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Henryk Szydlowski
  

BIOGRAPHY

Henryk Szydlowski was born in Poland in 1950. During the mid to late 1960's Szydlowski  attended the High School of Fine Arts in Jaroslaw, Poland. It was not until 1976 that  Szydlowski completed his stringent art training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow,  attaining a Masters of Fine Arts Degree.

Szydlowski emigrated to New Zealand during the late 1970's. Whilst living in New Zealand  Szydlowski lectured at the Whitcliffe Art School and exhibited his art work in New Zealand  and Australia. In 1982 Szydlowski gained worldwide recognition by artists and critics for  developing a new printing technique which he named Polprint (Polish Print).

During the mid 1980's Szydlowski emigrated to Australia. Szydlowski lectured at the  Claremont School of Fine Arts and in 1994 became a full time artist. Since 1976 Szydlowski has  exhibited in over 85 solo exhibitions and over 30 group exhibitions.

In 1996 and 2000 Szydlowski's art work was featured in a Collection Stamp Release. On both  occasions the tribute was paid by Who's Who in International Art, Lausanne, Switzerland. In   Italy 1998 Szydlowski was honoured as he was officially appointed the title of 'Professor  Henryk Szydlowski' by the Accademia Internazionale Greci Marino, Accademia Del Verbano, Di  Lettere, Arti, Scienze, Vercelli.

In 2000 Szydlowski once again gained recognition for wonderful work he has created over the  last three decades. He was awarded the highest title of 'Academical Official Knight' by the  Accademia Internazionale Greci Marino, Accademia Del Verbano, Di Lettere, Arti, Scienze,  Vercelli in Italy.

In 2003 Henryk Szydlowski published his first book titled ' Door to the Dreams'. The book is part  of the Masters of Today series published by World of  Art. The book features over 90 colourful  pages of various oil paintings on canvas, created by Szydlowski  since the early 1990's.

Henryk Szydlowski is a painter who is extremely difficult to link to any particular artistic  direction or style - he describes himself as a 'Credo Artist'. He is a painter who delivers  decorativeness in form and colour, expressed in conjunction with elementary symbolism in  drawing. He places powerful emphasis on composition in his works. Henryk Szydlowski has a  deep passion for painting and one of the greatest rewards for him is that it makes people  happy.

Henryk Szydlowski's works can be found in private, corporate and government collections in  Austria, Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, France, Germany, The  Netherlands, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Sweden,  Switzerland, The United Kingdom, The USA and the Vatican.

 
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