Janusz Walentynowicz
Born in Poland in 1956, Janusz Walentynowicz came to Illinois from Denmark in l982, to study with Joel Philip Myers, head of the glass program at Illinois State University.
A master of kiln cast glass and reverse painting Walentynowicz is admired world wide for his expressive figurative imagery and the intensity of emotion portrayed in his relief’s and sculptures. No artist has been more effective in bridging the gap into the fine arts than Janusz Walentynowicz.
The power of his work has inspired museums in the US, France and Denmark not only to collect his work but to include him in solo, group and juried exhibitions.
Her Majesty The Queen’s Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ebeltoft Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Denmark.
Kunstforeningen Af 14. August, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Handelsbankens Kunstforening, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York.
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York.
Collection of the Regional Council of Upper Normandy, Rouen, France.
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Rockford Art Museum. Rockford, IL.
Detroit Institute Of Arts. Detroit, MI.
Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, OH
Hsinchu Cultural Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Museum, Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Holland
National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, München, Germany
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Ca
Lowe Art Museum at The University of Miami, Miami, FL
Montreal Museum of Fine Art’s
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
The Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Group, Marshall Dulaney Pitcher, 50 year anniversary Award Exhibition, The Wonsook Kim School of Art, Illinois State University.
2016
“Life is not a Beach”, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München, Germany
2014
“Dayton Celebrates Glass”, The Dayton Art institute, Dayton, Ohio
2013
Expressions in Contemporary Glass, Echt gallery at: The Art Center at Highland Park, Highland Park, IL
Solo “Guns Save Lives?”, Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH
2012
Solo: “New Work” Echt Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Seeking Freedom”, Six artists’ journey from oppression to freedom, National Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, PA
“Fifty Years”: Contemporary American Glass from Illinois Collections, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine + Applied Arts, U of I, Urbana- Champaign, IL
“Into The Light: Illinois Glass”, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
“50 Years of Studio Glass”, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY Glass at 50”: A Tradition in Flux, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
“In the name of love”, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München, Germany
2011
Solo: Habatat Galleries, West Palm Beach, FL
“Frozen In Tension” ”, Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München, Germany
2010 “Studio Glass”, Anna and Joel Mendel Collection, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada
Solo: “New Work” Berea Center for the Arts, Berea, KY
2009
“Frozen-in Tension” Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, München, Germany
Solo: “Reflections” McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
“Masters of the Medium”, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
Solo:Ken Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Studio Glass”, Anna and Joe Mendel Collection, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada.
“Art Palm Beach” , Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
2007
Solo, “Coming Home” Glasmuseum, Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Solo, “Guns Save Lives” Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
2006
Solo: “New horizons”, Marx⬥Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“The face – lost and found again”, Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, München, Germany
“Contemporary glass 2006”, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
2005
“Dual Vision” The Chazen Collection, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
“Sculpting in Glass” Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Solo: Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2004
“Ten Over Ten”, Marx⬥Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Solo: Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
Solo: Hawk Galleries, Columbus, OH.
Solo: Marx⬥Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Fire and Form”, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL.
2002
Group show, “On The Surface” , The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL.
Group show, “Inspired in Illinois” , Lakeview Museum, Peoria, Il.
Group show, “Sculpture in glass“ , Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR.
Solo: “Guns Save Lives”, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
Solo: “Intimate Levels”, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
Solo: “Guns Save Lives”, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI.
Solo: “Cello”, Habatat Galleries, Birmingham, MI.
Group Show, “PARADE”, (100 works by 100 artists) A choice of the Beelden aan Zee Museum, Den Haag, Netherlands
2001
Solo: Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
Solo: Marx⬥Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999
Solo : Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
Solo: Marx⬥Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998
Solo: Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio 216, Riley Hawk Galleries,
Two Person: “Walentynowicz and Helledie” Skagen City Hall, Skagen, Denmark.
Solo: Habatat Galleries, Pontiac, MI.
Group Show: “Recent Glass Sculpture: A Union of Ideas”, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI.
Group Show: “Glass Today”, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland,OH
Group Show: “Calido”, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AR
Group Show: An International Contemporary Glass Exhibition, Hsinchu
Cultural Center, Hoinohu, Taiwan.
Solo: Marx⬥Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group show: “Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Group Show: “Temporal Discord”, Tucson, AZ
Group Show: ” ” Lakeview Museum, Peoria, IL
Group Show: “Glorious Glass” Owensboro Museum of Fine Art,
Owensboro, KY.
Group Show: “A Passion for Glass” The Aviva and Jack A. Robinson
Studio Glass Collection. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
Solo: Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, FL.
Solo: Heller Gallery, New York N.Y.
“Glass, Fiber and Wood” – The Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL.
Solo: Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
1996
Solo: The Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
1995
Solo: Heller Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
“Illinois Glass Invitational”, Parkland College, Champaign, IL
Solo: Marx⬥Saunders Gallery, Chicago, IL
Solo: Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, OH
1994
Solo, Marx⬥Saunders, Chicago, IL
“Arafi”, Bal Harbor, FL, Marx⬥Saunders
1993
Miami Art Exposition 93, Miami Beach, Florida. (Riley Hawk Galleries)
Solo: Heller Gallery, New York, NY.
Solo: Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
1992
Solo show at: LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Solo show at: Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1991
Solo: Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY.
“Le Verre”, Contemporary Glasswork Art Exhibition, Espace Duchamp-
Villon, Rouen, France
1990
Four Person: Holsten Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida.
1989
Two Person: Esther Saks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Solo: Anne O’Brien Gallery, Washington, DC.
Two Person: Sanske Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
National Objects Invitational, The Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas
1987
“Between Art and Craft, The Fine line”, Academy of The Arts, Easton,
Maryland.
1986
Solo: Anne O’Brien Gallery, Washington DC.
1985
Solo: Gallerie Angela Hölling, Hameln, West Germany.
Solo: The Marshal Dulaney Pitcher Art Award.University Galleries,
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
Solo: Anne O’Brien Gallery, Washington DC.
1984
“Glass That Works”, The Fifth Arango Design Competition, Coral
Gables, Florida.
Americans In Glass, The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Arts Museum,
Wisconsin. National and European tour.
1983
Pilchuck Glass Exhibition, Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University Galleries, Illinois State
University, Normal, Illinois.
Nordisk Glas, Kvadrat, Ebeltoft, Denmark
1982
Dansk Glas, Den Permanente, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Glas Og Kvadrat, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Aarhus, Denmark.
1980
Solo: Kr. Sonnerup Kunsthandværk, Kr. Sonnerup, Denmark.
Solo: Tølløse Centralstkole, Tølløse, Denmark.
1978
Galleri 139, Vodskov, Denmark.
Solo: St. Tåstrup Præstegard, St. Tåstrup, Denmark.
1977
Solo: Næstved Centralsygehus, Næstved, Denmark.
Solo: St. Merløse Centralskole, St. Merløse, Denmark.
Solo: Stestrup Skole, Stestrup, Denmark
1976
Solo Show at: Galleri 4, Tølløse, Denmark,