Andrzej Korzec

Andrzej Korzec was born in Żary, Poland in 1959. He studied painting under Professor Jan Szancenbach at Academy of Fine Art in Krakow, Poland, receiving a diploma in 1989. From 1996-2002 he served as the President of Association of Polish Visual Artists. He inaugurated the cycle of exhibitions "By Quill and Brush around Rzeszów". He also inaugurated the International Art Residencies of Painting and Sculpture, known as "Rakszawa" and "Orzechówka". He has taken part in many plein air painting art residencies and exhibitions in all across Europe, North America and Asia. He is a member of the Society of the Friends of Fine Arts in Przemysl, Poland. In 2006 he participated in the Polish-French project "The Beauty of Nature" in Les Arcys, Volgre (France). He was a stipend-holder of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts (1996/97) and was invited for a half-year long art residency by the Mayor of Klagenfurt, Austria (2002).

He has been honored in a lot of art contests; he received a Decoration of Honor “Meritorious for Polish Culture”, Medal for "Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis" and The City of Rzeszow Award in the field of culture and art for his artistic achievements.

For over 35 years he was a drawing and painting teacher in the Art Hi...

Academy of Fine Art in Krakow, Poland, MFA in 1989

Selected solo exhibitions:
*2024 - Paintings - Centrum Aktywności Społecznej in Strzegom, Poland
*2022 – The Light of Tyczyn– Centrum Dziedzictwa Kulturowego i Informacji Turystycznej „Spichlerz” – Tyczyn, Poland
* 2020 - Hot - exhibition of nudes - Contemporary Art Gallery Pastula - Poręby Kupieńskie, Poland
* 2019 - 30 years of creative work - BWA (Artistic Exhibitions House) Rzeszów, Poland
* 2019 - Between a feirytale and a national iconography canon - Baszta Gallery - Przemyśl, Poland
* 2018 - Painting Polish history - MOK Gallery - Dębica, Poland
* 2018 - 59/59 - "Na Najwyższym Poziomie" (trans. "Highest Level") Gallery - Rzeszów, Poland
* 2017 - Anniversary of 30 years in Rzeszów - WDK- Rzeszów, Poland
* 2016 - High - Jasionka Airport - Rzeszów, Poland
* 2015 - Andrzej Korzec - To Tu Gallery - Rzeszów, Poland
* 2014 - Paintings - Town Hall Gallery - Głogów Młp., Poland
* 2014 - Paintings - DK Sanok - Sanok, Poland
* 2014 - My Landscapes - CDKiIT Spichlerz- Tyczyn, Poland
* 2014 - Shades of grey - Culture Center - Przemyśl, Poland
* 2013 - Paintings - D i R Czach Mercedes Lounge - Rzeszów, Poland
* 2013 - Small scale - BellArt Gallery - Rzeszów, Poland
* 2013 - Paintings - "W Maneżu" Gallery – Łańcut, Poland
* 2013 - Italian ...