Bio

    Marcel Flisiuk was born on November 15, 1976 - Gdynia  a nondescript port on the Baltic accidentally was the place, however lively, medieval Gdansk had been the backdrop of the first five years of his life.Beside "remembering things" from the early period,continual cultural influence of the family warranted him elements of so called "Slavic soul" which is both moody and sensual a resolve about the fate.

Early on Marcel showed passion for creating pictures, to find through them a formula to communicate and, yes,to to change the world. His mother Teresa Flisiuk, an accomplished writer, cultivated by means of guidance in the matters of life in general, by widening his sight, and pointing to fog and blur  of a day to day existence which seems to purposely obscure for us the most pivotal things.The mother took also special care to stay away from influence on the process of painting itself, to let his talent develop freely, unmarred by any sort of formal education.Thanks to her relentless efforts, Marcel owns a style of his own - readily recognizable and inimitable as well as literary merit of his images and their titles.

Marcel sold his first painting at the age of ten in New Orleans.There he made friends with musicians, local power wielders, aroused envy in craft painters littering Jackson Square, designed posters, postcards, compact disc covers, painted murals and one refrigerator door on commission to be precise, several galleries started to carry his paintings and off around the world they went to places like Jerusalem, Paris and Nagasaki.Separate shows of his work were presented in Chicago and Atlanta. Several collectors keep large numbers of his work and are extremely passionate about his art.        

New Orleans, the most  "European" from American cities, place where things are played out more drastically and vivdly is where he lives now with his two cats Gramma and Mamaroneck*.

Maine, though, is the place Marcel loves, from dizzying complexity of the shore to majestic lapidary on the plateau near Katahidin summit invoking for him, like no other place, - the Presence of the Creator.

                                                                                       Michal Flisiuk  2000

                                                                                            (1954-2009)

                                                                             * I do not reside in New Orleans any longer.But to honor 

                                                                                My father i did not want to change anything on this bio 

                                                                                that he had written for me many years ago.                   

Famous collectors of my works.

            Don Lemon-News Anchor CNN

             Ben Ellman- Saxophone                  Player(Galactic,New Orleans               Klezmer Allstars)

        Ricky Williams -Running Back          (Baltimore Ravens)            

Cd cover art By Marcel Flisiuk         1998

Great band from New Orleans Check out their site on the link below.

  http://www.klezmers.com/dev/     

Galactic

A nationally acclaimed funk/jazz Band from New Orleans.Check out their website on the link below.In the album "Late for the future" my good friend saxophonist Ben Ellman Mentions me in his credits.

 http://www.galacticfunk.com

Mem Shannon

Mister Shannon is a blues guitarist from New Orleans. Mem Shannon played at my opening in Flora gallery in 2003.His music will speak for it self when you will follow the link below.

http://www.myspace.com/memshannon

Happy Talk Band

The Happy talk band when i first heard them  play at my solo exhibition at the Big Top Gallery in June of 2006 i said to myself this band will make it nationally. Luke Allen is the lead singer and sings with such powerful emotion.Visit their site on the link below and you will find out that real music is still being created.

http://www.happytalkband.com

     Exhibition History 

Peligro Gallery 

(New Orleans)

1994,1997,1998,1999,2000

Cameron Jones Gallery        (New Orleans)

2000,2001,2002,2003,2004

Cafe Brazil 

(New Orleans)

 1998,1999,2000

Living Room Gallery

(New Orleans)

1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,

2005,2006,2007,2008,2009

Mad Parade Gallery

(Chicago)

2001

Athena Art Gallery

(Hallowell,Maine)

2002

 Slotin Art fest

(Atlanta,Ga)

2001

Kako Gallery

(New Orleans)

2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2011,2012

Flora Gallery

(New Orleans)

2003,2004,2005,2006,2007

Big top Gallery

(New Orleans)

Solo exhibition 2006

Gallery Da Vinci 

(Gdansk,Poland)

2008,2009,2010

Barristers Gallery 

(New Orleans)

1999,2000,2009,2010,2011

Flying Pig Gallery

(Algoma,Wisconsin)

2010,2011

Brown's gallery

(Jackson , Mississipi)

2011,2012