BOHDAN OSYCZKA – ARTIST
1921 – 2010
Place of Birth, Herkimer, NY
EDUCATION
1946 Art Students League, New York City, NY
1943 Syracuse University, BFA, Syracuse, NY
1937 Vesper George School of Art, Boston, MA
1935-39 Studied with Anthony Toney, Edward Christiana, Percival Brittan
FACULTY
1970 – 94 Parsons School of Design, Department of Illustration, New York City, NY
AWARDS
2000 Katonah Museum Artist Association Award, EIIen Keiter, Curator, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Mount Kisco, NY
1994 Award of Honor, Osaka Municipal Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
1974 Purchase Award, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1976 Sindin-Harris Award, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
1967-70 Watercolor Award, Westchester Art Society, White Plains, NY
1967 Honor Award, American Veterans Society of Artists, New York City, NY
1961 Andrea Gail Award, American Veterans Society ofArtists, New York City, NY
1950 Watercolor Award, National Academy of Design, New York City, NY
1943 Augusta Hazard Fellowship, College of Fine Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 Waters of Abstraction, Review, Margaret Ryan, Tucson, AZ
2006 Bohdan Osyczka, Essay, Jeffrey Wechsler, Gallery Sixth and Sixth, Tucson, AZ
2005 Bohdan Osyczka, Review, Robert Ayers, Art News
2005 Bohdan Osyczka, Essay, Jeffrey Wechsler, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York City, NY
2005 Osyczka, Essay, Jeffrey Wechsler, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2001 Monhegan, The Abstracted Island, Review, John Day, American Art Review
1994 Nardin Exhibits the Pure Watercolors of Bohdan Osyczka’s Interior World, Review, Kathy Granthem, North County News, NY
1994 Enter the Artist’s Studio, Review, Fay Ellis, Art News, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY
1988 The New York Review, Les Krantz, American References
1976-2010 Who’s Who in American Art, Marquis Publisher
1971 Abstract Watercolors, Review, Martha B. Scott, Bridgeport Sunday Post, Bridgeport, CT
1965 Bohdan D. Osyczka Strives for the Elusive Moment, American Artist Magazine
1965 Osyczka’s Watercolors Are A Main Event, Review, Joan Hanaur, New York Journal American
LECTURES I DEMONSTRATIONS
1992 Gallery Owner’s Panel, Moderator, Katonah Museum of Art Artists Association, Katonah, NY
Airbrush Talk and Demonstration, Katonah Museum of Art Artists Association, Katonah, NY
1987 Artist Studio Tour and Talk, Sponsored by the Katonah Museum of Art, Cold Spring, NY
1972, 74 Watercolor Demonstration, The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
1994 – 97 Career Fair, Walter Panas High School, Cortlandt Manor, NY
1984 Drawing Demonstration, Reading is Fundamental, Lincoln Titus Elementary School, Cortlandt Manor, NY
1976 – 84 Visiting Artist School Program, The Katonah Gallery, Katonah, NY
1976 Chalk Talk, Woodside Elementary School, Peekskill, NY