Saturday, 7 March, 2009

The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction Spring 2009

Sale Catalogue

Lot 226

Lot 226 Description

Henry Kondracki
Urban Winter
oil on canvas
19in x 23in (48cm x 58.5cm)
Usual gallery price £1400

Estimate: £600 - 1,200

Condition Report or Notes

HENRY KONDRACKI

1953 Born in Edinburgh. 1981-2 Byam Shaw School of Art, London. 1982-6 Slade School of Fine Art, London; BA in Fine Art (First Class Honours).

Solo exhibitions

1979 Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh. 1984 The Artists' Collective Gallery, Edinburgh. 1987 Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London. 1988 Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. 1989 Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London. 1991 'Easter Road', William Jackson Gallery, London. 1992 The Artists' Collective Gallery, Edinburgh. 1994 William Jackson Gallery, London. Gallery M, London. 1995 Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. 1996 Flowers East at London Fields, London. 1997 Bellevue Gallery, Edinburgh. 1998 Flowers Graphics, London. Flowers East, London. 2000 'Kondracki's Edinburgh', Flowers West, Santa Monica, California. 2001 Flowers East, London. 2003 Flowers Central, London. 2004 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. 2007 Flowers, New York. 2008 Lemon Street Gallery, 2008 Michael Richardson Art Space .


Group exhibitions

1979 Gladstones Court, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh. 1983 'Whitworth Young Contemporaries', Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. 1984 'Society of Scottish Artists 90th Exhibition', Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. 1984-5 Leicestershire Exhibition at Beaumanor Hall, Leicestershire. 1985 Artists' Collective Gallery, Edinburgh. 'Whitworth Young Contemporaries', Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Winter Show, Blond Fine Art, London. 1986 'John Moores Exhibition', The Walker Gallery, Liverpool. The Marlow Rank Xerox Collection. 'Peter Moores Exhibition', Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. 'Cityscape: The Changing Face of London', Arthur Anderson & Co, London. 'The Small Picture Show', Mercury Gallery, Edinburgh. 1987 Nice Art Fair, France. Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London. 'The Big Fight', Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London. 'Southbank Picture Show', Royal Festival Hall, London. 1988 'Riverside Open', Riverside Studios, London. Milburn & Arte, Sydney, Australia. 1988 Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop. 'A Personal Choice by Jeffery Camp', Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London. 'Off the Wall', Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London. 1989 'Contemporary Drawings', Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London. 1990 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London. 'The Sporting Life', Flowers East, London. Gallery Artists, The Scottish Gallery, London. 1991 'Director's Choice', The Scottish Gallery, London. 'Travel Fresh Horizons', Spectator/Adam & Co Art Prize, William Jackson Gallery, London. 'Big Little Picture Show', William Jackson Gallery, London. 1992-3 'Figure in the City', Talbot Rice Gallery, touring exhibition; Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels. 1993 'Hope and Despair English Figurative Art', Crane Gallery, London. 'The Selected Line', William Jackson Gallery, London. 'Polish Routes; British Soul', Edinburgh City Art touring show. 1993-4 Invited artist, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London. 1994 'Witnesses & Dreamers', Oliver Bevan touring show. 1996 'A Scottish Renaissance, Contemporary Painting in Scotland,' The Rotunda, Hong Kong. 'Wheels on Fire, Cars in Art 1950-1996', Wolverhampton Art Gallery. 'Small is Beautiful Part XIV: Sex', Flowers East at London Fields, London. 1997 'Heads' (Monoprints), Flowers Graphics, London. 'British Figurative Art Part 1: Painting', Flowers East, London. 'Small is Beautiful Part XV. Death', Flowers East at London Fields, London. 1998 'New British Painting 1', Flowers West, Santa Monica, California. 'The Print Show 1998', Flowers Graphics, London. 1999 'British Figurative Art Part 3: Works on Paper', Flowers East London. Cheltenham Open Drawing Exhibition. 2000 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East London. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London. Artist's Choice, Flowers East, London. 'Flowers 2', Flowers Central, London. 30th Anniversary, Exhibition, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California. 'Small Is Beautiful: Self Portrait', Flowers East, London. 2001 Hunting Group Competition. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London. 2004 'Small Is Beautiful: Self Portrait', Flowers Central, London. 2005 'Hyman Kondracki Osuga', Flowers East, London. Angela Flowers Gallery 35th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London. 2006 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. 'Discerning Eye' Exhibition (invited artist). Lynn Painter-Stainers Exhibition. Singer Friedlander Exhibition. 2007 'Discerning Eye' Exhibition.. Lynn Painter Stainers Exhibition. Singer Friedlander Exhibition. Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. Mansfield Park Gallery,Glasgow. 2008 The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction.


Awards

1978 Scottish Arts Council, Materials and Costs Award. 1979 Scottish Arts Council, Minor Bursary. 1983 The Sir William Coldstream Prize at the Slade Whitworth Young Contemporaries, a prize from the Granada Foundation, Manchester. 1984 The Rodney Burn Prize at the Slade for best figurative work in the session 1983-84. 1985 Slade Prize in Fine Art for the session 1984-85. 1986 Slade Prize in Fine Art for the session 1985-86. 1987 South Bank Board Prize. 1991 Spectator/Adam & Co Art Prize Travel Fresh Horizons. 1995 Prize winner, John Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. 1997 Noble Grossart, Scotland on Sunday (third prize). 1999 Cheltenham Drawing Prize. 2000 Hunting Group (Regional Prize). 2004 Hunting Art Prize (1st Prize). Singer Friedlander(2nd Prize).


Collections

Arts Council of Great Britain. BAS Investments UK. British Council. City Arts Centre, Edinburgh. Glasgow City Museums and Galleries. Granada Foundation, Manchester. Guildhall, London. Manchester City Art Gallery. Royal Bank of Scotland. Scottish Provident. Standard Life. University College London. Virgin Atlantic.


Bibliography

1995 Street Life at Gallery M, James Hobbs. 2005 The Hunting Art Prizes catalogue. 2005 The Artist (February). 2007 The Sun, New York (March).