Artist Statement / CV / Bio
Bio:
Joe Kazimierczyk (Joe Kaz for short) is a landscape painter whose work emerges from time spent exploring the countryside, translating his encounters with the natural world into quiet, contemplative paintings. His work offers a deeply personal response to place.
Working in the studio, he develops his paintings from memory and imagination, allowing them to move beyond a single moment and reflect a more personal experience of being outdoors. His work often draws from wooded places, where light, structure, and atmosphere reveal themselves slowly over time. His painting is a natural extension of his ramblings and explorations of the countryside. His most recent work reflects his interest in exploring the mountains and forests of northern New Jersey and beyond.
Joe has earned his accolades as a self-taught artist and has been exhibiting his work and winning awards for over 21 years.
Press:
- Journeys - Times of Trenton review July 21, 2017
- Kaz Country - Bucks County Courier Times article, September 16, 2012
- Painterly Poetry of Quiet Places - Trenton Times newspaper article, March, 2011
- A 'Quiet' Exhibit - North/South Brunswick Sentinel article, February 2011
- Hunterdon Life - magazine article, March 2008
- Garden State Town & Country Living - magazine article, Winter 2007/08
- The Roads Less Painted - Trenton Times newspaper article 04/06/2007
- Pockets of Pleasure - Princeton Packet newspaper article 06/29/2006
Current Gallery Representation:
- Artists' Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, NJ (map)
- Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, 1093 General Greene Road, Washington Crossing, PA (map)
Exhibitions:
2026- Natural Harmony - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Holiday Small Works Show 2025 - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Footsteps - Journeys Near and Far - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Ellarslie Open 42 - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Solo Show at Harmony Brookside - Harmony Brookside Gallery, Brookside, NJ - solo show
- Dual Nature - Tulpehaking Nature Center, Hamilton Twp, NJ - 2-person show
- 11th Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibit - Maxfield Engine House, Boonton, NJ - juried show award
Awarded: Honorable Mention
New Jersey Highlands Coalition
11th Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibit - Holiday Small Works Show 2024 - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Beyond Boundaries - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Bell's 2024 - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Holiday Small Works Show 2023 - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- 10th Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibit - Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ - juried show
- 94th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - juried show
- Ellarslie Open 40 - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Water Works - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Bell's 2023 - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Advocates of Natural Beauty - Farmstead Arts Center, Basking Ridge, NJ - invitational
- Holiday Small Works Show 2022 - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Tewksbury Historical Society 30th Juried Art Exhibition - Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building, Oldwick, NJ - juried show
- Light and Shadow - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Ellarslie Open 39 - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Bell's 2022 - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Entr'Exhibits: The Highlands' Diverse Allure - Farmstead Arts Center, Basking Ridge, NJ - invitational
- Small Works 2021 - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Our Natural Heritage - NJ Highlands Coalition, Boonton, NJ - juried show
- In-Between - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Bell's 2021 - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Small Works 2020 - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- In Our Nature - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Art All Night 2020 - ARTWORKS, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Trail of Breadcrumbs - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Quietude - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- 90th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - juried show
- Ellarslie Open 36 - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: Purchase Award
Trenton Museum Society
Ellarslie Open 36 - Winter Trek - NY-NJ Trail Conference Headquarters, Mahwah, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: First Place, Fine Art
NY-NJ Trail Conference
Winter Trek - Local Landscapes - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Lovely as a Tree - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - juried show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Landscapes at Caffe Galleria - Caffe Galleria, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Wanderings and Wonderings - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- 88th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - juried show
- A Walk in the Woods - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Journeys - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Winter - New Hope Arts, New Hope, Pa - invitational
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Farms, Barns, and Bridges - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - juried show
- Inspiring Places - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Local Landscapes - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Luminous Landscapes - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Ellarslie Open XXXII - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Imagined Skies - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- People of Preservation - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Dream in Color - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Trenton Then & Now: Contemporary Views - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Artsbridge 20th Annual - New Hope Arts, New Hope, Pa - juried show
- Ellarslie Open XXXI - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Small Works - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - group show
- Artists of Yardley 3rd Annual Juried Show - AOY Art Center, Yardley, PA - juried show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Local Landscapes - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Artsbridge 19th Annual - New Hope Arts, New Hope, Pa - juried show
- Sunshine & Joy - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Artists of Yardley 2nd Annual Juried Show - AOY Art Center, Yardley, PA - juried show
- Lambertville Historical Society 32nd Annual - Robert Beck Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: Honorable Mention
Robert Beck Gallery
Lambertville Historical Society 32nd Annual - Artsbridge Members Show 2013 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - members show
- New Hope Art League 2012 Juried Show - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- 83nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - juried show
- Sustainable Harvest - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Local Landscapes - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Trenton Makes NYC - Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY - juried show
- Trenton Makes - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Artsbridge 18th Annual - New Hope Arts, New Hope, Pa - juried show
- Sharing the Moment - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Artists of Yardley 1st Annual Juried Show - AOY Art Center, Yardley, PA - juried show
- Artsbridge Members Show 2012 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - members show award
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Awarded: 2nd Place People's Choice
Prallsville Mills
Artsbridge Members Show 2012 - Lambertville Historical Society 31st Annual - Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - juried show
- New Hope Art League 2011 Juried Show - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - invitational
- Get Lost - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Friends in Field and Forest - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Local Landscapes - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- 17th Annual Artsbridge Juried Show - New Hope Arts, New Hope, Pa - juried show award
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Awarded: 1st Place in Painting
New Hope Arts
17th Annual Artsbridge Juried Show - In The Moment - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - group show
- Ellarslie Open XXVIX - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- New Jersey's Other Shore - C.S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Trenton, NJ - group show
- 2011 Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition - Hillsborough Municipal Complex, Hillsborough, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: Juror's Choice & Honorable Mention
Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
2011 Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition
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Awarded: Honorable Mention
Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
2011 Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition - Painterly Poetry of Quiet Places - The Gallery at Verde, Kingston, NJ - solo show
- Holiday Small Works Show - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - invitational
- Wildness in our Midst - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Mountain Art Show 30th Annual - St. John on the Mountain, Bernardsville, NJ - juried show
- "Country Roads - Cityscapes" the 21th Annual Tewksbury Historical Society Art Show - Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building, Oldwick, NJ - juried show
- 81st Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - juried show
- Preservation of an Integrated Landscape: Where Farmland and Conservation Meet - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Gallery 24/7 - Somerset County Cultural Heritage Commission, Somerset County, NJ - public arts project award
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Awarded: Selection Award
Somerset County Cultural Heritage Commission
Gallery 24/7 - Images of the Mills 2010 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show
- Reflections of Hunterdon - The Sawmill at Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show
- Local Landscapes - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- St. Michaels Preservation Celebration & Art Sale - St. Michael's Farm Preserve, Hopewell, NJ - benefit sale/auction
- Artsbridge 16th Annual - Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks, Lambertville, NJ - juried show
- 6th Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition - Hillsborough Municipal Complex, Hillsborough, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: Best in Show
Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
6th Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition - 147th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings - Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA - juried show
- Local Color - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Lambertville Historical Society 30th Annual - Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - juried show
- Rally the Troops - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - invitational
- Artsbridge Members Show 2010 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - members show
- Holiday Gems - Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks, Lambertville, NJ - group show
- Images of the Mills 2009 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: 1st Place
The Delaware River Mill Society
Images of the Mills 2009 - Season's Greetings: The Gift of Nature - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - group show
- Mountain Art Show 29th Annual - St. John on the Mountain, Bernardsville, NJ - juried show
- Artists' Gallery Group Show - The Bucks Club, Jamison, PA - group show
- Color My World - Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building, Oldwick, NJ - juried show
- Creative Flow - Canal Frame-Crafts Gallery, Washington Crossing, PA - juried show
- Plein-Air Art of Preserved Landscapes - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - benefit sale/auction
- Present in Nature - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - invitational
- Ribbon of Life - The Sawmill at Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show
- Riverrun 1st Annual Plein Air Invitational - Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks, Lambertville, NJ - invitational
- Kaz & Katzenbach - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Artsbridge 15th Annual - Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks, Lambertville, NJ - juried show
- Ribbon of Life - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - juried show
- 4th Annual Hillsborough Art Festival - Hillsborough Municipal Complex, Hillsborough, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: 1st Place
Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
4th Annual Hillsborough Art Festival - Connections - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Ellarslie Open XXVII Salon at Artworks - ARTWORKS, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Artists of Bristol 3rd Annual Open Exhibition - Lower Bucks Hospital, Bristol, PA - juried show award
Awarded: 3rd Place
Lower Bucks Hospital
Artists of Bristol 3rd Annual Open Exhibition - 146th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings - Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA - juried show
- Artsbridge Members Show 2009 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - members show
- Artists Gallery Group Show - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - group show
- Lambertville Historical Society 29th Annual - Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: Honorable Mention
Coryell Gallery
Lambertville Historical Society 29th Annual
- Images of the Mills 2008 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show
- The Art of Conservation - HLTA Benefit Auction - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - benefit sale/auction award
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Awarded: 1st Place for Oil Painting
Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance
The Art of Conservation - HLTA Benefit Auction - Faces and Places II - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- 79th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - juried show award
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Awarded: Lacey Family Award for small landscape in oil
Phillips Mill
79th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - The Land That Feeds You - Farms, Farmers, and Farmlands - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - invitational
- Selections - New Hope Arts, New Hope, Pa - invitational
- Faces and Places - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Savor New Hope - New Hope Triumph, New Hope, Pa - group show
- Artsbridge 14th Annual - Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks, Lambertville, NJ - juried show
- Ferry House Solo Show - The Ferry House, Princeton, NJ - solo show
- Artists Gallery Group Show - Queenstown Gallery at Hopewell, Hopewell, NJ - group show
- Artists of the Mills II - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - invitational
- Artsbridge Members Show 2008 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - members show
- Images of the Mills 2007 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show
- Views of the Valley - New Hope Triumph, New Hope, Pa - solo show
- "The Road Not Taken" - Journeys into Nature - Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ - juried show
- 3rd Annual Hillsborough Art Festival - Hillsborough Municipal Complex, Hillsborough, NJ - juried show
- Finding the Extra in the Ordinary - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Artsbridge 13th Annual - Riverrun Gallery at Laceworks, Lambertville, NJ - juried show
- Yes, This Is New Jersey - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- ARTWORKS "On Location" - ARTWORKS, Trenton, NJ - group show
- Solo Exhibition at Hopewell Frames - Queenstown Gallery at Hopewell, Hopewell, NJ - solo show
- Artists of the Mills - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - invitational
- Lambertville and the Surrounding Area 27th Annual - Coryell Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - juried show
- Mercer Artists 2007 - Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ - juried show
- Local Landscapes - Bell's Tavern, Lambertville, NJ - solo show
- Featured Artist - Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ - solo show
- From Easton to Bristol, Scenes from the Valley - The Howard Gallery, New Hope, PA - juried show award
Awarded: 2nd Place
Friends of the Delaware Canal
From Easton to Bristol, Scenes from the Valley - Landscape Squared - Artists' Gallery, Lambertville, NJ - 2-person show
- Ellarslie Open XXIV - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: Best in Show, Painting
Trenton City Museum
Ellarslie Open XXIV - Mercer Artists 2006 - Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ - juried show
- Annual Open Juried Exhibition - Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ - juried show
- 76th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - juried show award
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Awarded: Shaun M. Miller Memorial Award for Small Landscape or Still Life in oil
Phillips Mill
76th Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Images of the Mills 2005 - Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ - juried show award
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Awarded: Promotion Selection Award
The Delaware River Mill Society
Images of the Mills 2005 - Artsbridge Members Show 2005 - The Art Colony at Prallsville, Stockton, NJ - members show
- Annual Open Juried Exhibition - Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman, NJ - juried show
- Ellarslie Open XXIII - Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ - juried show
- Mercer Artists 2005 - Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ - juried show award
sold
Awarded: Purchase Award
Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Mercer Artists 2005
Awards:
- Honorable Mention - 2024 - 11th Annual Highlands Juried Art Exhibit, New Jersey Highlands Coalition
- Purchase Award - 2019 - Ellarslie Open 36, Trenton Museum Society
- First Place, Fine Art - 2019 - Winter Trek, NY-NJ Trail Conference
- Honorable Mention - 2013 - Lambertville Historical Society 32nd Annual, Robert Beck Gallery
- 2nd Place People's Choice - 2012 - Artsbridge Members Show 2012, Prallsville Mills
- 1st Place in Painting - 2011 - 17th Annual Artsbridge Juried Show, New Hope Arts
- Juror's Choice & Honorable Mention - 2011 - 2011 Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition, Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
- Honorable Mention - 2011 - 2011 Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition, Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
- Selection Award - 2010 - Gallery 24/7, Somerset County Cultural Heritage Commission
- Best in Show - 2010 - 6th Annual Hillsborough Art Exhibition, Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
- 1st Place - 2009 - Images of the Mills 2009, The Delaware River Mill Society
- 1st Place - 2009 - 4th Annual Hillsborough Art Festival, Hillsborough Cultural Arts Commission
- 3rd Place - 2009 - Artists of Bristol 3rd Annual Open Exhibition, Lower Bucks Hospital
- Honorable Mention - 2009 - Lambertville Historical Society 29th Annual, Coryell Gallery
- 1st Place for Oil Painting - 2008 - The Art of Conservation - HLTA Benefit Auction, Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance
- Lacey Family Award for small landscape in oil - 2008 - 79th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Phillips Mill
- 2nd Place - 2006 - From Easton to Bristol, Scenes from the Valley, Friends of the Delaware Canal
- Best in Show, Painting - 2006 - Ellarslie Open XXIV, Trenton City Museum
- Shaun M. Miller Memorial Award for Small Landscape or Still Life in oil - 2005 - 76th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Phillips Mill
- Promotion Selection Award - 2005 - Images of the Mills 2005, The Delaware River Mill Society
- Purchase Award - 2005 - Mercer Artists 2005, Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Collections:
- Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie
- Mercer County (NJ) Cultural & Heritage Commission
- NJ Department of Human Services