Andrzej Korzec

Andrzej Korzec (born in Żary, Poland in 1959) is a Polish artist working mainly in oil paint medium. He studied painting under Professor Jan Szancenbach at Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland, receiving a diploma in 1989. His artworks have been shown in numerous individual and group exhibitions across Europe and in the United States. He has been honored in a lot of art contests; he received a Decoration of Honor “Meritorious for Polish Culture”, Medal for "Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis" and The City of Rzeszow Award in the field of culture and art for his artistic achievements. From 1996-2002 he served as the President of Association of Polish Artists and Designers in Rzeszow. He inaugurated the cycle of exhibitions "By Quill and Brush around Rzeszow" and the International Art Residency of Painting and Sculpture, known as "Rakszawa" and "Orzechowka". In 2006 he participated in the Polish-French project "The Beauty of Nature" in Les Arcys, Volgre (France). He was a stipend-holder of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts (1996/97) and in 2002 was invited for an art residency in Klagenfurt (Austria) by the Mayor of the city; each year he participates in plein air painting art residencies across Europe. His studio is located in Rzeszow, Poland, where he also teaches drawing and painting in the Art High School. His artworks are in private collections across Europe and North America. He donates his artworks to charity events on a regular basis.

"In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands"

Hebrews 1:10

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