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ANDREW VALKO (1957 - ), R.C.A.

“Different artists or personalities lead to different styles. I am not primarily a realist. A lot of people think that when you are doing a realist painting, there’s no abstraction. In fact, it’s all abstraction. I paint the light, not the objects. I want it all to be there but it has to have content, composition, colour use, subtlety and beauty. Beauty is very important. I want the painting to be good on all levels. Like a craftsmen or builder, you have to start with a foundation. I am interested in how painters have solved certain things — how to paint grass or skin.”

- Andrew Valko -

Born 1957 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Andrew Valko came to Canada as a child in 1968. He received his Diploma in Graphic Design and Applied Arts from the Red River Community College in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He also studied wood block printing with renowned artist Toshi Yoshida at Yoshida Hanga Academy in Tokyo, Japan.

Valko has exhibited his hyper-realist works in both solo and group exhibitions, and received the commission from Canada Post Corporation to illustrate four Pan American Games stamps and the 125th Anniversary of the RCMP commemorative stamp; as well as, a design for a fifty-cent piece for the Royal Canadian Mint. He was also commissioned by the University of Manitoba to paint a portrait of the Chacellor Harvey Secter and by the Manitoba government to paint portraits of Premier of Manitoba Gary Filmon and Gary Doer, and the Speakers of the House Louise Dacquay, Deni Rocan and George Hicks.

Valko’s works are included in many private and public collections in Canada and abroad, including the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, The Canada Council Art Bank, and in 1994, he was elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Valko lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections

Abex Financial Corp., Calgary, Alberta
Alliance Francais, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Aquatic Hall of Fame, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Assante Asset Management Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Calgary, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Post Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario
CKRC Broadcasting, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Claridge Collection, Montreal, QC
Elizabeth Taylor, Los Angeles, California
Esso Petroleum, Calgary Alberta;
Fairwood Foods Ltd., Hong Kong
Great West Life, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Investors Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mahler Fine Art Inc., Seattle, Washington
Manitoba Art Council, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Manitoba Government, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Memorial University of Newfoundland Art Gallery, St Johns, Newfoundland
Nickle Art Museum, Calgary, Alberta
PriceWaterHouse Cooper, LLP, Vancouver, B.C
Suncor, Inc., Fort McMurray, Alberta
Tecbau Technology, West Germany
The Claridge Collection, Montreal, Quebec
University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, Winnipeg, Manitoba
University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Via Rail Canada, Inc., Montreal, Quebec
Wajima Holdings, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
West Coast Hotel Corporation, Seattle, WA
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014 Disconnected Encounters, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 New Work, Douglass Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2002 New Work, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001-02 Night Paintings, traveling to Gallery 1C023, The University of Winnipeg, MB, Resonant Art Gallery, Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Center, Regina,SK, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB
1999 Small Paintings, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB
1998 Dusk to Dawn, Newzones Gallery Calgary, AB
1995 No Vacancy, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, BC
1994 Andrew Valko, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, SK
1993 New Paintings, Nancy Pooles Studio, Toronto, ON
1990 New Paintings, Nancy Pooles Studio, Toronto, ON
1989 New Paintings, Nancy Poles Studio, Toronto, ON
1984 Recent Works, Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1982 Recent Works, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK
1981 Recent Works, Cardigan-Milne Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
1980 Colored Graphite Drawings, Assiniboia Gallery, Regina, SK
1979 Spring Travels, Cardigan-Milne Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Christmas Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2009 Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Christmas Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2008 Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Christmas Show,, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Toronto International Art Fair, ON
2007 Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Christmas Show,, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Toronto International Art Fair, ON
2006 Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Christmas Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Toronto International Art Fair, ON
2005 Spring Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Christmas Show, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Toronto International Art Fair, ON
2004 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2003 Beyond the Beauty, the Nickle Museum, Calgary, AB
New Visions: Small Works for the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection, Danforth Museum of Art, Boston, MA
2002 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2001 Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL
Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
2000 Boston Art Fair, Boston, MA
Sunburn, Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB
Canadian Survey Prairies, Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Canadian Survey Prairies, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton, AB
1999 The Card Project, Stratford Art Gallery, ON; Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON
Intimate Impressions: Art from Pan America, International Juried Exhibition, SITE Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

Selected Awards

2009 Kingston Arts Award
1994 elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts

Selected Links

andrewvalko.com
Andrew Valko video

Canadian Art Database

http://fredericks-artworks.blogspot.ca/2009/10/winnipeg-artist-wins-kingston-arts.html