Ryszard Woźniak (born 13 June 1956 in

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the List of cities and towns in Poland, tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Biał ...

) is a

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painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

, performer and teacher. Between 1976 and 1981 Woźniak studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, under Stefan Gierowski. In the years 1982-1988 he taught art at his home university. Since 1982, he was involved in Gruppa, having participated in almost all the artist group's exhibitions and campaigns, as well as having co-wrote its newsletter ''"Oh well"'' (''"Oj dobrze już"''). Between 1985 and 1989, together with Marek Sobczyk, Woźniak worked on the

polychromy Polychrome is the "practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to refer to certain styles of architecture, pottery, or sculpture in multiple colors. When looking at artworks and ...

of the Neo Greek-Catholic Church of St. Nicholas, Kostomloty in the

Podlaskie Voivodeship Podlaskie Voivodeship ( ) is a Voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship in northeastern Poland. The name of the voivodeship refers to the historical region of Podlachia (in Polish, ''Podlasie''), and significant part of its territory corresponds to th ...

. In 1986, the artist and Ryszard Grzyb went for a scholarship to

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. In 1991/1992 he lectured at the private Art School in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, founded and run by Jarosław Modzelewski and Marek Sobczyk. Since c.1992-93, he runs a painting studio at the University of Zielona Góra. File:Nowa fala popierdala, 1982, akryl, 80x200.jpg, ''A new wave of popies''
(1982) File:Dzieweczko wstań, 1984, olej, 150x260.jpg, ''Damsel get up''
(1984) File:Dom dla nieuleczalnie chorych Katarzynie Kobro, 1987, olej, 115x150,MN Warszawa.jpg, ''Home for the incurably ill''
(1987)

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