Ken Polinskie's Bio.

KEN POLINSKIE

Born 1952 Astoria, New York

Education

School of Visual Arts, NY, NY

Arts Students League, NY, NY

High School of Art and Design, NY, NY

New School for Social Research, NY, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2008 Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Griffin’s Cat & Other Stories, Hudson, NY

2005 Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Ken Polinskie: Then and Now, Hudson, NY

2002 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

1996 Rensellaer County Council for the Arts, The Art Center, Troy, NY
1995 Dieu Donne Papermill Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Centro Colombo Americano, Colombia, S.A
1990 Carol Getz Gallery, Miami, FL
1988 Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Osuna Gallery, Washington, DC
1979 Southeast Museum, Brewster, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008 En Route ,Nicole Fiacco Gallery, Hudson,NY

2007 On The Mark, Spencertown Academy, Spencertown,NY

2007 Art DC, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center; Washinton, DC

2007 Township Series, CCCA, Hudson, NY

2006 Parnassus Poetry in Review, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York,NY

2006 Artswalk, Pocketbook Factory, Hudson, New York, Holly Hughes, Curator

2005 A Universe of Art, Credit Suisse, NY, New York; Nicole Fiacco Gallery

2005 Hand Papermaking Magazine “Art of Pulp Painting” edition portfolio, 1 of 17 artists

2005 Collaboration as a Medium, 25 Years of Pyramid Atlantic, Edison Place Gallery

Washington, D.C., traveling exhibition

2002 Rags to Riches: 25^th Year Anniversary Exhibit, The Hecksher Museum, Huntington, New

York. Dieu Donne Papermill, traveling exhibition

2001 Works on Paper, The Tree Dog Series, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

1999 New York Paper, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY

1997 Crossing Over, Changing Places USIA International Final Show Corcoran Gallery of Art,

Washington, DC

1995 Works on Paper, Warren Street Gallery, Hudson, NY

1994 Raw and Cooked, New York Public Library, NY, NY
Evolution of the Print, Addison/Ripley, Washington, D.C
Selected Books Project at Dieu Donne,
Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, Mass

1993 Vessels, Greene County Council on Arts, Windham, NY
Paper-The Essential Material, Harper Collins Gallery, NY, NY
Collaborations From Pyramid Atlantic
Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

1992 A Changeable Feast, Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking, Rutgers, NJ
Crossing Over/Changing Places
USIA, International Touring Exhibition, various countries

1991 Exhibition Project, Lintas Worldwide, NY, NY
Decade of Paper, Sylvia Cordish Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Dieu Donne at 15 Years, Center for the Books Art, NY, NY

1989 Prints, Hirschl & Adler Modern, NY, NY
Pyramid Atlantic and Brandywine Workshop Print Show
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1988 In Bloom, BMW Gallery, NY, NY
Paper Parallels/Mirror Images, Frostburg State College, MD

1987 Handmade Paper, organized by the Arts Council of the Museum of
Modern Art, Pfizer Inc, NY, NY
Works on Paper, Sylvia Cordish Gallery, Baltimore, M

1985 Food and Flowers, The Silo, New Milford, CT
Under 8, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NY, NY
Paper as Paint, Shirley Goodman Resource Center, F.I.T, NY, NY

1984 Contemporary Directions: Handmade Paper,
East Hills Gallery, Long Island, NY

1980 Four Artists, Cape Split Place, Addison, ME

Teaching

2006 Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Faculty Member, Summer Institute.

Workshop, “Good Paper, Good Drawing”, June.

1995 USIA Arts America Speaker and Workshop Director, Prints and Papermaking, Art

University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Adjunct Art Faculty, Papermaking Instructor Columbia Greene Community College,

Hudson, NY

Artist in Residence, Hawthorne Valley School, NYFA, Harlemville, NY

1992-96 Artist in Residence, Sequential Art and Narrative Instructor Franklin Furnace Art &

Language Program, NY, NY

1990-94 Outreach Artist and co-founder Responsive Hands/Papermaking in New York City

Schools for Dieu Donne Papermill, NY, NY

Selected Reviews and Articles

“Ken Polinskie: Then and Now”, Review, Mindell Dubansky, Hand Papermaking Magazine, Summer 2006
“Portfolio: Ken Polinskie”, Chronogram Magazine, December 2005.
“About the Artist”, interview in print and cover, Pulse, November 2005
Collaboration as a Medium, Anniversary Catalogue, pp 2, 64, 87, 88, cover, 2005
Albany Times Union, Review 1995.
Margaret Matthews Berenson, “Resource for Handmade Paper”, American Artist, November 1991.
John Yau, Art Forum Magazine, Review, January 1989.
Octavia Zaya, “Kenneth Polinskie: Ansiedades de la Memoria,” Balcon-3, 1989.
“Artist Statement,” Cover, June 1988.
Michael F.Robinson, “Modern Bookbinding,” Art and Auction, May 1987.
Lyle Roisbothem, photograph, Washington Review, June/July 1987
Ronny Cohen, “Paper Routes,” ARTnews Magazine, October 1983.
Review, Newsday, August 1994.
Gerritt Henry, Review, ARTnews Magazine, October 1983.
Vivian Raynor, “Timeless Forms Among Other Treasures,” New York Times, August 26, 1979.

Selected Public Collections

Print Room Collection, New York Public Library, NY, NY
Champion Paper International, Kansas City, MO
Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO
CIGNA Corporation, Philadelphia, PA

Reader’s Digest Association Inc., Pleasantville, NY

John D. Brush & Company Inc., Rochester, NY

Prudential Insurance Company of America

Lintas Worldwide, NY, NY

Ken Polinskie's HAPPY MEDIUM

Monday, November 1, 2010

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Griffin's Cat (Mauve) 2008 25x36 Paper Pulp Painting

Blue Poodle (Gray) 2008 25x36 Paper Pulp Painting

The Patriot Act 2008 25x36 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Cemetary Dog I 2008 25x36 Paper Pulp Painting

Eating Sorrel In The Graveyard (C) 2008 40x30 Paper Pulp Painting

Cinco de Mayo 2007 29x22 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Bark Birch 2006 11x17 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Buddy II (Leap of Faith) 2007 40x30 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Broken Treaty 2006 40x30 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Eating Sorrel In The Graveyard (B) 2008 40x30 Paper Pulp Painting

Big Blue Poodle 2007 30x40 Paper Pulp Painting

The Gathering 2007 40x30 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Fool's Dog 2006 30x40 Paper Pulp Painting

Crypto Zoology 2008 36x25 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

The Horse Got Revenge 2008 40x30 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

But For It He Paid 2008 40x30 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Buddy I 2006 30 x 40 Paper Pulp Painting

Griffin's Cat (Spots) 2008 25x36 Paper Pulp Painting

Prize Winner (Red) 2006 40 x 27 Paper Pulp Painting

Study For Puti 2007 17.5 x 22 Ink & Goauche

Transfiguration 2007 22x30 Collage

Downward (After Audabon) 2007 28x22 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Prince 2007 30 x 22 Ink On Artist's Made Paper

Firebrand 2007 20 x 30 Hand Made Paper

Tender Trap 2007 20x30 Ink On Artist's Made Paper j

The Shadow Of Man (Paper Pulp Sculpture)2008

Griffin's Cat & Other Stories