Greg Gierlowski - Fine Artist
Born in 1948 in Walcz, Poland. Since age of 6 lives in second biggest polish city of Lodz. Started his visual arts education in primary school at the age of 10, later adding to his interests also sports and music but not abandoning fine arts where he mainly self-tought himself. He had a chance to study & practice in stained glass workshop led by L.C. Tiffany student, which was a life-time chance he didn't miss and where he learned basics of this fantastic art craft. He sailed the world over charging well his visual arts' batteries with best nature views, folk art and by visiting best museums. After such extensive traveling he was back to Lodz and settled down, founding his Stained Glass Studio and Gallery in early nineties and which he heads until now. That's where he creates and exhibits his art, which is often music-related and tries to convey music into visuals with all its subtle moods. He's fascinated by the role of light backliting translucent artworks and new possibilities it brings. These experiments led him to create new art movement called Translucent Arts and in which mode he created his Backlit Art Pictures and art-lamps. He's also back with painting, mainly colorful imaginative abstracts in oils & acrylics on paper and canvas. Due to its uniquenes, his works are often written about in polish press and shown on TV. He also got into education leading various workshops, classes and courses as well as has written, performed and published a instructional movie on how to work in stained glass on DVD. Lately his art was well received abroad Poland, which resulted with qualifications of his works for international arts festivals ( twice London in 2004, Berlin 2005, Florence Biennale 2007). 2008 will see his works published in english WOA albums titled 'Masters of Today' and 'Trends' as well as italian Alba's 'Dictionary of Modern/Contemporary Art 2008'. He'll be exhibiting on swiss art fair 'Art & Style' in St.Gallen, Switzerland in April.
