JOANNA TYKA

ARTIST STATEMENT

  • "Creating a painting makes me very happy, and that’s the feeling I would like for everyone to have around my art"

EDUCATION

  • 1978 Academy of Fine Arts > Warsaw, Poland
  • Masters Degree (Magna Cum Laude)
 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 1979 Preuss Gallery > Hamburg,Germany
  • 1980 Gallery Altana > Hamburg,Germany
  • Kroennr Gallery > Dusseldorf,Germany
  • Preuss Gallery > Hamburg,Germany
  • Lammfrom & Vogel > Berlin,Germany
  • 1983 Afstap Gallery > Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Klee Gallery > Stade, Germany
  • 1984 Hafen Club > Hamburg, Germany
  • Steinway > Hamburg, Germany
  • Oberpostirektion > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1985 Klostermuhle Gallery > Hude, Germany
  • 1989 Torhaus Gallery > Panker, Germany
  • Alliance Francaise Gallery > Miami, FL
  • 1990 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival > Schloss Salzau,Germany
  • 1991 Gusman Center for the Performing Arts > Miami,FL
  • 1991-1997 Adamar Fine Arts Gallery > Miami, FL
  • 1992 Amsa Gallery > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1996 Kirchner-Haack Fine Art Gallery > Miami Beach, FL
  • 2003 Paradise Gallery > Sarasota FL
  • German Consulate > Miami, FL
  • Altman Gallery > Vancouver, WA
  • 2009 Chasen Gallery > Richmond, VA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 1978 Best Dyplomas Zacheta Museum > Warsaw, Poland
  • 1980 Konvent der Bilder, KunstHaus > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1983 City Hall Altona > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1984 Schloss Wotersen > Germany
  • Museum of History > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1985 Off Line Fair Fashion Show > Hamburg, Germany
  • Koppel Art House > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1986 Werkkunstschule Gallery > Luebeck, Germany
  • Off line Fashion Show > Hamburg, Germany
  • Off Line > Duesseldorf, Germany
  • 1988 Mamota Siegler House > Sttutgart, Germany
  • 1989 Stipendianten Kunsthause > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1992 Internacional Art Exposition > Miami Beach, FL
  • 1995 Hort Exhibition Museum of Art > Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Art Miami > Miami Beach, FL
  • 1997 Art Expo > Los Angeles, CA
  • ART Sofa > Chicago, IL
  • 1998 Art Expo > New York
  • Art Expo > Los Angeles
  • 1999 Art Expo > New York , Atlanta, Las Vegas
  • 2000 Art Expo > New York
  • 2001 Rivera Country Club > Miami, FL
  • 2001-2009 Sher Gallery > Aventura, FL
  • Chasen Gallerie > Richmond, VA
  • Altman Gallery > Vancouver WA
  • Progallery > Jupiter FL
  • Paradise Gallery > Sarasota, FL
  • Lowe Gallery > Miami, FL
  • 2009 Art & Space Gallery > Hamburg, Germany

AWARDS

  • 1983 Altona Prize > Hamburg, Germany
  • 1995, 1996 Coral Gables Art Competition > Coral Gables, FL

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

  • Norwegian Cruise Line > Miami-based Cruise Ships
  • Horstia Wolle > Schleswig Holstein Germany
  • Private Collection for Landmark Miami > Turnbery Isle , FL
  • Wist/Arnet Private Collection > Miami, Oslo, Brussels, Mallorca, Tokyo
  • Kulakowski Privat Collection > Hamburg, Germany
  • Horton Privat Collection > Miami, FL
  • Hecker Privat Collection > Cologne, Germany
  • University of Miami Gusman Hall > Miami, FL
  • The Philadelphia Boys Choir > Philadelphia, PAThe Princeton Boys Choir > Princeton, NJ

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Florida Design Magazine, photos of painting 2005 > Boca Raton, FL
  • Program of the Salute to Polish Opera Polonaise Ball 2005, info and photos of paintings > Haute Living Magazine > Miami, FL
  • Cover Chopin Foundation program cover, 2004 > Poland
  • Palmetto Bay News, One Woman Show at the Wirtz Gallery article, 2003 > Palmetto Bay, FL
  • Coral Gables Gazette, article on German Consulate Show, 2003 > Coral Gables, FL
  • Art News Sarasota, article on paintings, 2002 > Sarasota, FL
  • Sarasota Calendar of Art, article on paintings, 2002 > Sarasota, FL
  • Palm Beach Illustrated, photo of painting, 2002 > Palm Beach, FL
  • Program cover of the Temple Beth Am Concert Series, 2001 > Poland
  • Good News, article about paintings, 2000 > Miami, FL
  • Art Business News U.S. National Publication article
  • Starlight Foundation/painting donation, 1998
  • San Diego Union Tribune > San Diego, CA
  • Article on paintings and shows, 1998
  • The Highlander > Highlands, NC
  • Article on puppet show as a part of the Music Festival, 1998
  • Miami Herald Newspaper > Miami, FL
  • Extensive article on paintings with illustrations, 1997
  • Florida Philharmonic Orchestra > Miami, FL
  • Series of 12 Playbill covers featuring artist’s work 1996
  • Program Guide of the Music Festival at University of Miami, article about the artist, 1996
  • Poster for the Great South Florida Fine Wine Auction, 1996 > Coral Gables, FL
  • Miami Herald Newspaper front page article about thePainted Mural created for Coral Reef Park, 1995 > Miami, FL
  • Poster for Florida Philharmonic Orchestra,1994 > Miami, FL
  • Die Welt article on the large painted mural created for the Schleswig-Holstein > Germany, Hamburg
  • Musik Festival, 1993 > Miami , FL
  • Poster for Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, 1986 > Germany
  • Brigitte Magazine, article about artist’s fashion and tapestry, 1986 > Germany
  • Tagesspiegel, article about artist’s show in Lamm from & Vogel, 1983 > Berlin, Germany
  • Nicole Magazine, article about artist’s tapestries and teaching, 1980 > Hamburg, Germany

 

TEACHING

  • 2008-2009 Visual Art Center > Richmond, VA
  • 2009 Artist in Residence, Trinity Episcopal School > Richmond, VA
  • 2007 Artist in Residence, Monacan High School > Richmond, VA
  • 2008 Painting classes, Visual Art Center > Richmond, VA
  • 1998-1999 Painting classes Miami Dade Community College, Kendall Campus
  • 1997 Art at Coral Gables Community Center > Coral Gables, FL
  • 1996 Art at JCC > Miami, FL
  • 1982 Art seminars at the Studienhaus Hof Sonnenborn > Plettenberg > Germany
  • 1982 Art seminars at Volkshochschulen Leck, Husum and Busum > Germany
  • 1978-1988 Seminars in weaving and painting in my studio Hamburg > Germany

LANGUAGES

  • Fluent in German, Polish, English and Spanish