Janusz Mulak
Bernardynska 12 m 74
warsaw
Polen (Polska)
048/22/8405049
www.mulak.art.pl
Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Mischtechnik
Stil: Gegenständlich
Statement:
Janusz Mulak
Born on 21 July 1939 in Warsaw. Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where he studied both painting (with Professors Zofia Kowalska and Bohdan Urbanowicz) as well as architecture with Professor Romuald Gutt. Hę won an honorable mention at the world competition for fine arts academy students organized by Gramercy Park in New York. While still a student he staVted to collaborate as a designer for pantomimę show at the Warsaw „Hybrydy" Theatre. In 1967 hę received a diploma with distinction from the Warsaw Academy's Departament of Interior Design where hę specialized in the design of exhibitions (diploma project under Professor Kazimierz Nita). Janusz Mulak's diploma work was awarded the first prize at the National Competition for graduates of the arts academies in 1967. In 1969-70 he lived in Denmark on a grant from the Danish Ministry of Culture. He continued his studies at the University of Heidelberg (with Professor Riedl) where hę took a course in the history of art. Alongside his studies hę worked as art-director in the Fertig Design Studio in Heidelberg where his interests focused on interior design and the use of colours in exterior design.
Janusz Mulak had collective exhibitions and one-man shows in Paris, Moscow, Berlin, Sofia, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Warsaw, Dusseldorf, Prague, Dallas, Heidelberg, New York, London, Cologne.
He was the Art-director of the exhibition: Polnische Kunst „heute", in Grevenbroich, Germany, 1989. Janusz Mulak was Vice-President of Warsaw's Painters Association. He wrote periodical articles in the monthly magazine „Twój Styl" (art criticism).
Janusz Mulak's interests include also environmental projects, project-art and actions. At present he is working with multimedial projects with social engagement. Art-video: „Messiah in Warsaw's backyards", „Warsaw Central Station - Platform number one" (drug-problem)
Janusz Mulak's works are to be found in numerous museums and private collections in almost 20 countries.
Aktivitäten / Ausstellungen:
The major one-men shows and collective exhibitions:
1965 post-competition exhibition, Gramercy Park, New York,
distinction.1967 Second Biennale of spatial forms, Elblag, Gallery "El".
1968 Gallery "Bogucki", Warsaw, Grand Opera House. 1969 "Ved Aen"
Gallery, Aarhus. "Atheneum" Gallery, Copenhagen. 1971 "Trasa M-Z",
Warsaw, National Museum. 1972 Tenner House, Heidelberg. "Documenta"
(action within the exhibition), Cassel. 1976 post-plein-air exhibition
of the International Plein-air in Kartuzy, prize.1981 Gallery "ZPAP",
Warsaw, Artists House. "Grise" Gallery, Paris. Institute of Polish
Culture, Stockholm. 1986 Michels Gallery, Dusseldorf/Hilden. Gallery
"Kordegarda", Warsaw. 1987 XII Festival of Polish Art, Szczecin,
distinction. 1988 Instytut Kultury Polskiej, Paris. "Interart 88",
Poznan.1989 Polish Contemporary Art, Gallery "Espace Temps", Paris. 1992
Auction Polish Art, Consulate R.P., New York. Art Biennale Dubaj. 1995
Polish Cultural Institut, London. 1996 Gallery am Buttermarkt, Cologne.
1998 Protestant Education Centre, Berlin. "Millenium 2000" Atrium Tower,
Warsaw. 1999 "Shalom" Foundation, auction for the monument of Janusz
Korczak, Jewish Theatre, Warsaw. 2000 "Poland-Germany" (in the memory of
Joseph Beuys). Financial Centre Pulawska. Gallery Napiorkowska, Warsaw.
2003 Gallery Zacisze,video installation "Platform number one", Warsaw.
2003 Französischer Dom, video installations, Berlin (Ökumenischer
Kirchentag). 2004 PerForma '04, Life Art Festival, Szczecin, OFFicyna.
2005 Traffic Gallery, Warsaw, 2006 Independent Art, Warsaw.
2007 ProGram, Legionowo. 2008 Gallery Irydion. Gallery K. Napiórkowska, Warsaw.
2009 Roza Luxemburg Stiftung, Warsaw, Gallery Zacisze, Warsaw.
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