Henry Kondracki
Artist & Tutor
The Essential School of Painting
Edinburgh born Henry Kondracki studied and qualified with a 1st class honours degree at The Slade School of Fine Art in London and is now based in his home city. It’s in Edinburgh that he seeks his inspiration, primarily focusing on the changing faces of the city and it’s denizens, capturing familiar scenes afresh. In he’s own words ‘you register something in your mind and you try and sort of reinvent it somehow’
The recipient of several awards including The Scottish Arts Council Award (1978); The Slade Prize in Fine Art (two years consecutively in 1985 and 1986); Cheltenham Drawing Prize (1999) and 1st place in The Hunting Art Prize (2004)
He’s works are widely exhibited in the United Kingdom and abroad with numerous sole exhibitions such as The Artist’s Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (1984 and 1992); Vanessa Devereux Gallery, London (1987 and 1989); Michael Wardell Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (1988); ‘Kondracki’s Edinburgh’ Flowers West, Santa Monica, California (2000), Flowers Gallery , New York (2007) and Lemon Street Gallery, Cornwall (2008)
Several of his works are also included in renowned collections including The Arts Council of Great Britain, City Arts Centre in Edinburgh, Glasgow City Museums and Galleries, London Guildhall, Royal Bank of Scotland, University College London and Virgin Atlantic.