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ANDREW VALKO R.C.A was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Valko studied wood block printing in Japan with master printmaker Toshi Yoshida. He has been included in several prestigious shows including the Yoshida Annual International Print Exhibition from 1987-1994 in Tokyo, Japan.
Andrew Valko's realist paintings are so illustrative that they are a near parody of camera technology. Valko uses his printmaking techniques when painting with acrylics. Working on wood he uses a router and carves into the wood creating texture which reinforces the painting.
Throughout almost twenty years or exhibitions he has been collected and exhibited by many important public institutions and private collectors in Canada and abroad. These include; the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Brockton Art Gallery in Boston, and The Canada Council Art Bank.
Andrew Valko was elected into the Royal Canadian Academy of Fine Arts in December of 1994. |
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