M. Chrisopher Zacharow
Painter, illustrator
Born Sept. 5, 1954, Zamosc, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Konstanty and Bronislawa (Zdek).
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow (Poland), 1979.
Career: free-lance illustrator, painter, illustrator, 1984 -.
Author: one-man paintings exhibition, Barnard Biderman Fine Art, 1993; numerous other one-man and group exhibitions, i.a.: Theater "38", 1977, Experiment Gallery, 1978, Young Artists of Cracow, 1981, Cracow (Poland), Goodman House Theater Gallery, 1982, Polish American Artists Society (P.A.A.S.), 1983, 1986, 1987, Arsenal Gallery, New York City, 1986, NOW Gallery, 1987, Lawrence Gallery, 1987, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto (Canada), 1988, SoHo, 1988, Vorpal Gallery, 1988 and 1992, New York City, Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw (Poland), Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City, 1992, Stendhal Gallery, Frank Bustamante Gallery, 1993, Dietrich Contemporary Arts, 1994, New York City; numerous illustrations for magazines and journals, i.a.: Time, Money, Newsweek, Business Month, Business Week, Discover, New York Times, Psychology Today, U.S. News & World Report; and publishers: Franklin Library, Harper & Row, Viking Penguin, Bantam Books, Simon & Schuster, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Records, Dell, Doubleday.
Member of: International Advertising Art (Japan), 1994; Polish American Artists Society (P.A.A.S.).
Honors: Certificate of Merit, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, Silver Award, 1986, Society of Illustrators in New York City; medal, International Art Competition, New York City, 1986; Featured Artist, Grafica (Brazil), 1989; Certificate of Merit, Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles (CA), 1990, American Illustration, 1992.
Languages: Polish, English.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.