Members of the multidisciplinary art collective Blue Republic, Radoslaw Kudlinski (b.1965) and Anna Passakas, studied Visual Art, Philosophy, Comparative Religion and Literature at: King's College London University, U.K., University of Toronto, Canada, Jagiellonski University and The Acadmy of Fine Arts in Krakow Poland

Research Projects: India, France, England, Poland, Brazil, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan

Selected Exhibitions and Projects:
2009 – XVI International Sculpture Triennial, Poznan, Poland, New Works, Peak Gallery, Toronto, 94,580 Sq. Inches of Opportunity, Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Nostalgia for the Present, Rodman Hall Brock University Art Centre, St. Catherine's, Canada 2008 – 2nd Biennial 01SJ Global Festival of Art at the Edge, San Jose, U.S.A. – Nostalgia for the Present, Art Gallery of Sudbury – MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Canada   2007 – ARCO, Madrid, Spain –  Helsinki Project, Chachoengsao, Thailand –  Ghost Story, Cultural Services Co-Op, Tokyo –  Yokohama, Japan –  Radoslaw Kudlinski Ltd., Bucklein Institute, Krakow Poland –  Cluster, Peak Gallery, Toronto     2006 – Monochromes, Peak Gallery, Toronto – Paint Jam: For the Love of Painting, Dyan Marie Projects, Toronto, Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Drake Hotel (Invitational), – Nostalgia for the Present, Koffler Gallery, Toronto 2005 – Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto – Radoslaw Kudlinski, Inventory: Paintings and Drawings for Blue Republic, Peak Gallery, Toronto – Walk Here Community Project at Wallace Emerson Park, Toronto (with Vera Frankel, Monica Tap, Brent Macintosh, Dyan Marie, Tony Shermann and others) – MACO 2005, International Art Fair, Mexico City – Morning Daily, Peak Gallery, Toronto     2004 – Toronto Art Fair, Toronto – Waiting Room, Works from Future, Peak Gallery, Toronto    2003 – Price List From a Recycling Box, Public 27 “Shop”, York University, Toronto – Ghost Story Cultural Services Co-op, Krakow, Poland    2002 – Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Chiostri di San Domenico, Imola, Galleria Communale ex Pescheria, Cesena, Palazzo dell'Arengo, Rimini (with Karen Kilimnik, Kim Adams, Stacey Lancaster, Fabian Marcaccio, Myfanwy Macleod, Sandra Meigs, Lari Pittman etc.) – Fields of Dreams, Siem Riep, Cambodia    2001 – Monochromes Galery Pekao, Toronto – Blue Republic, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto – Fields of Dreams, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   2000 Lots of It... Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto   1999 – Fields of Dreams, Northern Ontario, Canada (in collaboration with Richard Rhodes and Dyon Marie) – Blue Republic, Espace 502, Montreal, Canada (in collaboration with Galerie Rene Blouin)   1998 – Rencontres 98', Galerie Julio Ganzalez, Paris, France – Revamp, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada   1996/97 – Blue Republic, Oakville Gallery, Oakville   1995/96 – Made in Blue Republic, Meg Gallery, Toronto    1995 – Blue Republic, Espace 502, Montreal – 13 Years of Piwna 20/26, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland    1994 – 13 Years of Piwna 20/26, Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland – Throw of Dice, New Sculpture, Art Bunker, Krakow, Poland – New Polish Generation, Centre of Contemporary Art, Erfurt, Germany – New Art from Poland, Austria and Hungary, Art Fort, Krakow   1993 – Phainesthai BWA, Wroclaw, Poland – Ideas Outside Ideology, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland   1992 Phainesthai, BWA, Krakow – Die andere Seite, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Germany

Selected Bibliography:
2009 – Gary Michael Dault, Globe and Mail, October 27, 2008 – Mark Kingwell, Opening Gambits, Essays on Art and Philosophy, Key Porter Books, Mark Kingwell, Nostalgia for the Present catalogue essay, Michael Dirisio, Blue Republic and the Complex Conclusions of Art, Brock Press Online Edition, Yam Lau, Interview with Blue Republic, Espace-sculpture, Montreal, Esse Art + Opinions, Montreal, Blue Republic Portfolio, 2007 – Cultura y Espectaculos, "Lo efimero, lo fragil y lo cotidiano, temas para el arte emergente en ARCO", Madrid, Spain, 2006 – Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, Blue Republic at Peak Gallery, Julia Dault, Fun Meets New Function, National Post, Peter Goddard, Presently Waxing Nostalgic, Toronto Star, Gary Michael Dault, There's no Time like the Present, Globe and Mail 2005 – Gary Michael Dault, exhibition review, Border Crossings Magazine, Gary Michael Dault, A Mastery Dark and Sinister, Globe and Mail, Peter Goddard, A Diverse Blue Republic, Toronto Star, Bryne McLaughlin, Blue Republic – Peak Gallery, C Magazine, Janet Jones, Blue Republic – Peak Gallery, Canadian Art Magazine, Bryne McLaughlin, Features, Canadian Art Online, Peter Goddard, Blue Republic Message is Mundane, Toronto Star, Gary Michael Dault, Blue Republic at Peak Gallery, Globe and Mail, 2004 – Gary Michael Dault, Great-looking Witticisms, Globe and Mail, Peter Goddard, It's showtime on Morrow Ave., Toronto Star, Catherine Osborne, Witty show mixes politics, bofoonery, National Post, 2003 – Public 27 Shop, York University, 2002 – Renato Barilli, Officina America, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (exhibition catalogue) Guido Molinari, Officina America, Flash Art, Chiara Pilati, Omaggio all'America con le opere di 60 artisti, L'Unita, Italy, Paola Naldi, Atomici, ecologisti, cibernetici i creativi dell'Oficina America, La Republica, Bologna, Italy, Fabiola Naldi, Immagini sensibili, an interview with Renato Barilli 62 operai americani, Il Giornale dell'Arte, Italy, N. 206, 2001 – Gary Michael Dault, Blue Republic at the Pekao Gallery, Globe and Mail, Dot Tuer, Monochromes, Canadian Art, Val Ross, Out from behind the 'Ironic Curtain', Globe and Mail 1997 – Jennifer CouÎlle, Blue Republic, Parachute, Montreal, Gillian MacKay, Blue Republic goes beyond emotion, Globe and Mail, Dot Tuer, The art of facade in the work of Radoslaw Kudlinski and Anna Passakas (exhibition catalogue), Richard Rhodes, Blue Republic, Oakville Galeries (exhibition catalogue), Gilles Gagnon, Art Reviews, Radio Canada CBC, 1995 – Richard Purdy, Blue Republic, Voir, Montreal, Jennifer CouÎlle, De la desillusion et de la realite fictive, Le Devoir, Montreal, 1994 – Antoni Szoska, Throw of Dice. New Sculpture, BWA Krakow, (exhibition catalogue) Alicja Kepinska, Maryla Sitkowska, Emilia and Andrzej Dluzniewski, Piwna 20/26, 1980-93, Museum of Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw, Poland, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, (exhibition catalogue) Fort of Art, St.Benedict's Fort, Krakow, Poland, 1993 – catalogue essays by Barbara Maron, Artur Tajber, Lukasz Guzek, Fainesthai, Polish TV Art Magazine, Pegaz 1992 –Cezary Wozniak, Fainesthai, BWA Krakow, BWA Wroclaw, Poland, 1992-93 – exhibition catalogue, Eckhard Hoog, Die erste blaue Republik – Junge polnische Kunstler im Aachener Ludwig Forum, Westzeit, Aachen, Germany, 1992 – Christian Bracht, Des Studientalltags Andre Seite, Klenkes, Aachen, Germany, Prof. Dr. H.Hollander, Die andere Seite - junge polnische Kunstler, Ludwig Forum fur internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany, (exhibition catalogue) Andrzej Dluzniewski, Drawing – Studio Show, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, (exhibition catalogue)

Awards:
2009 - Canada Council Project and Travel Grant, 2008 - Canada Council Project Grant, 2006 – Canada Council/Professional Development Grant, 2005 – Ontario Arts Council Project Grant 2003/2004 – Canada Council Creation/Production Grant, 2002 – Canada Council Travel Grant, 2002 – Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance Grant, 1998 – Canada Council Visual Arts Project Grant, 1996 – Canada Council Visual Arts Project Grant, 1996 – Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 1995 – Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant

Recent Public Commissions:
Winner: 2008-09 Peer Gynt International Competition, Henrik Ibsen Park, installed in 2010 in Oslo, Norway
2005 Walk Here Community Project at Wallace Emerson Park, Toronto (with Vera Frankel, Monica Tap, Brent Macintosh, Dyan Marie, Tony Shermann and others)