RESUME
Born in Red Wing, MN in April 1951, Jason Najarak has been working professionally as an artist for 35 years. After travelling the world, he now lives in Minnesota and works out of a large studio where he paints, develops art materials and teaches the Flemish Method of Painting.  Jason continues to travel, presenting shows, seminars, and lectures as well as completing commissions for museums, galleries and individuals around the world.

Education

• University of Minnesota
• Minnesota College of Art and Design (MCAD)
• Vienna Fine Arts Academy - Vienna, Austria
• Apprenticed under the following masters: Dali - Spain, Ernst Fuchs - Vienna,  Rudolf Hausner – Munich, Hundertwasser – Vienna.

Current Activities 2006-Present

• Art Expo, 2006, New York City-Top 5 Artist at the Expo, Art Lifestyles-contracted for 13 print editions
• Two recent paintings - Apple Rest and Red Madonna, of the PPG collection, acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts
• Calhoun Beach Art Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn - Children's Art Project - working with the Gillett Children's hospital to raise money for Children with MD and other childhood diseases

USA Galleries and Key Commissions 1979-2005

• William Gates private home, Dome ceiling entrance - geometric patterns
• Boeing Aircraft mural
• Murals throughout Washington state including The Last Supper on the Holiday Inn wall facing the main street in Sequim, Washington
• Private commissions WA - Murals for apartment building restoration
• Monumental sculptures including a huge turkey and mosquito, for two small towns in Minnesota
• Murals for cities in Minnesota
• Restoration of five Catholic Churches in St. Michael and Rogers Minnesota - This included the restoration of stained glass
• Mural for the Mayo Clinic Library - included painting the original operating theatre that Charles and William Mayo used when the clinic was founded
• Stellar Gallery - Beverly Hills, CA
• Elayne Gallery - St. Louis Park, MN
• Gallery Matrix -Hollywood, CA
• Rainbow Gallery - Walker, MN
• Shapiro Galleries - Boston, MA
• Tiger Gallery -Memphis, TN
• Red River Museum - Akeley, MN
• Park Rapids Museum of Art - Park Rapids, MN
• Bremerton Fine Arts - Bremerton, WA.
• Manette Gallery - Bremerton, WA
• Olympic Gallery - Port Townsend, WA
• Java Gallery -Sequim, WA
• Bluehole Gallery - Sequim, WA
• Universal Fine Arts - Kirkland, WA
• Rain shadow Gallery - Port Angeles, WA
• 12th Street Art Gallery-Golden, CO

Third International Tour 2001-2003

• Cambridge Fine Arts - London, England
• Pobjoy International - London, England
• Gallery Maeght - Paris, France
•  Gallery Vivende - Paris, France
• Palazzo de Parlemento - Brussels Belgium
• Gallery Troost - Wageningen, Netherlands

Second International Tour 1995-1998

• Gallery Weiss - Frankfurt, Germany
• Hoizmeier Gallery - Munich, Germany
• Gallery Urban - Vienna, Austria
• Gallery Viottt - Torino, Italy
• Tuttigraphica Internationale - Torino, Italy
• Franca Villa Fontana Nationale – Franca Villa Fontana, Italy
• Brindisi Circulo Gallery, Brindisi, Italy
• Gallery Crippa - Portofino, Italy
• Gallery Viotti - Torino, Italy
• Sheffield Gallery - London, England

First International Tour 1985-1990

• Galeria Bloom - Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Squire Gallery - Arnheim, Netherlands
• Fieerad Arte Nationale – Belgium
• Abatur Gallery - Jerusalem, Israel
• Shalom Gallery - Tel Aviv, Israel
• King Gallery - Jerusalem, Israel
• Jerusalem Fine Arts Museum,  Israel
• Abatur Gallery 0 Jerusalem, Israel
• Whistler Graphics Gallery - Manchester, England
• Manchester Museum of Fine Arts – Manchester, England
• Gaddiston Art Gallery - Little Gaddiston, England
• Hamilton Gallery - London, England

Early Years 1968-1978

• Minnetonka Fine Arts - Navarre, MN
• Wayzata Art Gallery - Wayzata, MM
• Buckhorn Gallery - Longlake, MN
• Valdez Gallery - Milwaukee, WI
• ABC gallery - Hollywood, CA
• Pearl Gallery - Carmel CA
• Reese Gallery - San Francisco, CA
• Pearce Bros Galleries - Boston, MA
• New England Graphics Society - Boston, MA
• London Gallery - Boston, MA
• Triangle Gallery - Gloucester, MA

Museums

• Dorotheum - Vienna, Austria
• di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art - Tornio, Italy
• Portofino Museum of Art - Portofino, Italy
• Manchester Art Museum - Manchester, England
• Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum – Georgia, USA
• Museum of Fine Arts - Park Rapids, MN
• Jerusalem Museum of Contemporary Art – Israel
• Minnesota Children's Museum - St. Paul, MN
• Weyerhauser Museum - Ohio
• Red River Museum (TBWalker)- Akeley, MN
• Troost Museum - Wageningen, Netherlands
• Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN

Awards

• Readers Digest Competition - Top Ten Artists
• West Coast Graphics, Los Angeles - Grand prize for Pen and Ink
• New England Graphics Society - First Place for Pastel
• Expo d Arte Bologna, Italy - Painting
• Palais des Festival, Cannes – Pastel
• Fiera- d Arte Internationale, Belgium - Etching
• Tuttigraphica Internationale, Torino – Etching
• Magna Grecia, Taranto – Painting
• Dorotheum - Vienna - Pastel
• La Biennale di Venezia, Venice - Pastel

Jason's Biography

Jason's Resume

Jason Meets Picasso - "Go Paint"