Blue Republic  (Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski)
www.bluerepublic.ca

Members of the multidisciplinary art collective Blue Republic, Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski studied Art, Philosophy, Comparative Religion and Literature at: King's College London University, U.K., University of Toronto, Canada, Jagiellonski University, and Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow Poland

04 | Waiting Room - Works From Future, Peak Gallery, Toronto. | review

03 | Price List From a Recycling Box Public 27 “Shop”, York University,
Ghost Story Cultural art fairs Co-Op, Krakow, Poland

02 | Officina America Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Fields of Dreams Siem Riep, Cambodia

01 | Monochromes Galery Pekao, Toronto,
Canada Blue Republic Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto,
Canada Fields of Dreams Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

00 | Lots of It... Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada

99 | Fields of Dreams Northern Ontario, Canada (in collaboration with Richard Rhodes and Dyon Marie)
Blue Republic Espace 502, Montreal Canada (in collaboration with Galerie Rene Blouin)
Throb Lonsdale Galery, Toronto, Canada

98 | Rencontres 98' Galerie Julio Ganzalez, Paris, France,
Art for Autism Meg Gallery, Toronto, Canada

97 | Great Gathering Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Revamp Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada,
Group Show Meg Gallery, Toronto, Canada

96/97 | Blue Republic Oakville Gallery, Oakville Canada
New Paintings Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Canada

95/96 | Made in Blue Republic Meg Gallery, Torotno, Canada

95 | Blue Republic Espace 502, Montreal, Canada,
13 Years of Piwna 20/26, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland

94 | 13 Years of Piwna 20/26 Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland,
Throw of Dice – New Sculpture Art Bunker, Krakow, Poland,
New Polish Generation Centre of Contemporary Art, Erfurt, Germany,
New Art from Poland, Austria and Hungary Art Fort, Krakow, Poland

93 | Phainesthai BWA, Wroclaw, Poland,
Ideas Outside Ideology CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland

92 | Phainesthai BWA, Krakow, Poland,
Die andere Seite Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany

90 | Blue Art 1st Show BWA, Krakow, Poland,
Neue Stadt Krakau Independent Centre of Contemporary Art, Krakow, Poland

89 | Drawings Piwna 20/26, Warsaw, Poland,
Young Painting in Krakow BWA, Krakow, Poland,
Painters Vision BWA, Krakow, Poland,
Drawing – Studio Show CCA, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland,
7-me Internationale Exposition d'Art Saillans, France

88 | 6-me Internationale Exposition d'Art Saillans, France,
4th International Triennial of Drawing, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland

selected bibliography

08 – Mark Kingwell, Opening Gambits, Essays on Art and Philosophy, Key Porter Books, Mark Kingwell, catalogue essay,
Gary Michael Dault, Border Crossings, Fall issue,
Espace-Sculpture, #85 Fall issue, Interview with Blue Republic, by Yam Lau,
Esse Art + Opinions, Waste #64  Portfolios by BGL, Kelly Wood, Blue Republic and others

07 – Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, Blue Republic at Peak Gallery 2006
Julia Dault, Fun Meets New Function, National Post, April 20,
Peter Goddard, Presently Waxing Nostalgic, Toronto Star, March 25, Gary Michael Dault, There's no Time like the Present, Globe and Mail, March 4

05 | Bryne McLaughlin, Canadian Art web side - www.canadianart.ca
Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, Fabruary 19, 2005
Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, Fabruary 3, 2005
Bryne McLaughlin, C-Magazine summer 2005
Janet Jones, Canadian Art Magazine, summer 2005

04 | Catherine Osborne, National Post, July 10, 2004
Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, July 17, 2004
Peter Goddard, Toronto Star, July22, 2004

03 | Public 27 Shop York University, Canada 2003

02 | Renato Barilli, Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy, 2002 (exhibition catalogue)
Guido Molinari, Officina America, Flash Art, April, 2002
Chiara Pilati, Omaggio all'America con le opere di 60 artisti, L'Unita, February 2002
Paola Naldi, Atomici, ecologisti, cibernetici i creativi dell'Oficina America, La Republica, Bologna, Italy, 2002
Fabiola Naldi, Immagini sensibili, an interview with Renato Barilli 62 operai americani, Il Giornale dell'Arte, Italy, N. 206, January, 2002

01 | Gary Michael Dault, Blue Republic at the Pekao Gallery, The Globe and Mail, April, 2001
Dot Tuer, Monochromes, Canadian Art, autumn 2001 Val Ross, Out from behind the 'Ironic Curtain',

97 | The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, 1997
Jennifer Couëlle, Blue Republic, Parachute, Montreal, Canada, 1997 Gillian MacKay,
Blue Republic goes beyond emotion, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada, 1997
Dot Tuer, The art of façade in the work of Radoslaw Kudlinski and Anna Passakas, Richard Rhodes, Blue Republic, Oakville Galeries, Canada, 1997 (exhibition catalogue)

95 | Gilles Gagnon, Art Reviews, Radio Canada CBC, 1995
Richard Purdy, Blue Republic, Voir, Montreal, 1995
Jennifer Couëlle, De la désillusion et de la réalité fictive, Le Devoir, Montreal, Canada, 1995

94 | Antoni Szoska, Throw of Dice. New Sculpture, BWA Krakow, 1994 (exhibition catalogue)

93-80 | Alicja Kepinska, Maryla Sitkowska, Emilia and Andrzej Dluzniewski, Piwna 20/26,
1980-93, Museum of Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland, 1994 (exhibition catalogue)

93 | Fort of Art, St.Benedict's Fort, Krakow, Poland, 1993 (catalogue essays by Barbara Maron, Artur Tajber, Lukasz Guzek)

92 | Fainesthai, Polish TV Art Magazine, Pegaz 1992
Cezary Wozniak, Fainesthai, BWA Krakow, BWA Wroclaw, Poland, 1992-93 (exhibition catalogue) Eckhard Hoog, Die erste blaue Republik – Junge polnische Kunstler im Aachener Ludwig Forum, Westzeit, Aachen, Germany, 1992
Christian Bracht, Des Studientalltags Andre Seite, Klenkes, Aachen, Germany, 1992
Prof. Dr. H.Hollander, Die andere Seite - junge polnische Kunstler, Ludwig Forum fur internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany, 1992 (exhibition catalogue)

89 | Andrzej Dluzniewski, Drawing – Studio Show, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, 1989 (exhibition catalogue)

awards

09 – Canada Council Project Grant

08 – Canada Council Project Grant

06 – Canada Council/Professional Development Grant

05 – Ontario Arts Council Project Grant

04/03 | Canada Council Creation/Production Grant

02 | Canada Council Travel Grant
Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance Grant

98 | Canada Council Visual Art Grant

96 | Canada Council Visual Art Grant
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

95 | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

89 | Ministry of Art and Culture Scholarship/ Government of Poland