Jurek Wajdowicz

Wajdowicz in 2015

Jurek Wajdowicz (born April 26, 1951, Cracow) is a Polish-born American artist, graphic designer, fine art contemporary photographer and art director. He lives and works in New York City.

In his graphic design practice Wajdowicz has concentrated on images of poverty, famine and social justice. Separately, in his semi-abstract photography he creates a more tranquil, contemplative, poetic painterly images.[1] From 2009, Wajdowicz has focused on fine art abstract photography resulting in several ongoing thematic series. His book, Liminal Spaces was published in 2013.[2] In 2018 Wajdowicz's 67/11 photo-book was published. His work was represented at the Kasia Michalski Gallery in Warsaw, Poland 2015, the Vienna contemporary art fair in Vienna, Austria 2015,[3] Nailya Alexander Gallery in New York in 2016, at the Book Art Museum exhibition in Lodz, Poland 2018, at New York's EWS-Gallery in 2020, at the Nailya Alexander Gallery in New York in 2021, and at the AIPAD Photography Show, New York in 2023. Wajdowicz was selected as one of the "Most Influential Graphic Designers of the Past 50 Years" in the 50th Anniversary Survey of Graphic Design: USA magazine.[4]

  1. ^ "Solace - Kasia Michalski Gallery". Kasiamichalski.com. 2015-07-31. Archived from the original on 2015-10-18. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  2. ^ Wajdowicz, Jurek (2013). Liminal Spaces. Zürich, Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers.
  3. ^ "viennacontemporary". Viennacontemporary.at. 2015-09-27. Archived from the original on 2020-03-30. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  4. ^ "Most Influential Graphic Designers of the Past 50 Years". Graphic Design: USA. Archived from the original on 2016-05-28.