel (Curated by Katherine Mulharin), Toronto, Canada
2008 NEXT The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Chicago, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Il.
PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, New York, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Il.
MEDIUM COOL, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Il.
2007 STRUCK: NEW PAINTINGS BY NEW PAINTERS, Curated with Richard Hull. Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Il.
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada.
THE LAST SEDUCTION - A WELCOME SURRENDER TO BEAUTY, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Il.
ARTCHICAGO, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago Il.
NYAA SUMMER EXHIBITION (Curated with Vincent Desiderio, Eric Fischl and Jenny Saville)New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
ART 2007, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada.
PALMBEACH 3 CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Palm Beach, Fl, USA.
2006 QUEENS INTERNATIONAL: EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE, Queens Museum of Art, NY.
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Toronto, Canada.
ART 2006, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada.
GRAVEYARD SHIFT, Headquarters Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 SQUAREFOOT @ Project Spaceman, Awol Gallery,
New York, NY.
TAKE HOME A NUDE, Phillips de Pury & Company,
New York, NY.
THE THEME OF THE UNSEEN,
The Times Square Gallery, New York, NY.
2004 NIGHT OF 1000 DRAWINGS, Artist’s Space, New York, NY.
DOMESTIC BLISS, F1 Art Space, Brooklyn, NY.
2003 MFA EXHIBITION, New York Academy of Art,
New York, NY
TAKE HOME A NUDE, Sotheby’s, New York, NY.
YOUNG POLISH/CANADIAN ARTISTS SHOW,
Toronto City Hall Gallery, Canada.
2002 NEW TRADITIONS: THE FIGURE IN CONTEXT,
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
2001 RECENT PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS,
Peter Richmond Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
LOOP PLUS ONE, Loop Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
TORONTO OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION,
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada.
NUDE PORTRAITS, Art Systems Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
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Abichandani, Jaishri, ‘Reterritorializing Queens’, Queens Biennial Vol. 3 Illustrated Exhibition Catalog, 2006.
Eller, Alicia, 'Art Season Kick-off', Centerstage Chicago, September 12, 2007.
Donnellan, Terence, ‘A Passport To Creativity’, Ins & Outs Long Island City New York, Fall 2006.
Kinkley, Jonathan, 'Medium Cool', Tine Out Chicago, issue 162, April 3, 2008.
Lowenstein, Kate. 'Qeens International: Everything All at Once', Time Out New York, Issue 589, January 11-17, 2007.
Salsbuty, Britany L. 'Opening of the Art Season: The West Loop', Cultural Chicago, September 12, 2007.
Schwendener, Martha, Art Review: ‘Art From Everywhere, All From Queens’, The New York Times, December 15, 2006.
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2009 Emerging Artist's Grant, Ontario Arts Council, Canada.
Pouch Cove Foundation Residency Program
NewFoundland, Canada.
2003 The Prince of Wales Foundation Scholarship.
Artist's Residency in Normandy, France.
2002 Academic Merit Grant, New York Academy of Art, New York, USA.
The Goldfish Award for Painting. Polish Canadian Women’s Federation.
Toronto, Canada.
2001 Reymont Foundation Study Grant.
The Reymont Foundation. Toronto, Canada.
Eric Freifeld Award. Eric Freifeld Foundation.
Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada.
John Alfsen Painting Award. Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada.
1999 Duncan MacPherson Award for Drawing. Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada.
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‘Queens International: Everything All at Once’, Queens Biennial Vol. 3 Illustrated Exhibition Catalog with introduction by Tom Finkelpearl, Queens Museum of Art, New York, 2006.
‘ART 2006’, Illustrated Exhibition Catalog, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada. 2006.
'The Last Seduction - A Welcome Surender to Beauty', Illustrated Exhibition Catalog (with forward by Carrie Secrist in dialogue with Dave Hickey). Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, Il. 2007.
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