Biography
Brian “Bojo” Bojanowski grew up in Oconomowoc, WI and currently resides in Rock Hill, SC. He is a proud and adoring father of two wonderful boys and husband to his gorgeous wife Wendi (she’s going to hate that I said that… truth hurts baby!). Brian spends his days as an Elementary School Art Teacher. In 2001 he and his wife (the gorgeous one) founded an art enrichment program for children called “Noah’s Art”. Together they spent 14 years developing and expanding their business to encompass 8 studios between Boston and Florida. In 2014 Brian started a year long art project entitled “Phifty Two Weeks” in which he created one unique art piece per week and documented it on his blog. Throughout the phifty-two week journey Brian explored a variety of projects and mediums creating wooden shadowboxes, carving scrimshaw (cutting into whale teeth/bones), designing and printing a skateboard deck, scratchboard art, creating action figures, taking photographs, suspending objects in jars filled with hair gel, oil painting, just to name a few. Throughout this exploitative process Brian discovered and fell in love with the process of screenprinting. Bojo dove head first into creating screenprinted posters and prints and even set up his own printing studio – Studio 52.
Bands Worked/Organizations For
The Avett Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Blues Traveler, The Infamous Stringdusters, Umphrey's McGee, Old Crow Medicine Show, Spafford, Yonder Mountain String Band, Twiddle, The Disco Biscuits, Helmet, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Fruition, The Mockingbird Foundation, Aqueous, Gubbulidis, Cory Wong, Holidaze, Deadgrass, Camp Bisco, Melvin Seals & JGB, Jerry Joseph, Pink Talking Fish, Axes and Anchors, Kevin Griffin, The Peach Music Festival, The Higgs, Parker Millsap, Anders Osborne, Whose Cat is Dead, The Fat Cats, Joe Jackson.
Group Exhibitions
2018
- An Educator's Passion: The Dalton Gallery, York County Arts Council
2017
- PhanArt Poster and Pin Exhibition: Chicago, Il
- Screens N' Suds: Chicago, Il
- Solo Exhibition @ the Perimeter Gallery of the York County
2018
- An Educator's Passion: The Dalton Gallery, York County Arts Council
2017
- PhanArt Poster and Pin Exhibition: Chicago, Il
- Screens N' Suds: Chicago, Il
- Solo Exhibition @ the Perimeter Gallery of the York County
2016
–Skyscraper is Grand, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, New York
–Skyscraper is Grand, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York, New York
2015
– Screens N’ Suds Big Event: Richmond, Virginia
– Screens N’ Suds @ Gallerie F: Chicago, IL
– Screens N’ Suds Big Event: Richmond, Virginia
– Screens N’ Suds @ Gallerie F: Chicago, IL
2014
– RELIX PhanArt Poster and Pin Exhibition: Las Vegas, Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada
– PhanArt Poster and Pin Exhibition: Miami, Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, Florida
– RELIX PhanArt Poster and Pin Exhibition: Las Vegas, Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, Nevada
– PhanArt Poster and Pin Exhibition: Miami, Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, Florida
Juried Exhibitions
2017
- Art Fields - art festival and competition, Lake City, South Carolina
- Art Fields - art festival and competition, Lake City, South Carolina
2016
– Art Fields – art festival and competition, Lake City, South Carolina, Jurors: Stephanie Cash, Graham Boettcher, Kimberly Light, Emily Smith, Leslie Umberger
– Art Fields – art festival and competition, Lake City, South Carolina, Jurors: Stephanie Cash, Graham Boettcher, Kimberly Light, Emily Smith, Leslie Umberger
2015
– 27th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Juror: Jennie Carlisle
– Art Fields – art festival and competition, Lake City, South Carolina, Jurors: Chad Alligood, Tyrone Geter, Jay Heuman, Cecelia Stucker
– Carolina’s Got Art – Salon Competition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, Juror: Larry Elder
– 27th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Juror: Jennie Carlisle
– Art Fields – art festival and competition, Lake City, South Carolina, Jurors: Chad Alligood, Tyrone Geter, Jay Heuman, Cecelia Stucker
– Carolina’s Got Art – Salon Competition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, Juror: Larry Elder
Gallery Presentations
2019
-Allstar Press: Chicago IL - Limited Release of screenprint "Buddy Dude"
-Allstar Press: Chicago IL - Limited Release of screenprint "Buddy Dude"
2018
- Allstar Press - Young Guns 2: Chicago IL
2017
- Solo Exhibition @ Perimeter Gallery in the Rock Hill Center for the Arts
- Allstar Press - Young Guns 2: Chicago IL
2017
- Solo Exhibition @ Perimeter Gallery in the Rock Hill Center for the Arts
2016
- Loom Gallery: Fort Mill, SC - multiple pieces
- Loom Gallery: Fort Mill, SC - multiple pieces
2015
– Bottleneck Gallery: Brooklyn, NY – Limited Release of screenprint “You Blockhead!”
– PinPinz: Brooklyn, NY – Limited Release of enamel pin “Blockhead”
– Bottleneck Gallery: Brooklyn, NY – Limited Release of screenprint “You Blockhead!”
– PinPinz: Brooklyn, NY – Limited Release of enamel pin “Blockhead”
Awards & Honors
2014
– Top Honors; Best of PhanArt 2014, PhanArt Music, Art, Community Blog, www.phanart.net
– Merit Award for Do Tigers Sleep In Lily Patches?, 27th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, South Carolina
– Top Honors; Best of PhanArt 2014, PhanArt Music, Art, Community Blog, www.phanart.net
– Merit Award for Do Tigers Sleep In Lily Patches?, 27th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Winthrop University Gallery, Rock Hill, South Carolina
2013
– Amazon.com #1 Best Seller for The Asperkid’s Secret Book of Social Rules by Jennifer O’Toole with illustrations by Brian Bojanowski, Amazon.com
– Amazon.com #1 Best Seller for The Asperkid’s Secret Book of Social Rules by Jennifer O’Toole with illustrations by Brian Bojanowski, Amazon.com
Contact:
Brian Bojo
brian@phiftytwoweeks.com
803-322-8193
brian@phiftytwoweeks.com
803-322-8193