Chuck Mardosz
Biography
Chuck has been painting and sculpting professionally since the early eighties. He earned his Fine Art degree from the American Academy of Art in Chicago in 1976 and went on to study at the Art Institute in Chicago. His lush, representational style of painting reflects his admiration for Masters like Russian painter Nicolai Fechin, and Americans John Singer Sargent and Richard Schmid. He paints primarily in oil, but also paints in watercolor and pastels and does charcoal drawings. He loves to paint almost everything, his versatility shows in his European scenes and American Western scenes, his cityscapes, seascapes and landscapes, his figures and his still lifes.
Chucks work appears in many private and corporate collections. He has been featured in many art publications including Southwest Art Magazine, Western Art Collector and American Art Collector. He has participated in national and regional art exhibitions and has received numerous awards. He co-founded the Cottonwood Artists’ School in Colorado Springs. He is currently represented by Burnett Interiors in Ruidoso, New Mexico and Anita Marie Fine Art in downtown Colorado Springs.
Education:
Chuck Mardosz came to the US from Poland in 1965 at the age of 14. After completion of his high school education, he earned his Fine Art degree from the American Academy of Art in Chicago in the 70s and continued his art education at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Awards:
Salon International, Honorable Mention; Oil Painters of America; Sangre de Cristo Fine Arts Center; Allied Artists of America; Arts for the Parks, Top 200 Finalist; Salmagundi Club Art Competition; Artists of the West Poster Artist 1997; American Plains Artists First Place Sculpture; Amarillo Rotary Club; Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters-Juror’s award, Best Painting; SunnyVista Art Show, Colorado Springs-2012-Best Oil Painting
Exhibits:
One-Man Shows: Ann Buell Fine Arts, Ruidoso, NM; DeColores Art Gallery, Denver, CO; Taos Connections Gallery, Denver, CO; Haney Gallery, Amarillo, TX; Talisman Gallery, Bartlesville, OK; Hayden-Hays Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO; Carol Siple Gallery, Denver, CO; Bahlor Fine Arts, Denver, CO; Total Arts Gallery, Taos, NM; Lynn White Gallery, Taos, NM; Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ; El Presidio Gallery, Tucson, AZ; Rich Designs, Colorado Springs, CO; McMahon Gallery, Ruidoso, NM; Longcoat Fine Art Gallery, Ruidoso, NM; Mountain Oyster Club, Tucson, AZ; Salon International, San Antonio, TX; Coors National Western Stock Show, The Club 2013 & 2014; The Russell: An Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the CM Russell Museum, 2015.
Representation:
Burnett Interiors, Ruidoso, NM; Anita Marie Fine Art Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
