Internationally collected artist E. J. Paprocki was born in Chicago, IL in 1971. An avid painter since childhood, he studied Business and Fine Art at Loyola University in Chicago. After receiving his bachelor's degree, Paprocki augmented his formal art studies with extensive travels in Europe, painting and visiting the great museums. Exhibited widely, he has been geatured in 14 one-man exhibitions and many prestigious group shows on two continents. His work has received critical acclaim and has been featured in several national magazines including Art of the West, Southwest Art, and Gulfshore Life. Paprocki exhibits annually at the prestigious Great American Artists Exhibition. His paintings hang in more than 1000 public, private and corporate collections in over a dozen countries around the world.
Achievements and Events:
2007 Solo Exhibition - "Costa del Sol and Beyond" Debruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
2006 Solo Exhibition - "The Bruges and Salzburg Collection," DeBruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
"Christmas Miniatures Show," Whistle Pik Galleries, Fredericksburg, TX
Feature Article - "International Artist Magazine"
2005 Solo Exhibition - "England and Ireland Revisited," DeBruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
Solo Exhibition - "The 2005 Fall Collection," Sigman's Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
"Great American Artists," Cincinnati, OH
"Christmas Miniatures Show," Whistle Pik Galleries, Fredericksburg, TX
Article - "Shopping for Art," Gulfshore Life Magazine
2004 Solo Exhibition - "Impressions of Egland," DeBruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
Solo Exhibition - "New Works 2004," Sigman's Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
"Great American Artists," Cincinnati, OH
"Christmas Miniatures Show," Whistle Pik Galleries, Fredericksburg, TX
Feature Article - "Eliciting an Emotional Response," Art of the West, May/June
Artice - "21 under 31." Southwest Art
2003 Solo Exhibition - "Collection 2003," Debruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
Group Exhibition - "Graceful Discoveries," Whistle Pik Galleries, Fredericksburg, TX
"Great American Artists," Cincinnati, OH
2002 Solo Exhibition - "England, An Artistic Sojourn," Debruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
Solo Exhibition - "E.J. Paprocki," Gallerie Je Reviens, Westport, CT
"Great American Artists," Cincinnati, OH
"Christmas Miniatures Show," Whistle Pik Galleries, Fredericksburg, TX
2001 Solo Exhibition - "The Antrim Coast," Debruyne Fine Art, Naples, FL
"Great American Artists," Cincinnati, OH
Group Exhibition - "Chicago City Scapes," Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL
2000 Group Exhibition - Palm Beach, FL
1999 Solo Exhibition - "E.J. Paprocki," Gallerie Je Reviens, Westport, CT
Solo Exhibition - "E.J. Paprocki, Reflections," Wally findlay, Chicago, IL 
1998 Solo Exhibition - "E.J. Paprocki," Gallerie Je Reviens, Westport, CT
Painting exhibited at U.S. Embassy, Kuwait City, Kuwait
1997 Commissioned by The White House to paint program cover for The Pageant of Peace
Wins "Jurors Choice Award," Oil Painters of America National Exhibition
Paintings exhibited at U.S. Embassy, Montevideo, Uruguay
1996 Solo Exhibition - "E.J. Paprocki," Gallerie Je Reviens, Westport, CT
Group Exhibition - Stables Gallery, Northern Ireland
1995 Group Exhibition - New York City
1993 Solo Exhibition, "Fine Impressionism," Newman Gallery, Boston, MA
Graduates from Loyola University of Chicago, Bachelor of Business Administration Degree
1992 Group Exhibition, Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1989 Paints series of Landmark American Hotels
Sells first painting, a portrait of the Plaza Hotel in New York City to Donald Trump.
1978 Begins Painting at age 7
Selected Public Collections:
The White House, Washington D.C.
IBM
MBNA Bank
Borg Warner
R.R. Donnelley
Plaza Hotel, New York City
Mayfair Regent Hotel, New York City
Marriott Hotel, New York City
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Naples, FL
Whitehall Hotel, Chicago
The Tremont, Chicago
Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL
Private Collections In:
Canada England
Japan Ireland
France Belgium
Germany India
Switzerland Greece
and United States
Periodicals:
International Artist
Art of the West
Southwest Art
Culfshore Life
Palm Springs Daily News
The Chicago Sun Times
N, The Magazine of Naples
Naples Illustrated
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