​​​​​​​Alukotron The Artist

Alex Lutomirski-Kolacz is a Polish-born multi-disciplinary artist and a philanthropist who writes, paints and photographs under the name Alukotron The Artist. He studied art under close coaching and supervision of his father Waclaw Kolacz, a Master of Fine Arts who also was an art teacher.

 

Alex Lutomirski-Kolacz was born May 8th 1966 in Warsaw, Poland to Elizabeth Veronica Lutomirski and Waclaw (pron. Vatslav) Kolacz. Since early childhood Alex manifested great interest in art. Later on he went on exploring such subjects as literature, geography, biology and history. He's won several art competitions throughout elementary, high school and college years. In Poland Alex also sung Gospel and Negro Spirituals as a tenor with a vocal group "Voice of Hope" that later became a male quintet "Advent Singers". They toured Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Denmark and Czechoslovakia.

 

Alex has an Associate Degree in Archival Science and speaks fluently 4 foreign languages. He was briefly married and has one daughter, Kasia (Katarzyna Alma).Among many prestigious places, he worked for the United Nations Headquarters., the Montel Williams Show (Paramount/Viacom) and in one of the Jersey City's clinics as Medical Assistant. Since 2001, the author is a member of the Hudson Artists of New Jersey. In 2011, as a member of this organization, he has been honored with the acquisition of the main graphic designer position and subsequently becoming a part of its Board of Directors.

 

Since 2011, Alex works in his own Art Studio.Alex published his first article in 1993 in the New York's Edition of the "Polish Daily News" in his native Polish, and he debuted in English publishing an article in the bi-monthly "OutStretch" magazine in 2002. In December 2003 the he was presented with the "Editor's Choice Award For Outstanding Achievement in Poetry" by Poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry.

 

Alex's first oil painting created in 1984 was featured at the City Hall Rotunda of Jersey City during a group exhibit organized by The Hudson Artists of New Jersey in May 2001. A group exhibit under same patronage in Bayonne Public Library Gallery (2003) featured artist's "Little Insurgent of Warsaw" (oil), which was awarded an "Honorable Mention in Oils".

 

In 2012 Alex had his first solo début art exhibition "Honoring Our Fathers" in 32 Jones Gallery in Jersey City, dedicated by the artist to his father.

 

In 2013 Alukotron published two books: "My American Experience" and "Peregrination - A book of poetry".

 

Alex is a Civil/Human Rights advocate and belongs to Amnesty Intl, ACLU and NAACP. He resides in the US since 1990 and in Jersey City, NJ since 1997. Among the circle of artists and friends the Author earned a title of a Renaissance Man, although he rather refers to himself as a "constant work in progress."He has been recognized and described as "an artist with the power to break down any clichés and schematic human minds", whether through his own spoken word, photography, or the easel painting.