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Place of Birth: Iwonicz-Zdrój, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland
About Jerzy Kenar
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- Kenar is a Polish-American sculptor in the United States.
- Kenar works in wood, bronze as well as in an Acrylic-based composite. Born on January 19, 1948 in the town of Iwonicz-Zdrój, he left Poland permanently in 1973 for Sweden after quitting the State Higher School of Fine Arts.
- In 1979, he emigrated to the United States, where he opened the Wooden Gallery in Chicago in 1980.
- The gallery is currently a cultural hub for Chicago's Polonia, hosting many exhibits, shows and meetings with many famous figures.
- His career soared in the mid-1990s with his commissions to decorate Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, which houses a number of his pieces, and the city's Harold Washington Library.
- He has done work for a number of churches in the Chicago area, such as the interior design for St.
- Constance in Jefferson Park, wooden artwork for St.
- Kevin in South Deering, as well as the Millennium Doors for one of Chicago's 'Polish Cathedrals', Holy Trinity Church.
- He is also a generous patron of Chicago's art scene.
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