Janusz Kawa
Born in Warsaw, Poland
BIOGRAPHY
| 1975 - 1980 | B.F.A degree in Photography and Film, from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. |
| 1983 - 1985 | Photo Assistant to fashion photographer Pamela Hanson and Aurther Elgort in Paris. |
| 1986 | First published photographs in Jill magazine, Per Lui, Marie France, Paris |
| 1989 | Group photo show at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. |
| 1990 - 1992 | Photographs feature in french magazine Cosmopolitan, New York Times Magazine, GQ, Australian Vogue. |
| 1993 | Group show at L’ Hotel de la Princess Robech, Paris, photography and a film installation. |
| 1997 | Begin teaching photography at the School of Visual Arts of New York. Director of Photography for a music video of Peck Slip. |
| 1998 | Group show at the E3 Gallery, New York. Sony album covers of Placido Domingo, Marcelo Alvares, Wynton Marsalis, Hilary Hahn and John Williams. |
| 1999 | Solo show at the E3 Gallery, New York. Group show Art in Photography at White Space Studio, NewYork. |
| 2000 | Group show Revelations at Greenley Square Gallery, New York. Group show at the E3 Gallery, New York Group show Share the Vision at Cooper Union, New York. |
| 2002 | New York Independent Art Fair, Magdison Fine Arts Gallery. Solo show at Los desiertos des Leones, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2003 | Begin teaching photography at International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. Group show The Amazon at Galou Gallery, New York |
| 2005 | Group show/benefit auction ART VIEW at Washington State Museum |
| 2006 | Solo show at Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico |
| 2007 | Les Elysees de L’Art Salon in Paris, Photography’s Alley Gallery Solo show at La Galerie Art d’Ailleurs d”Aujourd”hui, Paris Group show at The International Center of Photography, New York Teaching classes at “Gulf Photo Plus” in Dubai, UAE Lecture at American University in Dubai, UAE Teaching Fashion Photography workshop in Paris, France |
| 2008 | Group show at the School of Visual Arts Gallery Group show at Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico |
| 2009 | Two person show at “Baco Living” Brooklyn- Dumbo, NY Group show at Westchester Center for the Arts, White Plains, NY |
| 2010 | Solo show at Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA Group show Postcards from the Edge, 12thAnnual Visual Aids Benefit, hosted by ZieherSmith Gallery, NY 2010 |
Works as fashion/portrait photographer in New York and Paris
BIBLIOGRAPHY
City International magazine, No.18, January 1986.
Creation magazine, No. 59, July/August 1990.
Ilford magazine No. 1, October 1995.