My work investigates a world of visual intoxication; it captures moments of enchantment, which are associated with urban nightlife. I am fascinated by the ambiance of the city at night and its seductive qualities. The breathtaking turbulence of speeding vehicles and hasty pedestrians evoke feelings of wonder and disorientation. The vibrant lights become a magical landscape with enticing opportunities and promises of fulfillment.

In our seemingly content society there is a struggle to achieve greater levels of enjoyment. We explore various environments and activities in search of pleasure. Extravagant lights of night environments seduce us to participate in curious events, enticing us to experience new forms of satisfaction.

In my oil paintings I aim to capture various atmospheres that occur in such environments. Through observation and documentation I assemble images, which become visual tools for my paintings. I concentrate on how the mind perceives and evaluates surroundings while under the influence of a social climate.

I recreate the feeling of dizziness and confusion by letting the paint blur and allowing shapes to dissolve. I suggest motion in order to slow down the scene and capture the fleeting moments, which tend to be forgotten. The sense of motion is intensified with the use of quick vigorous lines and sharp perspectives. By interpreting lights in graphic or painterly ways, I create a sense of space, alluding to a hallucinogenic experience. I want the viewer’s eye to travel within my composition and experience a familiar, exhilarating event of an actual nightly excursion.

Born
1979, Poland

Education

MFA, Painting /Drawing, Montclair State University, Montclair NJ, 2006
BFA, Painting/ Drawing, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers the State University
of New Jersey, 2002

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2023
Light Rhythms, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2019
MegaCity, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2014
Luminous Heights, Galley Henoch, New York, NY

2013
veloCity, Mighty Tanaka Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013
Pacula/Ruddell, Two-Person Exhibit, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2012
Shifting Perspectives, Mighty Tanaka Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY

2011
Recent Works, Zadok Gallery, Miami, FL

2010
Turbulent Utopia, Mighty Tanaka Gallery, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
Two-Person Exhibit, C2 Gallery, Long Island, NY

2009
Mighty Tanaka Presents: Alexandra Pacula and JMR, Dapper Dan Imperial
Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Evocations of the Night, BOS, Brooklyn, NY

2007
After Dark, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

2005
Bemused Satisfaction, MFA Gallery, MSU, Montclair, NJ
Anywhere but Here, MFA Gallery, MSU, Montclair, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2023
Contemporary Classics, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
Art of State, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, PA
Art Miami, Miami, F

2022
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, NY

2021
Landscape 2021, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2020
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2019
The Female Eye, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Art New York, NY
76th Regional Exhibition, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2018
Art Miami/Context, Miami, FL
Art New York, NY
LIGHT, COAD Gallery, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Nocturne, Booth Gallery, New York, NY

2017
Art Miami/Context, Miami, FL
Summer Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Context/Art New York, NY
Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2016
Portal, Federal Hall National Memorial, New York, NY
“50 Years a Dealer: George Henoch Shechtman,” Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Art Miami/Context, Miami FL

2015
Forces of Nature, One Art Space, New York, NY
McKinsey Exhibition, NYFA, New York, NY

2014
Art Miami: Context, Miami, FL
Holiday Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Second Time Around: The Hubcap as Art, The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
Winchester, VA

2013
Art Miami/Context, Miami, FL
The City, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Illuminators, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
Art Stage Singapore, International Art Fair, Singapore
Nocturnes: Romancing The Night, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Caution! Not a Photo, Lazarev Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Fountain Art Fair, New York, NY

2012
Urban Intersection, Quidley and Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
Gallery Henoch. New York, NY
Dark Pop 4, Last Rites Gallery, New York, NY
Moscow Fine Art, Moscow, Russia
Fountain Art Fair, Miami
Fountain Art Fair, NYC
Art Moscow, International Fair of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia

2011
Galerie L’Oeil du Prince, Paris, France
Dark Water, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Paint Works, Gowanus Ballroom, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
artMRKT Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Vast Expenses- Shrinking Spaces, Paul Vincent Gallery, Hoboken, NJ

2010
12”x12”, Mighty Tanaka Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Aftershock:
Lines and Vibrations, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Colectiva de Invierno, Galeria de Arte Mada Primavesi, Madrid, Spain
NYFA Group show, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY
Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY
Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Storytelling, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Infusion Center, Brooklyn, NY
Mystery Tour Revisited, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Mystery Tour, Tompkins Sq. Library Gallery, New York, NY
STOPMOTION, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Ars Graphis, Gitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Oil Slick, Exhibit/benefit, Gitana Rosa Gallery and BOS, Brooklyn, NY
Art Cycle, Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
It’s All a Blur, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ

2009
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Verge Art Fair, NYC
Carnival, Gitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
From Here to There, Arts Council of Morris Area, Morristown, NJ
Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY
Lilliput, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

2008
The Westinghouse Project, NJSOA Gallery, Newark, NJ
Timeless: The Art of Drawing, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Fantasy or Reality, Gallery 364 , Brooklyn NY “Best of show winner”
Del Veinte Galeria, Cantabria, Spain
Lumen House Gallery, Arts Sale Benefit, Brooklyn, NY

2007
The Modified History of Downtown Newark, NJIT, Newark, NJ
Montclair in Manhattan, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
Lilliput, Tiny Art for Big People, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ
Project 30, Juried online exhibition, Project30.com
99¢, Jersey City Museum and Victory Hall Inc., Jersey City, NJ

2006
Newark Between Us, National Newark building, Newark, NJ,
Jailhouse Revival, NJIT, Newark, NJ
Fresh Meat/Young Blood, New Jersey’s New Masters, The Shore Institute
of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Triscaidekamaniacal, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Axis Gallery, New York, NY
Metro Show, Traveling Exhibition, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

2005
Annual International Juried Exhibition, SICA, The Shore Institute of
Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
Newark Gallery Crawl, One Gateway Center, Newark NJ,
MSU Second Year MFA Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Amos Eno Biennale, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY

2002
Paul Robeson Cultural Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Awards and Honors

2010
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation The Space Program,
Robert Sterling Clark Visual Arts Space Award
Fellow in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts

2008
Winner of Saatchi Showdown Competition

Publications

Whitehot Magazine, Review of “Light Rhythms” by Donald Kuspit, October 2023
Overstandard, Artist Interview by Ruben Palma, April 2022
Creative Boom, May 2019
American Art Collector, March 2019
LTB Gallery Guide, March 2019
The Artist Magazine, (cover) December 2018
Huffington Post, “A Rite of Spring: Art New York and CONTEXT New York in Bloom,” May 3, 2017
Wall Street International Magazine, April , 2017
Creative Boom (blog), August 2016
The Artists Magazine, (cover) May, 2016
Artsy Editorial, October 2014
Fine Art Today, August3, 2014
Fine Art Connoisseur, August 2014
20 minutos, Dec. 17, 2013 (Spanish)
New York Magazine, May 6, 2013
Professional Artist Magazine, June/July, 2013
Expert Magazine. Russian, December 2012
Juxtapoz Magazine, February 2012
Huffington Post, March 2012
WATCH Magazine, (cover) Russian Edition No 6, 2011
The Visual ARTBEAT Magazine, Issue #7, 2011
Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, July 2011
Artist Daily, August 2010
Polish Daily News “Nowy Dziennik”, July 2009, February 2010
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 2008
The Observer, November 2007
Art in America, October 2006
The Star Ledger, October 2006
Atlanticville, June 2006

Public Collections

The Davis Companies, Union Trust Building, Pittsburgh, PA
PACE University, New York, NY
Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ
CSU, California State University, CA
Autonomous Research, New York, NY
Berkshire Global Advisors, New York, NY
The Clearing House, New York, NY
Digital Garage, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Grant Thornton LLP, New York, NY
Halstead Properties, New York, NY
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Tokyo, Japan