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In an industrial district of Paris, Strelnik paints on the concrete floor of his studio, which permits him to view his paintings from multiple perspectives and enables manipulation of his materials without concern for gravity. He catalogues the every day objects of his own life.

“Strelnik’s explosively colored paintings challenge the polarity between abstraction and representation. Strelnik insists that ‘there’s more to painting than the canvas and the viewer. The intermediaries the paint, the materials, the canvas. possesses a spirit. This is the transcendence of painting.’

He says, “My canvases are at once figurative and abstract, a collection of abstractions which comprise a figurative canvas. This gives my work dynamism: It lives in two worlds.’ This tension reflects Strelnik’s own divided heritage as both a Polish and French artist and embodies the dialogue between his poetic sensibility and his intellectual outlook.

1956 - Born in Lublin, Poland
1971 - Fine Arts School in Lublin, Poland
1976 - Fine Arts Academy of Warsaw, Poland
1983 - Arrival in Paris, France

Solo Exhibitions: 1978 Artists and Journalists' Club Nora, Lublin, Poland. 1979 MPiK Gallery, Lublin, Poland. 1981-1982 VDK Gallery, Lublin, Poland. 1989 Espace Bateau-Lavoir, Paris, France. 1991 Galerie Loïc Saint M'Leux, Paris, France 1992 Découverte 92, Grand Palais, Paris, France. 1993 Monumental, Portes Ouvertes, Ivry sur Seine, France 1993 Galerie Terre de Sienne, Paris, France. 1994 Les Fractales, ensemble monumental, Ivry sur Seine, France. 1994 Monumental II, Salon National des Antiquaires et d'Art Contemporain, Rouen. 1995 Mac 2000, Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris, France. 1996 Intervention II, Pléiades, Collégiale Saint André XIIe siècle, Chartres, France. 1997 Macy's New York, six windows on Broadway, New York, USA. 1997-2004 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco & New York, USA. 1999 Galerie Maximillian, Aspen, Colorado, USA. 2000 Strelnik at Pléiades, léiadesCommunication, Paris, France. 2004-2005 Le Bestiaire, new large formats series.

Group Exhibitions: 1985-2004 Exhibitions in France. 1988 Richelieu Drouot, Paris, France. 1993 Fondation Jean Jaures, Paris, France. 1995 Espace Toulouse-Lautrec, Paris, France. 1996 Galerie d'Orsay, Paris, France. 2004 Confrontations, Orléans, France. 1997-2005 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco & New York, USA. 1998-2005 Trajan Gallery, Carmel, USA. 1998-2000 Armory Show, Works on paper; Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York, USA. 2001 Miami Art Fair, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, USA. 2002 Art Chicago, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, USA. 2003 Art Cologne, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, USA