John Miecznikowski

“Miecznikowski appears to follow the tenet of the 16th century Baroque sculptor Cellini who once wrote “I say that the art of sculpture is eight times as great as any other art based on drawing, because a statue has eight views and they must all be equally well made”. Sculpture that is actually considered in the round is clearly expressed in Mieczikowski’s art. But, more than that, Miecznikowski is able to capture the very essence of his subject, and it is this precise ability, more than any other aspect of Miecznikowski’s art, that makes these works of art fresh and innovative.”

– Bridget Reeves

John Miecznikowski was born in Lackawanna, NY in 1943. He studied sculpture at the University of Buffalo, Albright Art School, graduating with a BFA in 1965, and then at the Cranbook Academy, Detroit, in 1965-66. From 1965 to 1980, Miecznikowski taught sculpture at McMaster University. Since 1980, he has lived and worked in Chatsworth Ontario, near Owen Sound.

Miecznikowski has had solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Hamilton (1974), Gadatsy Gallery, Toronto (1984, 1985, 1985), and the Dofasco Gallery, Dundas (2004), and included in numerous two-person and group exhibitions at James Goodwin Gallery, Buffalo, Rodman Hall, St Catherines, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, James Baird Gallery, Toronto and St. John’s Newfoundland, and McMaster University.

In addition to his continuing studio practice—bronze sculpture, portrait drawings and painting and landscapes—Miecznikowski has produced numerous private and public portrait sculpture commissions, for the Banting Centre in London Ontario, City Square in Guelph, the National Research Council, National Sports Association, and McMaster University.

https://museum.mcmaster.ca/exhibition/john-miecznikowski/