Adam Niklewicz


Adam Niklewicz (born in 1956[1] in Zamość, Poland) is a Polish-born American sculptor who earned his BFA in graphic communications in 1989 from Washington University in St. Louis, and his MFA in sculpture from SUNY Purchase in 2006. His work has been featured and discussed in ARTnews, CNN[2] Sculpture Magazine, Modern Painters, Art New England, The New York Times, and The Nation (in Poland – in Artpunkt, Exit, Format, and Obieg), among others. He has shown at such venues as Grounds for Sculpture, Hudson Valley MOCA, Real Art Ways, the New Britain Museum of American Art, Black & White Gallery, Five Myles, Stamford Museum, Benito Greene, Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej (Opole, Poland), and Zacheta (Warsaw, Poland).
In 2017, CNN Style presented four of his works in a feature story titled "Extraordinary in the Ordinary: These Warped Works Will Melt Your Mind."[3] His work will be featured on a billboard in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico during Benitos Greene's Seventh Edition of Arte en Escala Urbana (summer of 2026).[4]
Affiliated galleries and museums
[edit]- Black & White Gallery / Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
- Grounds for Sculpture / International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, New Jersey
- Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY
- Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
- New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
- Benito Greene
- Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej w Opolu, Opole, Poland
- Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland
References
[edit]- ↑ Ficpatrik, Milja. "Adam Niklewicz". Widewalls. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ "Look closer. What's wrong with this picture?". CNN. 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
- ↑ "Melt your mind with these surreal works of art". CNN. 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ↑ "Benito Greene Arte Publico". Benito Greene. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
- ITSLIQUID Interview: Luca Curci talks with Adam Niklewicz during the 10th Edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2022, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello.
- Kropiowski, Lukasz, (June 9, 2023). "Lekkomyślność" Adama Niklewicza w BWA Galeria Zamojska, Szum Magazine (Warsaw, Poland).
- Kropiowski, Lukasz, (June 2023). "Niczemu się nie dziwić - to jakby niczego nie szanować", FORMAT (Poland).
- McNiff, Elysian; Keithline, Elizabeth (March–April 2013). "Public Art: Preparing for the New Chapter". Art New England. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- Kropiowski, Lukasz (October 2011). "Powszechne urojenia". Obieg Magazine (Poland). Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- Barnes, Steve (May 2010). "Post-Gogol" (PDF). Slag, ARTnews. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- Bertuccioli, Sara (October 17, 2012). "Il graffit che compare con l'acqua". Huffington Post.
- Zimmer, William (May 28, 2000). "ART; A Largely Traditional Show at Silvermine". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
External links
[edit]- 1957 births
- Living people
- American contemporary artists
- 20th-century American sculptors
- Polish emigrants to the United States
- Polish sculptors
- Polish male sculptors
- People from Zamość
- Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts alumni
- 21st-century American sculptors
- Purchase College alumni
- Washington University in St. Louis alumni
- 20th-century American male sculptors
- 21st-century American male sculptors