Zosia Zeleska-Bobrowski
Architect, photographer
Born Dec. 7, 1946, Parsberg, Germany; came to U.S., 1987; daughter of Adam and Hanna (Zarebska); married Eugeniusz Bobrowski.
Education: Artistic Photography, 1967-68, Master of Arts (M.A.) (in architecture), 1971, Technical University of Cracow (Poland); New York Institute of Photography, 1989, Fashion Institute of Technology, 1992, New York City; workshops with: Lucille Khornak, Jack Reznicki, Francesco Scavullo, Nancy Brown, Bob Sacha, 1989-94, New York City.
Career: principal photographer, "Piwnica pod Baranami" Theater, Cracow, 1985-87; portrait photographer, L&S Camera, Incă Brooklyn (NY), 1988-89; photographic technician, printer, Big Apple Color & Graphic, New York City, 1989-91; free-lance photographer, reporter, American and Polish newspapers and magazines, 1988 -.
Author: numerous one-person and group exhibitions i.a.: Faces, places and moods of New York, Ellenville (NY), 1988, Faces of Women, The Tracks Club, New York City, 1989, Performances by Krzysztof Zarebski, Center of Modern Art, Warsaw (Poland), 1992, Eva Pape Retrospective, Warsaw, 1993, Cabaret in New York, Cracow, 1994, They were here - Artists at the Continental, Brooklyn, 1994, Just photographs, Polish American Artists Society (P.A.A.S.), New York City, 1994; photographs published in books: Przewodnik Nowojorski, by B. E. Redlinscy, 1990, Miasto nad miastami, by E. Redlinski, 1991, Ameryka dla kazdego, by E. Baumgartner, 1991, Ogrodem i Ogrodzeniem, by A. Frajlich, 1993, Widowiska nowojorskie, by J. Tyszka, 1994, My, by T. Toranska, 1994; numerous photographs in catalogs, posters and postcards, CD and cassettes covers; photographs published in newspapers and magazines i.a:. Nowy Dziennik - Polish Daily News, New Horizon, Kobieta, Kurier, Relax, Home & Market, Greenpoint Gazette, Greenline, Pani, Kariera, Spojnik, The Tablet, Echo Krakowa, Okay America, Glos, Rock & Jazz.
Member of: International Center of Photography; Foreign Press Association; Polish American Artists Society (P.A.A.S.); Polish & Slavic Center.
Honors: 1st place, News and Photojournalism Contest, New York Institute of Photography, 1989.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.
Hobbies: symphonic music, skiing, dancing.
Home: 139-55 35th Avenue #6N, Flushing, NY 11354.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.