Jan Repa
Chicago, Illinois 60640
(773) 475-1271
email: sculpteur2002@gmail.com
Website: janrepa.us
EDUCATION
1983-1988 Antoni Kenar Art School in Zakopane Poland, 1988.
1988 Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland
2006-2009 American Academy of Art
332 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 606
Studies in Oil Painting
WORK
HISTORY
1990 to 1995 FREELANCE ARTIST, Zakopane, Poland.
1995 to 2006 FULLTIME SCULPTOR, Orlandi Statuary
1801 N, Central Park Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60647
Duties included sculpting in clay and
foam for casting in fiberglass, resin,
concrete, plaster, or bronze.
1995-Present FREELANCE SCULPTOR, Chicagoland Area
Bucci International, Chicago, Illnois
Land of Kush, Barrington, Illinois
Assistant to Chicago Archdiocese sculptor ,
Sister Mary Southard,
La Grange, IL
EXHIBITIONS Annual Student Art Exhibition
American Academy of Art
2008
Clothsline Project
Hyde Park Art Center
Chicago, Illinois
2007
Portage Park Arts & Crafts Fair
Portage Park
Chicago, Illinois
2008
Andersonvlle Art Weekend
October 13-15, 2006
October 2007
October 3-5, 2008
Andersonville Arts and Home Weekend
October 2-4, 2009
4th annual Klas Art and Music Festival
Klas Restaurant
5734 West Cermak Road
Cicero, Illinois
October 17-19 , 2008
Norwood Crossing 2009 Fall Art Show
6016-20 Nina Ave.
November 7- December 7, 2009
Southport ART WALK
Venue: Repose Interior Design Studio
3544 N Southport Ave, Chicago
July 1-31, 2010
COMMISIONED
PUBLIC
PROJECTS Life-size Mastadon Statue
Sunken Garden Renovation Project
Mastadon Island
Phillips Park
Aurora, Illinois
Dedicated June 25th, 2002.
"On the Road to Greatness"
Bronze Casted Statue of Abraham Lincoln
NE corner of Lincoln/Dixie Crossroads
City of Chicago Heights, Illinois
Dedicated April 12, 2003
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/western-springs/news/ct-dws-sculpture-unveiling-tl-1110-20161107-story.html
Statue of St. Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music
Commisioned by St. Rene Goupil Catholic Church
November 2009
OTHER Fluent in Polish, and can speak English, and basic Spanish