6/11/2014

Alexander Koleszar A Re Owned Artist

By Kenya Campos


Alex is a popular artist who discovered his talent for painting at early stages. He lived in Michigan where he studied. His great talent and interest in painting made him recognized since he was young. After doing his first 30 canvases he was recommended for to take part in an exhibition in Michigan. By then Alexander Koleszar had not even completed his seventh degree. It was unfortunate that he had to deal with cruelty of other children at that tender age. It made him hide his talent to avoid negative attention from his peers.

Twenty years later, a great tragedy occurred. An AIDS pandemic swept the land and killed a great number of people he held dearly. He went through a very disheartening moment. To overcome the difficult times he had gone through, he decided to ground himself again in art. This turned out to be a successful recovery mechanism.

Upon return to his work as an artist he spent the first year doing painting that reflected the pandemic that claimed the lives of his friends. Most his works were recognized by a curator of a museum in Los Angeles and Sales Gallery. This particular painting was entitled returning home. It was among the two arts selected that year to the museum.

Despite the fact that he was gaining recognition in his talent and works, in 1994 he decided to ground himself in drawing techniques and classical painting. To become successful in this field he suspended his works in art and began to study classical painting.

It did not take long for Alex build himself in the new field. In fact by the year 1996 he was already receiving invitations to participate in shows. He quickly became popular that people nick named him the new emerging artist in a Biennale show.

Biennale made Alex open to more opportunities. People from every corner of the world especially US and Europe. His works of paintings revealed his fusion for realism and surrealism. The works were an outstanding and reflected his admiration for various artists such as Magritte and Dali.

All the works of Koleszar evidenced his passion for his work and his commitment to deal with critical issues in the society. All his works referenced vital issues in the community such as wars that took place during Bush Administration and Enron scandals. Some of the art work addressed addiction and recovery of West Hollywood community. He helped solve critical issues in the society indirectly through exposing them in his paintings.

Alexander is a worldwide renaissance man. Apart from art work he also ventured in natural sciences and a bit of politics. He exposed his ideas, knowledge and world into deep thoughts in form of art. During this period one of his partners in Scott passed on. This was a very painful moment for Alex. He had worked with the guy for the twenty six years he had been in the field. In order to overcome the past, Alex decided to migrate to Palms Springs. Being away from his mother land helped him move on easily as it helped avoid distractions of the past.




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