In Scenic (11.2.07 - 12.8.07), Dorota Kolodziejczyk's intricately layered acrylic on canvas paintings renegotiate the boundaries between abstract and representational painting. Kolodziejczyk received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2001 and has exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions in and around New York, receiving critical acclaim by art critics in The New York Times, The Village Voice and Art in America.

Kolodziejczyk lives and works in New York;
S C E N I C is her first exhibition in Boston.

Education
2001 MFA School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1996 BFA State University of New York at Buffalo

Selected Exhibitions
2007 "Scenic," Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 "Prelude," Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 "Horizon," curated by David Humphrey, EFA Gallery, New York, NY
2006 "Horizon," Bradbury Gallery at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
2005 "Midnight in a Perfect World," Morgan Lehman, New York, NY
2005 "Culturecounter," curated by Michael Clifton and Fernanda Arruda, Gavin Brown's Passerby, New York, NY
2004 "Fake Rolex," curated by Herb Tam, HDC Gallery, New York, NY
2004 "Beginning Here," curated by Jerry Saltz, SVA Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Scope-Miami, featured by Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2003 "Contemporary Landscape," Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT
2003 Solo exhibition, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY
2003 "Shangri-La," curated by Michael St. John & Jason Duval, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY (catalogue)
2002 "Painting as Paradox," curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Artist's Space, New York, NY (catalogue)
2002 "Art New York," curated by Mathias Kessler & Alois Kronschlager, Kunstraume auf Zeit, Linz
2002 "Painting," ATM Gallery, New York, NY
2002 "When to Stop," curated by Patrick Gallery, Bellwether Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 "Pushing Paint," curated by Alison Abrams, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY
2001 "Hot Lunch," curated by Shelly Bancroft, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY (thesis exhibition)
2001 "Specifically Painting," curated by Graham Durward at Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1998 "41st Exhibition of American Art," Chautaqua Institute, Chautaqua, NY
1996 "Western New York Show," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Awards and Residencies
1997 Vermont Studio Center, Four week residency with fellowship

Selected Bibliography
Max Henry, Time Out, (March 18th, 2005 p.56)
Lilly Wei, Art in America, p. 107, (December, 2003)
New American Paintings: Number 44, (March 2003)
Jerry Saltz, Village Voice, p.63, (December 4-10, 2002)
Margaret Sundell, Time Out, p. 87, (November 21-28, 2002)
Holland Cotter, Art in Review, The New York Times (June 21, 2002)
Ken Johnson, Art Guide (capsule review), The New York Times (September 14, 2001)
Ken Johnson, Art Guide (capsule review), The New York Times (February 9, 2001)