Ewa J. Pape (Pelczar)
Art curator, art dealer
Born Chyrow, Poland; came to U.S., 1961; daughter of Wojciech and Stefania (Lipecka).
Education: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Career: consultant editor, New York Arts Journal, 1981-84; curator, New England Art Center for Contemporary Art, Brooklyn (CT), 1982 -.
Author: curator and designer over 30 exhibitions, i.a.: First Nikifor Show in USA, Bodley Gallery, New York City, 1967, Polish Art Show, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 1968, 10 Polish Artists, Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton (NY), 1972, Jan Dabkowski, Hunter Gallery, Los Angeles (CA), 1973, Native Art of Poland, Museum of Contemporary Arts and Crafts, Los Angeles, 1974, Women's Years, Bronx Museum, (NY), and Franek Starowiejski, Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston (TX), 1975, Henryk Stazewski, Phillips Collection, Washington (DC), 1975, Phoenix Art Museum (AZ) and Grunenbaum Gallery, New York City, 1976, Polish Constructivism 1924-26, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 1976, Wojciech Fangor, Walter Kely Gallery, and Nikifor, Phylis Kind Gallery, Chicago (IL), 1978, Fotografia Polska, International Center for Photography, 1979, George Pompidou Centre, Paris (France), and Tate Gallery, London (United Kingdom), 1980, Poland 19th century show, Natioinal Academy, New York City, 1988, The Expressive Struggle, Art Gallery Museum, Cleveland (OH), New York Academy of Art, and Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse (NY), 1990-1991, One Man Show, National Museum in Warsaw - Lazienki, 1993, and Ewa Pape - About Her 29 Years of Promotion of Polish Art in U.S. and Poland, 1993; Ewa Pape award, Grzegorz Stachanczyk Show at Levy Gallery, 1994; designer, the largest sculpture park in the world done by one person, Buffalo Rock (NY), 1985; co-author, books on history of art, Mother and Child, 1975, Children (pending); Polish and American arts donator to i.a.: Guggenheim Museum, New York City, Contemporary Museum, Chicago, Phoenix Art Museum, Minnesota Art Museum, St. Paul, Fordham University Art Collection, Lincoln Center, New York City, New Orleans Museum of Art (LA), Tucson Museum of Art (AZ).
Member of: Kosciuszko Foundation (ball chairman, 1969); charitable foundations patron.
Honor: Honorary Citizen of New Orleans, 1967; medal for Polish Photography, Polish Art Exhibition Corporation, 1970; Meritorious for Pliksh Culture award, Polish Ministry of Culture, 1980; Gold Medal of Merit, for 25 years of promoting Polish culture, 1990; listed in: Who's Who in the East, Who's Who in the World.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Hobby: backgammon.
Home: 235 East 57th Street, New York, NY 10022.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.