| He’s been coined “one of the
wild boys of Polish art” by Harold Schonberg of the New
York Times. He has also been called “a gifted painter who
brings a new touch into canvas painting” by a leading
German art critic. To date, he has been featured in
numerous media like The Vancouver Sun, BC Business, The
Province, Vancouver Magazine, Western Living and more.
Kupczynski was born in Poland and
studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Wroclaw and later in
Paris, where he had a contract with the Gallery Andre
Schoeller. He exhibited in Europe and United States
throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s including shows at the
Musee de la Ville, Paris, France; Carimor Galleries in New
York City; the Museum of Modern Art, Miami, Florida; the
Philadelphia Museum of Art (together with Picasso, Miro,
Chagall and Klee); and Documenta, Kassel, West Germany.
After living in Warsaw and Stockholm, Kupczynski emigrated
to Vancouver, Canada in 1971 and he continues to exhibit
worldwide, in such places as Toronto, Tokyo, London,
Melbourne and New York. He was nominated twice for the
Vancouver Board of Trade’s ‘Business and the Arts Awards”.
His artwork has been used by CBC, Vancouver Children’s
Hospital and Earl’s Restaurant chains across Canada.
Today, almost 30 years after his arrival in Canada, his
work remains part of many collections worldwide and
continues to impress new and old fans with his powerful
and whimsical work. |
