Contact:
email: gilgorski@aol.com phone: 847 329-1340 Gallery representation: Principle Gallery 208 King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 phone: 703-739-9326 James Gallery 413 South Main Street West End Village Pittsburgh, PA 15220 phone: 412-922-9800 |
Profile:Gilbert Gorski has maintained a duel career as an architect and artist. He received his BA and MA from the Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as studying painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A licensed architect, he is the designer for numerous projects, including the World Headquarters for the McDonald's Corporation in Oak Brook, Illinois and the Oceanarium, a major addition the John Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. He has also taught design studios and visualization techniques at the Illinois Institute of Technology, The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, and at the University of Notre Dame, where he held the James A. and Louise F. Nolen Chair in Architecture. Mr. Gorski was designated the Burnham Fellow by the Chicago Architectural Club and received an associate fellowship to the American Academy in Rome. The American Society of Architectural Illustrators twice awarded Gorski the nation’s highest singular honor in architectural illustration, the Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize. He is author of Hybrid Drawing Techniques, Routledge Press 2015, and co-author of The Roman Forum, Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Gil presently lives in western Pennsylvania where he paints landscapes. His choice of subject might be surprising considering his architectural background. “As an architect I was interested in the nature of man-made space. Woods and forests serve as a vehicle for exploring the patterns and infinite labyrinth of nature-made space. For this journey I choose the medium of oil paint“. In a time when a profusion of digital images seems nearly overwhelming, it is all the more important for art to defy easy accessibility. Because many of the artist's paintings have a long format - with brushwork that emphasizes the tactile qualities of the paint - the work cannot be fully appreciated through reproductions and needs to be viewed in-person. Honors, Awards, Exhibits: Municipal Art Prize, 80th Chicago and Vicinity Show at the Art Institute of Chicago Burnham Fellow - Chicago Architectural Club Associate Fellowship, American Academy in Rome Annual Exhibition MCMLXXXVIII American Academy in Rome American Society of Architectural Illustrators: Twenty nine Awards of Excellence, special commendations include: • 1989 Juror’s Award • 1995 John Kriken Juror Award • 2000 First Place Formal Category Award, Runner-up to the Hugh Ferriss Award • 2007 John Martine Juror Award • 1990, 2002, Hugh Ferriss Memorial Prize, representing the single highest achievement in the field of architectural illustration • 2013 Member’s Choice Award 1994 Honor Award, Society of Illustrators, New York 1996 Original artwork acquired for the permanent collection, The Art Institute of Chicago 1999 5 Drawn Worlds, group exhibit, Aedes East Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2002 1st Print Biennial, Juried Exhibit, Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago 2003 Day and Night Work, solo exhibit, Cliff Dwellers Gallery, Chicago 2003 National Collaborative Achievement Award, American Institute of Architects 2004 Rome and the Classical Legacy, group exhibit, Architect Gallery, Chicago 2013 Drawings, Etchings and Paintings, solo exhibit, The School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame 2014 Times Square 1984: The Post Modern Moment Exhibit, Skyscraper Museum, New York, NY 2014 Original artwork acquired for the permanent collection, The Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin, Germany 2015 American Perspectives: from Classic to Contemporary Exhibit, group exhibit, The Museum for Architectural Drawing, Berlin, Germany 2016 Prose Award – Association of American Publishers Outstanding title in archaeology: The Roman Forum, Cambridge University Press 2016 Prose Award – Association of American Publishers Award for Excellence in the Humanities: The Roman Forum, Cambridge University Press 2017 Original artwork acquired for the permanent collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Professional Memberships: Society of Fellows - American Academy in Rome American Society of Architectural Illustrators Pittsburgh Society of Artists Architectural License - Illinois |
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