JANUS - Janusz Pol-Stralkowski was born in Warsaw. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in 1979. In 1981 he came to Austria where, in 1986 he was granted Austrian citizenship. Since 1983 he is a member of the Professional Association of Austrian Artists ( Berufsvereinigung der bildenden Künstler Österreichs - bv); he established a studio - gallery in his home. The Art Gallery was opened in Dürnstein in 1989. In 1991 he was awarded a medal for his special merits to art and culture from the Government of Poland.

  In his works Janusz Pol-Stralkowski focuses on humans, landscapes and musical interpretations. The range of colors from sparkling Chagall blue to glowing red-orange as well as the soft forms of his drawings, irrespective of the technique he uses (oil, water-colour, lithography) is of paramount importance to the artists. Reviewing his works from earlier periods to the present day you can recognize his tendency to syntheses and abstraction. With all the development in his art, the intrinsic strength and the beam in his works remain.

The basic question in his works is:
What are the mutual relations between people, and how do they feel and express them?

Janusz Pol-Stralkowski runs his own gallery in Dürnstein open every year from April to November.

Art Gallery at Schloss Hotel A-3601 Dürnstein Nr.2, Open daily 10a.m. - 6p.m.
Tel +43 (0)2711 21255, Tel +43 (0)2738 21979, E-mail

Exhibitions
1980 Gallery Klub Warsaw 1980 Gallery KMPiK Plock 1980 Art Gallery Bialystok 1980 National Gallery Zacheta Warsaw 1981 S-Gallery Langenlois 1982 Performance in the Open Air 1983 Atelier-Gallery Langenlois 1984 Gallery Frauenbad Baden 1984 V-Gallery Krems 1984 Raiffeisenbank Vienna 1984 Performance in Stone 1985 Gallery Violetta Vienna 1986 Grafenegg Castle 1986 United Art Gallery Vienna 1986 Gallery Mercedeshof Baden 1987 Gothikhalle Langenlois 1988 Art & Beauty Center Vienna 1989 S-Gallery Horn 1989 Polish Institut Vienna 1989 O-Gallery Linz 1990 Art International Schlosshof		1990 Gallery Eichinger München 1991 United Art Gallery Vienna 1992 Museum of Art Braunau 1993 Ellmau 1993 Art fair Villach 1995 Gallery Spychala Vienna 1996 Ursin Haus Langenlois 1997 Polish Institut Vienna 1998 Wirtschaftskammer Gallery Vienna 1998 Contact Gallery Warsaw 1999 Contact Gallery Warsaw 2000 RZB Vienna 2000 Art Gallery Dürnstein 2001 Art Gallery Dürnstein 2002 Schloss Thürnthal 2002 Ursin Haus Langenlois 2004 Gallery Mango-Tango Vienna 2005 Museum in Liechtenstein Castle Wilfersdorf 2005 City gallery Laa an der Thaya 2005 International art fair Salzburg