KOLACZ Jerzy

KOLACZ Jerzy

He left his native Poland in 1977, spent a year in Sweden then moved to Canada. “I heard so many good things about Canada.”

His spare wry drawings exemplify a European style. Communication World magazine once named him one of the 10 top humorous illustrators in the world.

His work ranges from animated commercials, through concept illustrations, a subject he teaches at the Ontario College of Art and Sheridan College to illustrations for Chatelaine, Esquire, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Toronto Life plus newspaper work in Canada and the U.S.A.

WORK:

ILLUSTRATOR:

PERIODICAL TEXT:

Content essay:

Saturday Night, 111-10, December 1996, “bye bye Bytown”. Writ., P. S. Taylor: 22.

Toronto Life, 23-12, August 1989: “Glowing With Anger”. Writ., Jocelyn Laurence: 21.

Content story:

Toronto Life, 31-11, August 1997: “Winter”. Writ., Matt Cohen: 61.

Content program preview & Cover front:

Radio Guide, 6-3, March 1986: “As It Happens”: 4, 5.

SOURCE:

Article newspaper:

Toronto Star, 2 Dec.1995: “Making their mark.” Writ., Michael Hanlon: K5.

GALLERY:

A magazine cover with a watermelon

Description automatically generatedRadio Guide, 6-3, March 1986: Front cover.

A newspaper article with a picture of a puppet

Description automatically generatedSaturday Night, 111-10, December 1996: 22.

A cartoon of a person with a person's face

Description automatically generatedToronto Life, 31-11, August 1997: “Winter: 61.