Zenon Nowacki

Zenon Nowacki is a painter, graphic designer and medical illustrator.
Born in Poland, he received his master's degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1974. He has been living in Canada since 1982.
Zenon has also been the creative force behind many successful advertising campaigns and is an author of over thousand medical illustrations. His other passion is the study of the Old Masters.
Story:
My love affair with Old Masters started shortly after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, whose 6-year program educated avant-garde artists in the spirit of rebellion against the past and the adaptation of the philosophy of Francis Bacon and post-modernism; of which I was an ardent apprentice.

One day a friend of mine showed me a picture of a very detailed, intricate flower arrangement by an unknown Russian painter of the 18th century and he bet that I would die rather than copy it. It took me a few years to finish this painting, which later hung among other aggressive, avant-garde paintings but was distinguished by its beauty, calm, mysterious atmosphere of a warm afternoon, and stopped time. It was a pleasure to look at it. It provided meditative therapy, introduced a good mood and at the same time undermine...

Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland
MFA

2018 - The Art Square Gallery, Toronto - group show
2017 - TAG Art Gallery, St Catharines - Fall group show
2015 - TAG Art Gallery, St Catharines - Fall group show
2013 - 5th Open Juried Wildlife, Nature and Native show, group show
Beaux-Arts Gallery, Brampton (Best of the show prize)
2012 - Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City, US
2011 - Bezpala-Brown Gallery, group show, Toronto
2010 - The Art Square Gallery, Toronto
2010 - Art of Health - group show, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto
2008 - The Workshop Gallery, Toronto
2005 - Cave Mallet Gallery, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
2004 - Les Beaux Arts Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
2003 - Gallery Hotel de Ville, Uzes, France
2000 - Les Beaux Arts Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany
1999 - Atelier Du Lavoir - group show, Perigueux, France
1999 - Tour Philippe Le Bel Gallery, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France
1998 - Château Correnson, Saint-Geniès de Comolas, France
1998 - Château du Val de Céze, Bagnols, France
1998 - Praxis Gallery, Toronto
1997 - Praxis Gallery - two group shows, Toronto
1996 - Lucky Star Gallery,Toronto
1996 - City Hall - group show, Toronto
1978 - Gallery "Zacheta"- group show, Warsaw, Poland
1977 - Gallery "Stara K...