PAUL CHOJNOWSKI
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
In 1997 Paul Chojnowski returned to his native Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts where he continues to reside and work. In September 1999 his first solo exhibition in New York was mounted where he introduced work from his ongoing series of Nocturnes - night time cityscapes inspired by his longstanding interest in the work of James McNeill Whistler. Since then, his work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions in art centers, museums, galleries and art fairs in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Miami.
The independent filmmaker Howard Libov premiered the second documentary in his series Under the Radar featuring contemporary American artists in 2011. Titled AGLOW, the film follows Chojnowski’s studio activity and career over a period of two years culminating in a solo exhibition of his work in Boston.
Throughout Chojnowski’s career a distinguishing characteristic has been the use of nontraditional media and tools in his art making. He began burning and scorching wood and paper to create his fire drawings in the early 1990’s. His current works, that followed a year of experimentation with abstraction, are detailed landscape drawings executed by burning and sanding Baltic Birch plywood.
Since 2012 solo exhibitions group exhibitions including his work have been mounted in commercial galleries, cultural centers and regional museums in New York, Pittsburgh, Tucson and Cumberland MD.
Amongst numerous grants and awards, most recently Chojnowski was one of six recipients of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Drawing in 2018.
The independent filmmaker Howard Libov premiered the second documentary in his series Under the Radar featuring contemporary American artists in 2011. Titled AGLOW, the film follows Chojnowski’s studio activity and career over a period of two years culminating in a solo exhibition of his work in Boston.
Throughout Chojnowski’s career a distinguishing characteristic has been the use of nontraditional media and tools in his art making. He began burning and scorching wood and paper to create his fire drawings in the early 1990’s. His current works, that followed a year of experimentation with abstraction, are detailed landscape drawings executed by burning and sanding Baltic Birch plywood.
Since 2012 solo exhibitions group exhibitions including his work have been mounted in commercial galleries, cultural centers and regional museums in New York, Pittsburgh, Tucson and Cumberland MD.
Amongst numerous grants and awards, most recently Chojnowski was one of six recipients of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Drawing in 2018.
PAUL CHOJNOWSKI
RESUME
RESUME
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Landscapes from the 12x12Project, George Billis Gallery, New York
2016 Infrastructure Series, Bright Ideas Brewing, North Adams, MA
2016 Paper, Plywood & Light, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 New & Selected Work, Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, Cumberland, MD
2013 Fire Drawings, James E. Winner Jr. Arts Culture Center, Sharon, PA
2012 NIGHT I LIGHT, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
2011 Searchlights & other works Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008 Town and Country, Hubert Gallery, New York
Selected Work, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta
2007 Natural and Unnatural Disasters, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston
2005 More Pictures About Buildings and Food, Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA
2004 New Work, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd, New York
New Work, PLUM Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Nudes and Nocturnes, Smart Duval Gallery, Aspen
2003 Threadlines, Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA collaborations Scott Sandell
2002 Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport Atrium Gallery
2001 Revealed by Fire, Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld Gallery, New York
and Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
2000 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
1999 Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld Gallery, New York
1997 Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
1996 Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
1995 AGIARY, Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta, collaboration with Kevin Haller
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, collaboration with Kevin Haller
1993 New Work, Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
1991 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions
2020 Drawing Discourse, Holden Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville
William Beckman, Juror
2019 Multiplicity, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
Massachusetts Cultural Council Drawing & Printmaking Fellowship Exhibition, T. B. A.
2018 Landscapes: Capturing the View, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 The 99 Cent Affordable Art Show, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
IS 183 Faculty Show, Williamstown, MA
2015 WAVELENGTH: THE ART OF LIGHT, University of Arizona Art
Museum, Tucson, AZ
2015 Fresh Paint, Berkshire Artist Museum, North Adams, MA
Fence Select, Arts Center of the Capital District, Troy, NY
2015 CITYSCAPES, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014 Figuring In, Rudd Art Museum, North Adams MA
2013 SUBurban, SMART CLOTHES Gallery, New York
illuminators, OK Harris Works of Art, New York
The Abstracted City, Hubert Gallery, New York
2012 WORKS ON PAPER, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2011 BLACK & WHITE, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2010 Pulp Friction, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
Painted City, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 Great Pretenders: An Exhibit of Art Fakery, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson
2008 Turn and Burn, The Gilchrist Gallery, Cumberland, MD
2006 New Visions, The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2005 NEW AMERICAN TALENT the twentieth exhibition, curated by Dan
Cameron, Arthouse, Austin, TX
Berkshire Biennale, The Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
The City, Contemporary View of the Built Environment, Lehman College,
Savoir Affair, Nemacolin Woodlands, Farmington, PA
Mapped, from here to there, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY
2004 Night New York, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY
UNnatural, Full Spectrum Gallery, Lakewood, NJ
2003 flicker, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York
FLORA, Plum Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Painted City, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2002 Hot Art: Burning Images, Paul Chojnowski, John Cage and Andrew Bennett
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
ON THE MOVE: Transportation Imagery in Art, Swan Coach Gallery,
Atlanta
FIREWORKS, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York
Fire, KGA Compound, Houston
2001 BURN: Artists Play with Fire, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
1999 Westside Inaugural Exhibition, Macon & Company Fine Art, Atlanta
1998 Ink Jet, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
Earthly Visions, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 National Juried Exhibition, No BIAS Gallery, Bennington, VT
1997 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts/Southern Arts Federation Fellowship Exhibition, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1997 New Artists, a baker’s dozen, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA
Naked Landscape, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA
New Prints, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
Berkshire Photography, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
Figure 8, Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta
1996 17 Days of Olympic Art, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta
Texaco Olympic Art Exhibition, King Plow Art Center, Atlanta
1996 New American Talent, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
New Prints, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Revival of the Figure, City Gallery East, Atlanta
Vantage Point-Abstraction, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Brenau University National Invitational, Gainesville, GA
Art in Motion, Richards and Westbrook Galleries, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta
1992 Printmakers, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
Works on Paper, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991 Naked People Show, 800 EAST, Atlanta, GA
LaGrange National XVI, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
Dwight Merrimon Davidson Print Exhibition, Elon College, Elon, NC
1990 Artists in Georgia, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
1987 eARTh, Novus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Grants, Awards and Commissions
2018 Fellowship Recipient in Drawing, Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Four Seasons, four 60” x 40” panels in the lobby of Wyndham Bentley Brook, Hancock MA
2020 Landscapes from the 12x12Project, George Billis Gallery, New York
2016 Infrastructure Series, Bright Ideas Brewing, North Adams, MA
2016 Paper, Plywood & Light, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015 New & Selected Work, Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, Cumberland, MD
2013 Fire Drawings, James E. Winner Jr. Arts Culture Center, Sharon, PA
2012 NIGHT I LIGHT, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
2011 Searchlights & other works Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008 Town and Country, Hubert Gallery, New York
Selected Work, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta
2007 Natural and Unnatural Disasters, Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston
2005 More Pictures About Buildings and Food, Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA
2004 New Work, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art Ltd, New York
New Work, PLUM Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Nudes and Nocturnes, Smart Duval Gallery, Aspen
2003 Threadlines, Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA collaborations Scott Sandell
2002 Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport Atrium Gallery
2001 Revealed by Fire, Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld Gallery, New York
and Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
2000 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
1999 Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld Gallery, New York
1997 Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
1996 Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
1995 AGIARY, Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta, collaboration with Kevin Haller
Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA, collaboration with Kevin Haller
1993 New Work, Macon & Co. Fine Art, Atlanta
Berkshire Artisans Gallery, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
1991 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions
2020 Drawing Discourse, Holden Gallery, University of North Carolina, Asheville
William Beckman, Juror
2019 Multiplicity, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
Massachusetts Cultural Council Drawing & Printmaking Fellowship Exhibition, T. B. A.
2018 Landscapes: Capturing the View, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 The 99 Cent Affordable Art Show, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
IS 183 Faculty Show, Williamstown, MA
2015 WAVELENGTH: THE ART OF LIGHT, University of Arizona Art
Museum, Tucson, AZ
2015 Fresh Paint, Berkshire Artist Museum, North Adams, MA
Fence Select, Arts Center of the Capital District, Troy, NY
2015 CITYSCAPES, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014 Figuring In, Rudd Art Museum, North Adams MA
2013 SUBurban, SMART CLOTHES Gallery, New York
illuminators, OK Harris Works of Art, New York
The Abstracted City, Hubert Gallery, New York
2012 WORKS ON PAPER, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2011 BLACK & WHITE, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2010 Pulp Friction, James Gallery, Pittsburgh
Painted City, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2009 Great Pretenders: An Exhibit of Art Fakery, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson
2008 Turn and Burn, The Gilchrist Gallery, Cumberland, MD
2006 New Visions, The Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, MA
2005 NEW AMERICAN TALENT the twentieth exhibition, curated by Dan
Cameron, Arthouse, Austin, TX
Berkshire Biennale, The Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
The City, Contemporary View of the Built Environment, Lehman College,
Savoir Affair, Nemacolin Woodlands, Farmington, PA
Mapped, from here to there, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NY
2004 Night New York, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY
UNnatural, Full Spectrum Gallery, Lakewood, NJ
2003 flicker, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York
FLORA, Plum Gallery, Williamstown, MA
Painted City, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2002 Hot Art: Burning Images, Paul Chojnowski, John Cage and Andrew Bennett
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
ON THE MOVE: Transportation Imagery in Art, Swan Coach Gallery,
Atlanta
FIREWORKS, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York
Fire, KGA Compound, Houston
2001 BURN: Artists Play with Fire, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach
1999 Westside Inaugural Exhibition, Macon & Company Fine Art, Atlanta
1998 Ink Jet, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
Earthly Visions, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 National Juried Exhibition, No BIAS Gallery, Bennington, VT
1997 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts/Southern Arts Federation Fellowship Exhibition, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1997 New Artists, a baker’s dozen, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA
Naked Landscape, Spazi Contemporary Art, Housatonic, MA
New Prints, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
Berkshire Photography, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
Figure 8, Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta
1996 17 Days of Olympic Art, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta
Texaco Olympic Art Exhibition, King Plow Art Center, Atlanta
1996 New American Talent, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
New Prints, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Revival of the Figure, City Gallery East, Atlanta
Vantage Point-Abstraction, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Brenau University National Invitational, Gainesville, GA
Art in Motion, Richards and Westbrook Galleries, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta
1992 Printmakers, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
Works on Paper, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991 Naked People Show, 800 EAST, Atlanta, GA
LaGrange National XVI, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
Dwight Merrimon Davidson Print Exhibition, Elon College, Elon, NC
1990 Artists in Georgia, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA
1987 eARTh, Novus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Grants, Awards and Commissions
2018 Fellowship Recipient in Drawing, Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Four Seasons, four 60” x 40” panels in the lobby of Wyndham Bentley Brook, Hancock MA
