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Paul Chizik is a Painter Based in Vancouver, Canada
Artist Biography

Paul Chizik is a Painter Based in Vancouver, Canada
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BIOGRAPHY OF PAUL CHIZIK
"Life is Short. Art is Long"
Art should move you. It should not bore the audience or yourself. You paint for yourself and if it moves someone else, great !
Born
1957 Vancouver, B.C.
Education
1995-2004 Self Study of Old Masters, Canada, Australia, USA, England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria and The  Netherlands.
1995-1996 Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy.
1995 Chicago Institute of Art, Chicago, USA.
1988 Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA.
Selected Exhibitions
2005 Group Show. Belgravia Gallery. London. UK.
2003 Group Show, "Speaking for the Land”, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, USA.
2003 Solo Show, "Canadian Autumn”, Elliot Louis Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
2002 Fall Group Show, "Landscapes”, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, USA.
2002 Summer Group Show, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
2001 Summer Group Show, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
2000 Summer and Winter Group Show, Dabrinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
1998 Group Show, "Howling at the Darkness”Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1998 Group Show, Community Arts Council, Vancouver, Canada.
1997 Group Show, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1996 Group Show, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1992 Group Show, Community Arts Council, Vancouver, Canada.
1991 Solo Show, Paint Brush Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1990 Group Show, Vancouver Art ‘90, Vancouver, Canada.
1988 Group Show, Paint Brush Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1987 Group Show, Arts Festival, Robson Media Center, Vancouver, Canada.
Galleries
2005 Belgravia Gallery, London, UK.
2005 Aaron Ross Gallery. Vancouve. B.C Canada.
2004 Fine Art Gallery J. van den Elshout, Den Haag, Netherlands.
2001-2003 Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1997-2003 Dabrinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
1998-1999 Denise Robergé Art Gallery, El Paso, Palm Desert, California, USA.
1996-1998 Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1992 Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1989-1991 Paint Brush Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
1979-1981 Barr Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.
Collections
  Electronic Arts Inc. Vancouver. B.C Canada.
  Ivanhoe Securities, Vancouver, Canada.
  Kim Oishi & Associates, Vancouver, Toronto, Canada.
  New Caledonian Mining, Australia.
Membership
  Canadian Armed Forces Civilian Artist Program.
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Paul Chizik is a painter based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He has trained in Florence and the USA where his work has been strongly linked to historical painting. Paul has been a painting instructor in Vancouver for over a decade and teaches in a variety of mediums such as oil, watercolour, gouache and tempera. Paul Chizik continues to paint and train in the methodology of fine craftsmanship in accordance with the atelier tradition.