WALDEMAR KOLBUSZ

Born 1969, Perth, Western Australia

1987 Commenced Bachelor of Arts (UWA) Visual Arts Major
1991 Completed Bachelor of Commerce degree (UWA)
1994 Completed post graduate studies (CPA) and travelled Europe, Japan and USA
1996 started to paint full-time

Waldemar Kolbusz is known for his bold abstract expressionist works. With a striking focus on colour and form, Kolbusz’s paintings quiver with jutting and overlapping blocks of steeped colour, whilst also having a more frangible quality, focusing on line and surface. Rather than safely erring towards depictions of recognizable reality, Kolbusz would much prefer to render ‘life’ on his canvasses in organic blotches, stains, smudges and streaks.

Kolbusz began working as a full-time artist in 2000. He is a prolific abstract painter who has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia and his work is part of several high profile corporate, public and private collections in Australia, New York, Brunei, Germany and Spain.

Insurance Commission of WA
Mirvac Fini Group Australia
IBM, Perth
KPMG, Perth
Duxton Hotel, Melbourne
Four Seasons Hotel, Macau
Perth Flight Centre
Broome Regional Hospital (Boardroom)
Crown Casino, Melbourne
City of Stirling collection
Balthazar Restaurant, Perth
Spowers Architects, Perth
Indoguna, Singapore
Australian Finance Group, West Perth
Clayton Utz, Perth
Oroton, Director’s Collection, Brisbane
Paspale Pearls, Director’s Collection, Broome
303 Advertising Agency, Director’s Collection, Perth
ES Bank (Singapore) Limited
Singapore Technologies, Singapore
Forrest Hotel, Surry Hills
Parkmore Management Pty Ltd, Richmond
CapitaLand Residential Limited - Singapore
Sail and Anchor Hotel, Fremantle
Clarity Communications, West Perth
Pro Property, Perth
Harvey Norman Commercial Division, Sydney
Chiropractic for Wellness, North Carlton
Brisbane Hotel, Mount Lawley  

Australian Art Collector, Issue 51, Jan-Mar 2010
The Age A2, Sept 26, review by Dan Rule
The Courier-Mail Brisbane, Weekend Ed ETC, May 2009
Guardian Express, “A Palette of Mixed Emotions” Feb 09 The Fremantle Gazette, “Always a Winner”, Feb 09 Melville Times, “Painting’s Big Name”, Feb 09
Western Sub. Weekly, “Paintings Strike Nerve” Feb 09 Insite, GALLERY CHOICE, Jan 2009
Traveller, GALLERY CHOICE, Dec 2008
Alive Sydney, “Art in the City” , Dec 2008
Artist Profile Magazine, Must See, Spring 08 issue 5
Art Almanac, Profiles, November 2008
ArtsBeat Magazine Singapore, “Encounters with Abstraction”, Oct 2008
I-S Magazine Singapore, ART+, Oct 2008
The Straits Times, Singapore, Oct 2008
Insite, Autumn 2008, “The Colour of Money”, Sandy Oliver
Insite, Autumn 2008, Gallery Choice
Australian Art Collector, Feb-Mar 2008
The Melbourne Weekly, Mar 2008, UPFRONT
Homes & Living, yearbook 2007
Homes & Living, Autumn 2007
Scoop, Insight, Summer 07/08
The Sunday Times Magazine, Style Issue, Aug 2007
The Sydney Morning Herald, ARTS & ENT., Oct 2007 Homes & Living, Spring 2006, Artist’s Ed.
Belle, Apr/May 2006
Box Magazine, Vol 009, Dec 2005
The Sunday Times, HOME, July 2005, cover
The Sydney Morning Herald, SPECTRUM, May 2005
House and Garden, May 2005
I-S Magazine, SINGAPORE, #240, “Understanding Abstract”, Melissa De Silva, Jan 2005
Gallery and Studio, NEW YORK, “Waldemar Kolbusz Extends A Great PainterlyTradition”, B. Coleman, Feb 04
Monument , #59, Feb / Mar 2004
Sunday Times, Jan 2004
Sunday Times, Home, Jan 2004
House and Garden, Dec 2003
The Age, Domain, April 2003
Homes and Living, Winter, 2002, "Art House"
The Sunday Times, Food & Wine, Nov 2002
Vogue Living, Oct/Nov, 2002
Wentworth Courier, Sep 2002
The Sunday Times, HOME, Aug 2002
The Sunday Times, HOME, July 2002
The Sunday Times, HOME, March 2002, cover
The Sunday Times, Sunday Section, Feb 2002
The West Australian Magazine, Aug 2001
Perth Weekly, Aug 2001
ISH - Singapore, 2001 issue 2.5
Sunday Times, HOME, July 2001
Scoop, Winter 2001
The Business Times, Singapore, Apr 2001, The Arts EL2 The Straits Times, Singapore, Apr 2001
Square Rooms - Singapore, Mar-Apr 2001
Australian Interiors, Feb / March 2001, cover
Inside Out, March 2001
Homes and Living, Renovations 2001
House and Garden, Feb 2001
Sunday Times, HOME, Jan 2001
Square Rooms - Singapore, Nov-Dec 2000 www.zingasia.com, November 2000
Sydney Morning Herald, Domain Sep 2000
Sydney Morning Herald, Metro Sep 2000
The West Australian, Aug 2000, U Section
Commercial Building & Design 2000
House and Garden, August 2000
Vogue, Leigh-Ann Pow, July 2000
Scoop, winter 2000
The Sunday Times, Candice Silverman, June 2000 ARTS Marie Claire, June 2000
She, Australia, June 2000
The Sun Herald, Timeout, April 2000
Fresh, April/May, 2000
The Weekend Australian, April 2000
The Sydney Morning Herald, Metro Mar - Apr 1999
The Sydney Morning Herald, Domain, Mar - Apr 2000 Hype Magazine, March 2000
The Wentworth Courier, (Sydney) Mar 2000
The Sunday Times, Home - March 2000
The West Australian, New Homes September 1999
The West Australian, August 1999
The Sunday Times, June 1999
Marie Claire Lifestyle, Apr / May 1999
The Sydney Morning Herald, Metro Apr - May 1999 Scoop, issue 7 Autumn 1999
Sydney Star Observer, Issue 453 April 1999
Vogue Living Australia, March 1999
Marie Claire Lifestyle, Feb / Mar 1999
Scoop, Issue 6 Summer 98/99
The West Australian, Arts Today November 1998
Scoop, Issue 5 Spring 1998
X-Press, October 1998
Jove Winter, Westside Observer, Out Loud October 1998 X-Press, October 22, 1998
The West Australian, Big Weekend, Arts October 1998
The Post Newspaper, October 1998
The Post Newspaper, September 1998
Perth Weekly, November 1997
The Post Newspaper, November 1997
Lyn DiCiero, Editor: The Artist's Chronicle, 1996
Regina Noakes, Western Review, December 1996
Noel Dyson, Business News, November 1996
The Post Newspaper, October 1996