Lirine nuk e solla une, por e gjeta ketu, ne mesin tuaj.
Translation: I have not brought you freedom, I found it here among you.
Adam Niklewicz is a Polish-American sculptor and illustrator (born in Zamošć, Poland) who earned his BFA in graphic communications in 1989 from
Washington University in St. LouisWashington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
, and his MFA in sculpture from SUNY Purchase in 2006. Niklewicz is the recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s 2006 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
http://www.sculpture.org/documents/ProgramsandEvents/programs/StudentAwards/2006studentawards_programs.shtml and the 2008 Artists Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on Culture
http://www.cultureandtourism.org/cct/cwp/view.asp?a=11&q=405318. His work has been featured and discussed in the
New York Times,
Sculpture Magazine,
Modern PaintersModern Painters is a monthly art magazine published in New York City by Louise Blouin Media. The magazine is published 10 times per year; it includes profiles on two international artists per issue; columns by international contributors; interviews with and articles by contemporary artists and...
,
The Hartford CourantThe Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is a morning newspaper for most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury...
, and
The NationThe Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, and has shown at such venues as
Grounds for SculptureGrounds For Sculpture is a sculpture park and museum located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, on the former site of the New Jersey State Fairgrounds...
, Real Art Ways, the
New Britain Museum of American ArtThe New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art....
, Black&White Gallery, Stamford Museum, Galerie fur Landschaftskunst, and
ZachetaThe Zachęta National Gallery of Art, short Zachęta, , is one of Poland's most notable institutions for contemporary art. Situated in the centre of Warsaw, the main aim of the gallery is to present and support primarily Polish contemporary art and artists...
.
As an illustrator he has published on the cover of
NewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
,
TimeTime is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
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Business Week, and
Atlantic Monthly. He has done book cover art for such publishers as
Random HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
,
DellDell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...
, Doubleday,
BantamBantam Books is an American publishing house owned entirely by Random House, the German media corporation subsidiary of Bertelsmann; it is an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group. It was formed in 1945 by Walter B. Pitkin, Jr., Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine...
, Harper Collins, Viking/Penguin, St. Martins Press, and
William MorrowWilliam Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, and sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981. It was sold along to the News Corporation in 1999...
. Other clients include the
Boston Globe,
Chicago TribuneThe Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
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The New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
,
PlayboyPlayboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
,
U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
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Wall Street Journal and the
Washington Post. He has received many awards for his work in illustration including those from the Society of Illustrators of New York, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, American Illustration, The Society of Publication Designers,
Print Magazine, and
Communication Arts Magazine.
Affiliated galleries and museums
Artists space, New York, NY
http://www.artistsspace.org/webspace/2004/mar04/index.html
ArtspaceArtspace is a contemporary art gallery and non-profit organization located in downtown New Haven, in Connecticut. Artspace’s mission is to connect artists, audiences, and resources; catalyze artistic activity, and redefine art spaces. Since its founding in 1987, Artspace has helped nearly 3,000...
, New Haven, CT
http://50000beds.net
Grounds for SculptureGrounds For Sculpture is a sculpture park and museum located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, on the former site of the New Jersey State Fairgrounds...
/ International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
http://www.sculpture.org/portfolio/sculptorPage.php?sculptor_id=1001314
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
http://www.realartways.org/archive/thisisthen/webalogue,
http://www.realartways.org/archive/2006FourSolo/index.htm
http://www.realartways.org/archive/poza/index.htm
New Britain Museum of American ArtThe New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art....
, New Britain, CT
http://www.nbmaa.org/exhibitions/past2002.html
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
http://www.hvcca.org/Peekskill_2005.html
Black&White Gallery, New York, NY
http://chelseaartgalleries.com/artists/A/Adam+Niklewicz.html
Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
Galerie fur Landschaftskunst, Hamburg, Germany
ZachetaThe Zachęta National Gallery of Art, short Zachęta, , is one of Poland's most notable institutions for contemporary art. Situated in the centre of Warsaw, the main aim of the gallery is to present and support primarily Polish contemporary art and artists...
, Warsaw, Poland
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