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Born in 1962 in Poland. In 1987 graduated with MA in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. He is a painter, a print maker and a graphic designer. Currently lives in Westerham, Kent.
Since coming to the UK in 1996 he has been busy creating, exhibiting and successfully selling his work. In addition he takes portrait commissions and for instance has been a family portrait painter for a number of years for Fred Olsen (of Fred Olsen Cruise Liners). Since 2002 he has been an Artist in Residence in Regent's Park. Since 2009 he started working with the National Trust as their resident artist for the South East region.
In his landscapes and gardens Kaldowski wants to share with us a unique atmosphere of a moment when he saw a particular view. This was recognised, for instance, by an Award that he received in 2000 for 'Expressing the Essential Spirit of Holland Park'. He had also received other numerous awards, e.g. 2006 - Main Price Winner - editor's choice 'The Artist Magazine', and in the same year Nina Hosali 1st Price - Free Painters & Sculptors Society. Other prizes include: Winsor & Newton, Pro Arte, Caran D'ache and Royal Talens awards during yearly Patchings Art Festivals.
In addition to the above, for a number of years, he has been creating paintings that are illustrations to the classical music. In 2000 he completed an enormous (22 metre by 1.5 m) frieze inspired by Vivaldi's music, entitled - "Four Seasons Four Stages of Life", which is shown life as part of the classical performances of Polish National Radio Orchestra and has been featured on Polish National TV. Following this he has recently completed four annexes to this frieze to accompany the Piazzolla's version of the Four Seasons, and was commissioned to prepare a separate triptych to commemorate Year of Chopin in 2010, shown on stage during recitals by prominent pianists, including Piotr Paleczny, Kevin Kenner and Rafal Blechacz. Recently he completed the large painting to the Mussorgsky's "Pictures from the Exhibition", which is is shown life as part of the classical performances of Polish National Radio Orchestraand as well as the "National Trust 2011" project. He is still working with the National Trust, with two exhibitions coming up next spring. His work can be viewed at the Webbs Gallery (Wandsworth, London), Ascot Studios (Ribchester, Ribble Valley, Lancashire), and The Art Gallery (Tetbury, Cotswolds).
He had 214 shows:
Including 115 solo and 99 group shows
Notable exhibitions:
- Barbican Centre, London
- St David's Hall, Cardiff
- Gallery 27, Cork St. London
- Arndean Gallery, Cork Street, London
- Menier Gallery, London
- Bankside Gallery, London
- St. John's Smith Square, London
- The Museum of Lancashire, Preston
- Palace of Art, Cracow, Poland
- La Galleria, Pall Mall
- Kunstlerhaus Lenbach Platz, Munich
- National Trust properties
- Regent's Park (since 2002)
- (for full list of past exhibitions and projects please see Past Exhibitions)
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