Lucas James Xavier Kolasa
Exhibitions:
Harvard University (MA)
Quinnipiac University (CT)
Mayo Clinic/ Smithsonian Genome Exhibit (MN)
Brown University (RI)
Broad Institute (MA)
Fontainebleau Miami Beach (FL)
Providence Art Club (RI)
Forty 1° North (RI)
Feinstein Institute (NY)
Food and Drug Administration (MD)
National Institute of Health (MD)
Texas Children's Hospital (TX)
Children's of Alabama (AL)
Hofstra (NY)
Wickford Art Association (RI)
Novartis (MA)
Francesca Anderson Gallery (MA)
The Wynn (NV)
Albright Knox (NY)
Warwick Art Museum (RI)
New Port Art Museum (RI)
PBS (RI)
MGM GRAND (CT)
Eunoia Gallery (RI)
University of Rhode Island (RI)
Bryant University (RI)
Regina A. Quick Center (NY)
Wickford Art Festival (RI)
WaterFire –assisted with 130+ instillations to date (RI)
Awards:
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Humanitarian and Artistic Achievement Award
Quinnipiac University
Providence Art Club
Nationwide All Media Exhibition
Marjory Curit Award for Best Contemporary Art
Juror: Claudia Seymour - President of the Salmagundi Art Club
Wickford Art Association
Avante Garde
Judge's Award
Juror: Richard Harrington
"Creative use of the medium for a standard form as well as the decorative application. High level of skill in use of surface texture."
Wickford Art Association
Anything Goes Show
3rd place
Juror: Shawn Kenney
Wickford Art Association
All media Show
1st Place
Juror: Dennis Sirrine
"This piece popped off the canvas and put a big smile on my face. Drawn closer to the surface one discovers the artist's unique application of paint which gives it a 3-dimensionality, begging to reveal the painting process, popping against a flatter yet still painterly blue sky."