Adrian Wiszniewski

Adrian Wiszniewski (born 1958) is a Scottish artist and one of the members of the New Glasgow Boys a group of artists who emerged from Glasgow School of Art and led the resurgence of Scottish figurative painting in the late 20th century. Other members of this group included the late Steven Campbell, who was a close friend of Adrian, Peter Howson and Ken Currie. Under the tutelage of artists like Alexander Moffat in the 1980s the four later went on to attain national and international status.

Biography

Adrian Wiszniewski was born in Glasgow in 1958. He was educated at the Mackintosh School of Architecture and then the Glasgow School of Art from 1979 to 1983. He was influenced by New Image painting in the early 1980s, combining figurative art with social commentary. And he belonged to a group known as the New Glasgow Boys where he played a leading role. They were known in the mid-1980s with their "figure paintings as redolent of fantasy and myth as they were attuned to the workings of contemporary thought and everyday life." He gave his first solo show in 1984 in London and Glasgow; the Tate acquired some of his paintings at that time. 2025, Glasgow, ‘’Adrian Wiszniewski: In Full Colour’’ at Glasgow Print Studio

Museums and galleries Wiszniewski's paintings are held in collections including: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Modern Art Dance of the Maidens, gouache on paper Japanese Garden, oil on canvas Portrait on a Floral Background, mixed media Refugee, mixed media on wood