Barbara Januszkiewicz
{{Short description|American artist}}
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Barbara Januszkiewicz is a Washington, D.C.–based American multimedia artist, creative activist, and teacher known for her stained neo-Color field abstract expressionism paintings.{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=October 17, 2015 |title=In the galleries: Melding sound and art |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-melding-sound-and-art/2015/10/16/07255b24-728c-11e5-8d93-0af317ed58c9_story.html |access-date=May 15, 2022}} She works in water-based media, specifically watercolor and diluted acrylic paint on unprepared canvas in the manner of Morris Louis and Helen Frankenthaler.{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |date=June 8, 2018 |title=In the galleries: Roving photographers capture street scenes around the world |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-roving-photographers-capture-street-scenes-around-the-world/2018/06/07/55069a24-6843-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html |access-date=May 15, 2022}}
She uses brushes to control her fans of color rather than create pours in her color field works.{{Cite magazine|title=New Direction|url=https://www.homeanddesign.com/2016/04/10/new-direction/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Home & Design Magazine|language=en-US|first1=Tina|last1=Coplan|date=May–June 2016}} Januszkiewicz's paintings are inspired by her interest in the overlap of the vocabularies involved with visual art and music.{{Cite web|last=Fults|first=Haley|date=2015-04-23|title=cove Hosts Art Reception Featuring Art Activist and Painter Barbara Januszkiewicz|url=https://dcstyleisreal.com/2015/04/23/cove-hosts-art-reception-featuring-art-activist-and-painter-barbara-januszkiewicz/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=DC Style Is Real|language=en}} Her visual interpretation in painting employs large color fields that meld and overlap in translucent layers, evoking the rhythm and flow of her musical inspiration.{{Cite web|date=2019-05-25|title=Color Schooled: The Lyrical Flight of the Fantastical Art of Barbara Januszkiewicz|url=https://thezebra.org/2019/05/25/color-schooled-the-lyrical-flight-of-the-fantastical-art-of-barbara-januszkiewicz/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=The Zebra|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=2016-06-25|title=In the galleries: Sensing 'vibrations' of the Washington Color School|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-sensing-vibrations-of-the-washington-color-school/2016/06/22/ace9ce86-3696-11e6-af02-1df55f0c77ff_story.html|access-date=2022-02-08|issn=0190-8286}}
Januszkiewicz is listed as a notable artist presented at the Artomatic exhibition. She has done a documentary film work with musical composer Matthew Shipp, sculptor Hilda Thorpe, and painter Paul Reed.
Education
Januszkiewicz was trained under the Chinese master Mun Quan at Jacksonville University in the late 1970s. Paul Reed, a member of the Washington Color School, mentored Januszkiewicz.
Career
In 1997, Januszkiewicz began doing research on the Washington Color School by interviewing Hilda Thorpe.{{Cite news|date=2000|title=Sculptor and painter Hilda Thorpe dies|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/04/22/sculptor-painter-hilda-thorpe-dies/07851488-1c67-410e-876f-f1e3d267308b/}} The interview was printed in the Washington Review Newspaper Volume XXV1 No.1 June/July 2000, and broadcast on Public Access TV stations as part of a Creative Vision for the Arts around the Metropolitan DC area. It is now archived on YouTube.{{Cite web |title=Ms. Hilda Thorpe interview (text) |url=http://users.erols.com/januszkb/cvtv7.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=users.erols.com}}{{Citation |title=Hilda Thorpe artist, in her own words, 1997. Interview with Barbara Januszkiewicz |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJSogYyWtRk |language=en |access-date=2022-08-03}}
In 2014, Januszkiewicz continued doing historical research for the documentary film about the Washington Color School titled "Unprimed Canvas".{{Citation|last=LLC|first=GIGANOVA Productions|title=Unprimed Canvas: The Washington Color School Painters (Documentary Film Teaser)|date=2015-03-22|url=https://vimeo.com/122935465|access-date=2022-02-08}}{{Cite web|title=Social outreach.|url=http://www.barbaraj.info/social-outreach..html|access-date=2022-02-08|website=2nd street studio|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lenny |date=2018-05-21 |title=Daily Campello Art News: Barbara Januszkiewicz's two solos at once! |url=https://dcartnews.blogspot.com/2018/05/barbara-januszkiewiczs-two-solos-at-once.html |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Daily Campello Art News}} Paul Reed acted as a historical consultant for the film which was released in 2015.{{Cite web|title=Paul Reed Last Washington Color School Painter Dies Age 96|url=https://www.artlyst.com/news/paul-reed-last-washington-color-school-painter-dies-age-96/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Artlyst|language=en-GB}} Also in 2015 Januszkiewicz launched a pay it forward, noncommercial gallery space, Metro Micro Gallery in Northern Virginia.{{Cite web|date=2018-10-10|title=Metro Micro Gallery Leaves Its Arlington Home|url=https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/metro-micro-gallery-leaves-its-arlington-home/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Arlington Magazine|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2018-03-22|title=Women to Watch: An Arlington gallery owner, Leesburg branding strategist and Springfield delegate|url=https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2018/03/22/women-to-watch-arlington-gallery-owner-leesburg-branding-strategist-and-springfield-delegate/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Northern Virginia Magazine|language=en-US}} In 2016 while continuing to research the Washington Color School Januszkiewicz was granted access to the Melzac Collection, the CIA's so-called "secret" collection of works of abstract art.{{Cite web|last=Dunne|first=Carey|date=2016-10-20|title=A Visit to the CIA's "Secret" Abstract Art Collection|url=http://hyperallergic.com/294142/a-visit-to-the-the-cias-secret-abstract-art-collection/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}
In 2017, Januszkiewicz was commissioned to do a 30 foot long fine art mural, titled "Coming Together". This project was intended to help with the revitalization, preservation, and redevelopment of the Virginia Square area in Arlington, Virginia.{{Cite web|date=2017-03-13|title=Check Out Arlington's Artists Walk|url=https://www.arlingtonmagazine.com/check-out-arlington-artist-barbara-januszkiewicz-walk/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Arlington Magazine|language=en-US}}
In 2019, Januszkiewicz was commissioned to do several works for the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing Columbia Hills Apartments in Northern Virginia.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-25 |title=Embracing the Arlington Arts Community |url=https://apah.org/creating-community-expands-to-embracing-the-arlington-arts-community/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=APAH |language=en-US}} In 2020 Januszkiewicz's work appeared in "Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team", a TV Movie; which was released on PBS.{{Citation |title=Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team (TV Movie 2020) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt16074180/fullcredits |access-date=2022-08-03}} In 2021 Januszkiewicz's work was shown internationally at the transcendence themed "Art in Embassies" exhibition in Turkey.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-24|title=Art in Embassies Exhibition|url=https://tr.usembassy.gov/art-in-embassies-exhibition-2021/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey|language=en-US}} In 2022 Januszkiewicz was selected to do the art installation at the new MetroStage theater of the new Alexandria Art District.{{Cite web|date=2021-12-31|title=MetroStage Gets a Brand New Venue|url=https://thezebra.org/2021/12/31/metrostage-gets-a-brand-new-venue/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=The Zebra|language=en-US}}
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