Biography



BOZENA HAPPACH, sculptor
Citizenship: Canadian
Education: School of Plastic Arts, Gdansk, Poland.
The Gdansk Polytechnic: Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Study of sculpture in the studio of Elzbieta Szczodrowska
Membership: RAAV, Atelier 213, CSQ.

Exhibitions solo or semi-solo :

2003 Cultural Center in Dorval
2000 Polish Consulate in Montreal
1996 Centre socioculturel de St-Hubert
1996 Galerie d'art - Centre socioculturel de Brossard
1995 "ENSEMBLE"- Galerie d'art d'Outremont in Outremont
1994 "DOUCE ET DURE"- Gallery Octogone in Lasalle
1993 "CHANGEMENT"- Cultural Center in Dorval
1992 "RELATIONS"- Regional museum in Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Collective exhibitions:

2008 La Sculpture dans tous les sens, Gatineau, Qc, Canada
2008 ARTE MUSIACA, Italy
2007 “UN JARDIN DE PIERRE ET DE METAL”, Drummondville, Qc
2007 “JAZZ”, Vancouver, BC
2007 “PIERRE & FEU”, Dorval, Qc
2006, 2005 Monumental Sculptures Exhibition, St-Sauveur, Qc
2006 “RYTHME ET MOUVEMENT”, Lachine, Qc
2006 Beijing Olympic Park City Sculpture, China
2006 “SURVIVING, THRIVING & GROWING”, Vancouver, BC
2006 Polish Consulate in New York, USA
2005 Castel in Ksiaz, Poland
2005 Centre d’Art - Ste-Rose
2005 Chateau Ramezay Museum in Montreal (and others)

Competitions: Competition for digital images “Arte/Musica”-Italy (finalist)
Beijing Olympic Park City Sculpture Design Competition (Nomination Award)
The Project of Historical Path at King Hussein Park, Jordan - Finalist
Le Centre de creativite du Gesu - Montreal - 2nd prize
Médaille du Prix de la Justice du Québec - 1st prize

Commissions: Private house in Knolton, Qc – “Frère et soeur”, fiberglass sculpture
Private commission – “Brother and Sister”, bronze sculpture
Private house in Montreal – “Today & Tomorrow”, fiberglass sculpture
Chateau Ramezay Museum in Montreal - mural sculpture
International Education Institute in Calgary - mural sculpture
Logimex Romania – stone sculpture

Collections: Regional museum in Quebec, Galerie d'Outremont
Private collections in Canada, USA, South America and Europe

Galleries: Studio 261, Gallery Muse, and Art Works Gallery



Press:
Electronic press: Radio-Canada - téléjournal d'Ottawa-Gatineau de Michel Picard, July 2008
Polish Radio in Montreal, interview, September 2006
"Actualité de Rive Sud", presentation of exhibition in St-Hubert Cultural Center, December 1996
"Actualité Outremont", presentation of exhibition in Outremont Gallery, and interview with artists, April 1995

Publications: Cezanne’s Carrot, A Literary Journal, Winter Solstice 2006
The Chateau Ramezay…Across Time through Artistic Eyes

Press: OttawaCitizen.com, Art & the City, July 2008
“L’echo loisir et culture”, St-Jerome, October 2005
“La Vallee”, St-Sauveur, October 2005
"Gazeta", Montreal, March 2003
"Le Devoir", Montreal, February 1998
"Loisard", January 1996
Outremont City - local press, March 1995
City of Lasalle - local press, October 1994
"Gazeta Montrealska", October 1994
Dorval - local press, February 1993
Ville Vaudreuil - local press, January 1992
"Nowy Dziennik" N.Y, May 1991
"La Presse" Montreal, May 1991
"Zwiazkowiec" Toronto, June 1991
"Le nouvel à loi", June 1991




hap.kap@sympatico.ca