JON KRAWCZYK

A graduate of Connecticut College, Krawczyk has studied fine art throughout Europe and apprenticed with various acclaimed sculptors. He realizes his biomorphic sculptures by cutting sheet stainless steel or bronze and welding, pounding and shaping with focused heat. Each sculpture is therefore unique, as the works are never cast from a mold.

Krawczyk draws inspiration from artists such as Picasso, Henry Moore and David Smith. He is not only influenced by the obvious masterful techniques of these artists, but also by their philosophies of the sculptural process.

Jon Krawczyk works in stainless steel, either brushed or highly polished, and in bronze, to which he applies intense patinas of earth tones and bright blues and greens. These works appear to have the geological marks of boulders, as sentinels that look comfortable in natural environments, can be abstract tendrils or wispy smoke-like forms that defy gravity, or long, thin, yet powerful lines that seem to jump into the sky. His most recent highly polished stainless steel sculptures are truly amazing in a natural environment, where they reflect their surroundings in surprising ways.

Krawczyk is shown in selected galleries throughout the USA. He has created commissioned sculptures for public and corporate clients, such as LinkedIn (his most recent and largest commission at 200 feet long), Apple, Four Season Hotels, Trump Hotel, the SF Giants' AT&T Park and the SF 49ers Stadium. Krawczyk also garnered national attention for his 9/11 Memorial at St. Peter's Cathedral in NYC.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Broadfoot & Broadfoot, New York, NY
2006 Lumina Gallery, Taos, NM
2004 Lumina Gallery, Taos, NM
2004 KL Fine Art, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 “Nature Abstracted,” a new leaf gallery | sculpturesite, Sonoma, CA
2010 Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Ezair Gallery, South Hampton, NY
2010 Canyon Rd Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Red Dot,” Miami, FL
2007 “ConTempoRarities,” Neiman Marcus, Honolulu, HI
2007 “The SOFA Show,” Chicago, IL
2006 Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, CA
2005 Art in Public Places, Stamford, CT
2005 Chicago Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2005 Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach, FL
2003 Issaquah, WA
2003 Carillon Point, Kirkland, WA
2003 Soicher Marin, Hawthorn CA
2003 Art Miami, Miami FL
2003 El Paseo Sculpture Exhibit, Palm Desert, CA
2002 Featured Sculptor, Canyon Road Contemporary Art
2001 KL Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
2001 El Paseo Sculpture Exhibit, Palm Desert, CA
2001 Colburn Schwartz, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Burlington County College, Burlington, NJ
2000 Palm Springs Art Expo, Palm Springs, CA
2000 Texas A&M Art in Public Places, College Station, TX
2000 Featured Artist, The Wilson Art Show, Mountain Lakes, NJ
1999 Frankel Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
1999 El Paseo Sculpture Exhibit, Palm Desert, CA
1998 Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, CA
1998 Betsy Lane Sculpture Garden, Del Mar, CA
1997 Lumina Gallery, Taos, NM
1996 Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Vale Craft, Chicago, IL
1995 Little Sadie’s, New York, NY

Selected Commissions
2015 333 Brannan Identity Sculpture, Kilroy Realty, San Francisco, CA
2015 Percent for the Arts Public Commission, Agoura Hills, CA
2015 Apple Inc. / LinkedIn Campus, Sunnyvale, CA
2014 San Francisco 49ers Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
2014 Percent for the Arts Public Commission, Mountain View, CA
2010 303 Second Street, Kilroy Realty, San Francisco, CA
2010 9/11 Memorial, Ground Zero, St. Peter's Cathedral, New York, NY
2008 Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego, CA
2008 Trump Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
2008 Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC
2008 Four Seasons Hotel, St. Louis, MO
2008 Four Seasons Hotel, Half Moon Bay, CA
2008 Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai, India
2008 Prudential Center, New Jersey Devils Stadium, Newark, NY
2006 Art & Public Space, Percent for the Arts, Agoura Hills, CA
2005 Table Top Sculptures, MGM, CA
2005 Cross, Palm Desert, CA
2004 KPMG Warwick, New York, NY
2004 Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY
2003 Art Council of Brazos Valley, College Station, TX
2002 Homme Engineering, Percent for the Arts, Palm Desert, CA
2002 Rosenblum, Percent for the Arts, Palm Desert, CA
2002 Dale Poe Group, Percent for the Arts, Agoura Hills, CA
2002 Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY
2001 The Westin Diplomat Hotel Lobby Fountain Project, Miami Beach, FL
2001 Texas A&M, College Station, TX
2000 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
2000 Deloitte & Touche, New York, NY
2000 Rankserve, Newbury Park, CA
2000 San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
1999 Cheesecake Factory, Calabasas, CA
1998 Squad, Chicago, IL
1997 By Design, Santa Monica, CA
1997 R/D, Torrance, CA
1997 Lumina Gallery Gate Project, Taos, MN
1997 Jamison Gold, Marina Del Ray, CA
1997 McKay Mobile, Reno, NV
1996 Widner College 175TH Anniversary, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Publications
2011 DiIonno, Mark; “Ground Zero Cross Headed Back To The World Trade Center Site,” Huffington Post, April 6
2011 Paumgarten, Nick; “All Together Now,” The New Yorker, Sept 12
2011 Rosenblum, Dan; “A Replacement For The Ground Zero Cross Is Installed At St. Peters Church, Quietly And Uncontroversial,” Capital, August 12
2011 Sisolak, Paul; “California Sculptor, Jon Krawczyk Creates 9/11 Cross For New York City,” Malibu Times, May 23
2009 Davie, Audrey; “Slap Shot Sculpture Scores for Devils,” Recorder Community Newspapers
2009 Devore, Kim; “Jon Krawczyk,” Malibu Times, Summer
2009 Read, Philip; “Hockey Sculpture Arrives at The Rock,” The Star Ledger, August 18th
2008 “Jon Krawczyk: The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Grinding Steel,” THE Magazine, September
2008 Dambrot, Shana; “A Taste Of Malibu @ Jon Krawczyk’s Studio,” Flavorpill (online), May 25
2008 “The Valley’s New Vibe,” Entrée Magazine, Fall
2008 Di Ionno, Mark; “This ‘Devil’ Scores One For A Sculptor Fan And Newark,” The Star Ledger, July 19
2008 Downs, Maggie; “Jon Krawczyk Forms His Sculpted Vision,” The Desert Sun, March 30
2008 “Local Sculptor Unveils Latest Creation,” Malibu Surfside News, May 29
2008 “Making Waves: NJ Devils Commission, Sculptor Jon Krawczyk ’88,” Delbarton Today, Spring/Summer
2007 Clark, Erin; “Jon Krawczyk: Fire and Ice,” Artworks, Winter
2005 Westlake Magazine, March
2003 Design Journal, January/February/March
2001 Connecticut College Magazine, New London, CT
2000 Region, College Station, TX
1999 Daily Breeze, Manhattan Beach, CA
1999 Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY, July-August
1996 THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, June
1995 New York Post, New York, NY
1995 Pasatiempo, Santa Fe, NM, April

Television Appearances
NY1
Staten Island 1
Fios 1
NBC News, New York
Fox News
Monster Garage
Joan Quinn Chronicles
MSG Network
ESPN
NHL Tonight

Education
1992 Connecticut College, New London, CT, BA