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Janusz Kawa
Tel: (212) 505 9650
Email
www.januszkawa.com

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

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.