Bogdan Perzynski

Bogdan Perzynski (born in 1954 Poznan, Poland) is a contemporary artists who lives and works in Austin, Texas. He was trained in law at the University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, and in architecture, and fine arts at the The Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan where he earned his fine arts degree in 1979 from with a specialization in Painting. Throughout the same year he abandoned traditionally defined art for a more open-ended art practice. His first solo show was at the Akumulatory 2, a non-profit experimental artist run art gallery. Between 1979-83 Bogdan worked at the gallery and began teaching at Poznan’s Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Sztuk Plastycznych. In the following year 1983-84 he lived in Germany but in 1984 Perzynski moved permanently to the United States. Throughout 1984-87 he lived and taught at the University of California Santa Barbara. Since 1987 Perzynski has taught at the University of Texas at Austin while maintaining a Texas residence.

Perzynski’s work focuses on the question of art's interdisciplinary character including the philosophies of communicative action, social pragmatism, and individual invention. He has worked with installation art since 1978, and in 1990, expanded toward sound, video, sensors and body-based interactivity. These works and newer pieces have been presented in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Thailand, Brazil, Israel and the United States. Over the last fifteen years, he produced works of art that include computer technology, video, sound, and architectural settings.

References

The Mattress Factory Art Museum [http://www.mattress.org/index.cfm?event=ShowArtist&eid=21&id=75&c=Past Bogdan Perzynski: Exhibition] "Installations. Mattress Factory 1990-1999." Ex. cat. Mattress Factory. Pittsburgh: U. of Pittsburgh Press, 2001, 40.

Wilczak, Sylwia. "Gram na nerwach odbiorcy." Conversation with Bogdan Perzynski, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poznan, Jan. 8. 2005

Wilczak, Sylwia. "Oko na Transmedia." Gazeta Poznanska, Jan. 7. 2005

Machowska-Kaczmarek, Beata. "Wideo oraz Zycie." Glos Wielkoposki, Jan. 6. 2005

Kepinska, Alicja. Sztuka w Kulturze Plynnosci. Arsenal, 2004, p. 99-101.

The Overseas International Art Project. Ex. cat. [http://www.su.ac.th/ "Silpakorn University. Bangkok"] , 2003, 104-109.

Kepinska, Alicja. "Energie Sztuki. " Wiedza Powszechna. Warszawa, p. 75-76, 188, pl. 7. 1991

Hendricks/, Patricia O., Reese, Becky Duval. Exh. cat. "A Century of Sculpture in Texas 1889-1989."

Frank, Peter. "Ilya Kabakov. Bogdan Perzynski." [http://www.laweekly.com/ LA Weekly] , Feb. 15, 125. 1990

Kandel, Susan. Arts Magazine, April, 117. 1990

Selected Solo Exhibitions

*2005 "Not Good For Business." "Fortune Teller." Galeria Oko/Ucho, Poznan, (cat. English, Polish)

*2003 "Balsamic Vinegar of Modena." Pierogi, Brooklyn

*2001 "Balsamic Vinegar of Modena." Galeria AT, Poznan "Main Movement." FotoFest: Discoveries and Collaborations, Lawndale Art Center, Houston

*1996 "Biofeedback." UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, (cat.) "Transfiguration of K." Pracownia Dzialan Artystycznych, Wroclaw Opening day: with C. Winiarski (bass)

*1995 "Beware of Blindman Pictures." College Of The Mainland Fine Arts Gallery, Texas City

*1992 "Bogdan Perzynski." Diverse Works, Houston

*1991 "Four Installations. Diana Burgoyne, Patti Martori, Bogdan Perzynski, Buzz Spector." Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh

*1990 "New Works." Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica

*1990 "Hell and Heaven." Galeria Wschodnia, Wroclaw

*1987 "Works 1984-87." Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, (cat.)

*1983 "To show.” 20/26 Piwna, Warsaw

*1981 "Projection 1 & 2." Foto-Video Gallery, Krakow

*1981 "Surfaces to Use." 20/26 Piwna, Warszawa

*1981 "Projection 2." Akumulatory 2, Poznan

*1980 "From...to." P.I. Galeria, Krakow

*1980 "Curtains." Gallery X, Wroclaw

*1980 "Surfaces." Galeria Akumulatory 2, Poznan

*1979 "Painting." BWA, Szczecin

*1978 "Painting and Drawing." Galeria Wielka 19, Poznan

*1979 "Film." Akumulatory 2, Poznan

Sources

* [http://art20.art.utexas.edu/index.html Official Website of Bogdan Perzynski]
*http://www.mattress.org/index.cfm?event=ShowArtist&eid=21&id=75&c=Past
*http://www.deathpenaltyartshow.org/gallery/artist_display.php?id=221&

*http://www.pierogi2000.com/