Leopold Plotek: Biography

 

Origins:

Education:

 

 

Professional Experience:

Born in Moscow, USSR., 1948. Emigrated from Warsaw, Poland to Canada, 1960. 

McGill University, Montreal

Sir George Williams University, Montreal

Slade School of Art. London

Professor of Fine Art, Concordia University, Montreal

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

1976

1980

1981     

1982

1983

1984     

1986

1988

1990        

1991   

1993

 

1995                

1997

1999

 

2000        

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2008

2012

2012-2013

 

2013

2015

Véhicule Art, Montréal

Galerie Yajima, Montreal           

Galerie Optica, Montréal

Galerie Yajima, Montreal           

Galerie Optica, Montréal

Galerie Yajima, Montreal           

Galerie Optica, Montréal

Concordia University Galleries, Montreal

Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

Concordia University Galleries, Montreal

Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal        

Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto    

Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

Galerie Éric Devlin, Art Paris

Galerie Eric Devlin, Montreal

Galerie d’art d’Outremont, Montréal

Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

Galerie Éric Devlin, Art Paris

Maison de la Culture Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal

Galerie Éric Devlin, Montréal

Phillips Lounge, Montréal, "En apesanteur: Leopold Plotek et l’imagerie de la hauteur"

Han Art, Montréal, “Against Gravity: Leopold Plotek and the Imagery of Height”

‘The Instrument of a Place’:  HAN ART CONTEMPORARY, Montreal, Quebec. (Catalogue)

‘Hue and Cry’; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie Ontario.

‘Workingman’s Dead”; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario.(Catalogue)

‘CAMPANI’; McClure Art Gallery Montreal. (Catalogue)

‘Workingman’s Dead’; McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario. (Catalogue)

 

Group Exhibitions

 

1980        

1981        

1982

1985        

1986        

1988        

1989        

1994        

1995

1997

2000        

2001        

2008

2009

2010

2011

2015

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal Musée d’Art Contemporain        

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal Musée d’Art Contemporain        

Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal

Canada House, London            

Memorial University Art Gallery, St.John’s, Newfoundland

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Université du Québec, Montreal49th Parallel, New York

Musee d’art Contemporain, Montreal

Biodome, Montreal

ARTCITE Musee d’art Contemporain, Montreal    La Peau de L’Ours, Montreal

Toronto International Art Fair – Han Art, Toronto

Toronto International Art Fair – Han Art, Toronto

Toronto International Art Fair – Han Art, Toronto

‘Between the Cracks’; OBORO, Montreal

‘Living Building Thinking’; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton.

 

Public Collections

 

National Gallery of Canada

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal

Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec

The Canada Council Art Bank

 

Corporate Collections

 

Banque Nationale du Canada

Loto-Québec

Sun Life Financial Inc.

Capital Vision

Martineau Walker

Cossette Communications

Macmillan Binch

Petro-Canada

Nova Corporation

Westburne Industries

Steelcase

Rio Tinto Alcan

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

La Peau de l’Ours