elzbieta osiak portrait Elzbieta J. Osiak
 
  Résumé EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Art Conservation
Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland, 1987.

Diploma work and thesis:
Restoration of 18th century oil painting on canvas
from the National Museum of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
   
    ART EXHIBITIONS

1996 Individual Exhibition, Altman Gallery, Vancouver, Washington (USA)
1996 Gallery "S", Warsaw (Poland)
1995 Individual Exhibition, Altman Gallery, Vancouver, Washington (USA)
1995 Individual Visions, Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, Washington (USA)
1995 Works of Faith, First Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon (USA)
1994 Three Artists Exhibition, River Gallery, Chattanooga, Tenessee (USA)
1994 Individual Exhibition, Altman Gallery, Vancouver, Washington (USA)
1993 New River Art Exhibition, Perspective Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)
1993 Love Inspiration-Spring93, Miller Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)
1992 Art Expo International, Museum of Polish Art, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
1991 Individual Exhibition, Cranwell Internationa Center, Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)
1990 Women Art Exhibition, Armory Gallery, Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)
1989 Individual Exhibition, Cranwell Internationa Center, Blacksburg, Virginia (USA)
1983-87 Group Exhibitions at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw (Poland)
   
    ART CONSERVATION EXPERTISE

  • Conservation of painting, specializing in icons

  • Conservation of polychrome sculpture

  • Gilding Conservation

  • Conservation of wall painting

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        ART CONSERVATION EXPERIENCE

  • 1984-95 Private practice conservation projects (Poland & USA):

      • 19th & 20th century oil and tempura paintings on panel
      19th century painting on metal panel
      18th, 19th & 20th century gilded frames
      17th, 19th & 20th century oil pintings on canvas
      17th, 18th & 19th century tempura and oil icons
  • 1982-87 Conservation projects at the National Academy of Fine Arts (Poland):

      • 19th & 20th century oils on canvas
      19th century tempura painting on panel
      18th & 19th century polychrome wooden sculptures and reliefs
      16th, 17th & 19th century tempura icons
  • Conservation projects of wall paintings and murals (Poland & USA):

      • 1994-96 St. Mary Cathedral: 20th century oils murals
      1986 Castle of Pultusk: 18th century frescoes,transfers
      1985 Church in Porzecze Marianskie: 17th century tempera wall paintings
  • Conservation projects of wall paintings and murals (Poland & USA):

      • 1994-96 Saint Mary Cathedral: 20th century oils murals
      1986 Castle of Pultusk: 18th century frescoes,transfers
      1985 Church in Porzecze Marianskie: 17th century tempera wall paintings
  • Copies of paintings from the National Museum of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Poland):

      • 15th century altarpiece panel (tempera, Silesian School)
      Jan de Cock, St. Anthony and St. Paul in a desert (oil on panel, 1526, Dutch School)
      Konrad Kryzanowski, Portrait of Bronislawa Ostrowska (oil on canvas, 1905, Polish School)
       
        MEMBERSHIPS

    Professional member of American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.