Renata Ratajczyk



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© 2008 Renata Ratajczyk

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Renata's style is very painterly, imaginative, often surrealistic frequently combining photography, painting and digital manipulations.

Many of her images have a dream like quality merging reality with the fantasy world.


Galleries at which the artwork has been shown:

 December 2000, Art & Soul Event, Lovesexxy bar / lounge, Toronto, Canada, solo show

 August/September 2000, Chiaroscuro, a group show in the ARTS N.D.G. gallery, Montreal, Canada

 (August 1999), The Arts on King Gallery - photography group show organized by Steicken Lab, Toronto, Canada

 1997, Solo fine art photography show at Steicken Lab, Toronto, Canada

 1997, Solo fine art photography show “Fields of Dreams” at York Banquet Hall, Toronto, Canada

 Fall 1995 & 1996, Ontario Society of Artists 123 & 124 Annual Members Show

 1994 - 1996, Regularly displayed her work during shows organized by the Ontario Society of Artists, at The First Canadian Place, Toronto, Canada

 December 1993 & 1992, Toronto Photographers Workshops Gallery, Annual Show and Sale

 1993 - 1994, Solo show at the Laughing Bird Restaurant, Toronto, Canada

 November 1993, group photography show at the Gallery 76 , Toronto, Canada

 1993,1994 & 95, "Friends of Ontario College of Art Annual Show and Sale"November/December 1992

 Arts Etobicoke Annual Show, Toronto Shows in the Internet Galleries:

 May, 2000 - Digital Art - solo show in the Digital Museum

 2000 - Monochrome Nudes - solo show, Esoteric Art Gallery

 2000 - Spring & Summer, Fall and Winter Digital Art Group show in the Esoteric Art Gallery

 “Fine Art Nudes” – individual show on the “Sensuous Line” magazine Website - 1999

 1999 - Polaroids SX-70 solo show, Virtual Colony Gallery.

 1999 to present - Digital Art solo show in the Esoteric Art Gallery

 Digital Art show, Virtual Colony - 1998

 "The Approaching Heaven's Gate" digital art solo show in the Pygoya Webmuseum of Cyberart in 1998/1999, presently in their Archive section. Artwork is also featured in several other galleries on the Internet, as well as is available for viewing in 4 Renata's personal Internet galleries.

Awards won by the Artist:

 First Prize - Gold Medal and Kodak Trophy in the Pictorial Division in CAPA competition (Canadian Association of Photographic Art), Spring 2000

 The first prize in Glamour photography from the “Popular Photography” magazine, January 1997

 The Best of the Internet Award in the Fine Art Erotic photography from the Best of Internet website, August 99

 3-rd prize in the Fine Art Nude photography contest from the “Photography On Line Gallery” - 1999

 The 3-rd prize in the Fine Art Creative photography competition, the “Popular Photography" magazine, 1995 The 3-rd prize , the “Photo Life" magazine (June/July 1994 issue)

 Two 3-rd prizes in photo contest organized by "LOT" - Polish Airlines and the “New Science Fiction" magazine – 1994

 Two 3-rd prizes in the photography competition, the “Photo Life" magazine 1993

 The 2-nd prize in the "Picture my Hometown” photo contest sponsored by AGFA, NIKON etc., the “Petersen's Photographic”, (July 1993 issue)

 The 5-th prize in Digital Photography, "The Photo Life" magazine, 1997

 A merit in CAPIC contest (The Canadian Association for Photographers and Illustrators in Communications, spring 1996)

 Six awards of excellence from the “Photographer's Forum" magazine, published in Serbin Communication’s the “Best of Photography Annual” between 1993 and 1999 SEVERAL HONORABLE MENTIONS

Studios of Renata Ratajczyk
e-mail: lightvision@onebox.com


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