architect, painter
born in 1948 in Poznań, Poland
professor of architecture at:
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland
Poznan Academy of Fine Arts, Poland
Universidade da Beira Interior in Covilha, Portugal
where he teaches architectural design as well as gives courses on the theory of contemporary architecture.
Also active as an architect; designing public houses, residences, monuments, and renovation of historic buildings.
Festus, Art Hotel in Sopot PL 2005
Orphanage, with T. Mielczyński. Awarded a
Honorary Mention in the competition. 2003
The Cemetery of the Lost Cemeteries in
Gdansk PL, with H. Klementowska. First Prize in the competition.
Realization of the design - 2002
Futura Leasing Ltd, new site in Gdansk PL 2000
Church in Waglikowice, with P. Loch, completion 1993
Renovation of the residential and public historical buildings.
- Bank NBP interiors Gdańsk, PL, with P. and B. Loch. Interior design.
- The Center of Music in the Old Brewery in Kartuzy PL 2004
Pavilion of Gdansk at 11 Cities/11 Nations
Contemporary Nordic Art and Architecture, Leeuwarden, NL 1999
Shipyard Workers Monument 1970. Gdansk,
Solidarity Place: with S. Baum and W. Mokwiński.
Exhibitions
designs, drawings and watercolours
ARTE ALGARVE III. Congres Center Arade, Portugal, 2010
Ouvindo Chopin. Espaēo Cultural do Chiado da Fundaēćo Sousa Pedro. Lisboa, Portugal, 2010
Fernando Pessoa, who am I? Galeria de Santo António in Monchique, Portugal, 2010
Arte e Género. Palįcio do Governo Civil, Castelo Branco, Portugal, 2010
Exposiēćo Solidįria. Casino de Lisboa, Portugal, 2009
ARTE ALGARVE. Expo Pavilion, Loulé, Portugal June, 2009
Contemporary Art BETWEEN. Polish Artists in Portugal.Museu Municipal de Faro. Portugal, 2009
Os Grandes Mestres do Naturalismo na Pintura Occidental. Arts & Wines Gallery Covilha, Portugal, 2009
MEDITERAN 2008. Palaca Milesi Split, City Museum Trogir, Croatia, 2008
Entre Lisboa e Varsovia. Watercolors. Centro Chiado. Lisboa. Portugal, 2008
Entre Serra e Mar. Aguarelas. Castelo de Vide, Portugal, 2007
Aristas Polacos em Portugal. Oeiras. Portugal, 2007
Watermarks. The Old Market House Arts Centre in
Dungarvan, Ireland 2006,
Watermarks. The Gallery of Temporary Exhibitions, Museu de Lanifķcios of the University of Beira Interior in
Covilhã, Portugal 2006
21st Century Watercolour Exhibition 2005
and 2006. The Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery
Scarlet Sky, Indigo Sea. Exhibition Culture at a Crossing the
Labyrinth Gallery in Kraków, Poland 2005 and Farum Kulturhus in Denmark 2005,
Looking for the sea, paintings (J. Krenz) and poems (K. Krenz),
the Municipal Gallery, £eba 2005
Aquametria paintings (J. Krenz) and poems (K. Krenz), the Municipal Library, £eba 2004
The Best Public Design in 2002. Nomination to the Prize awarded
by the Society of Polish Architects. Warsaw
Casa Dignano, Piazza Del Popolo (watercolours), XIV Ex Tempore 2001, Commune di Dignano (Wodnian), Croatia
Architecture - context and meaning. Faculty of Architecture, Kraków University
of Technology 1999.
Church in Waglikowice Exhibition Archisacra '94. Warsaw 1994
Enduring and processing.
Design – Construction – Test of Time, International Biennale of
Architecture in Cracow1993. Awarded a prize.
Dutch Influences in the Architecture of Gdańsk/ Nederlandse
invloeden in de architektuur in Gdansk TU Delft Faculty of Architecture.
1987, Town Halls of Haarlem 1985 and Rotterdam 1986
A Playhouse in Amsterdam with M. Nakonieczny. (an international idea competition).
Muziek Theater Amsterdam 1987
International Symposium Ceramics for Architecture. Kadyny 1974, 1975, 1976.
Publications
Ideograms in Architecture. Between Sign and Meaning.
Bernardinum. 240 pages, 350 images. Pelplin, 2010
Arte and Arche. [In] A+U Magazine, p. 09-15. UBI 2009
Rain in Architecture and Urban Design
Weimar Verlag der Bauhaus: Universität Weimar. 2007, p. 12-19, ISBN 978-3-86068-329-3. ed. by Lucyna Nyka.
Cyfrowa Architektura - cyfrowa edukacja. TRANS-FORM. (R)ewolucja form we
wspolczesnej architekturze. Digital architecture_digital education. (R)ewolution of
the form in contemporary architecture. [in:] Architektura Murator,
10 2005 nr 10 = 133, p. 95-97.
Architektura znaczen.
Architecture of meaning, The book published by
Wydawnictwo Politechniki Gdańskiej in 1997
Continuity & Development of Diabelkowo in Gdańsk, Poland 1995.
17th Internationale Konferenz Making Cities Livable. New Urban Neighborhoods. Freiburg 1995.
Change and Continuity. The Urban Scene and the History of the Future ACSA.
Washington 1995
Idea ujeta w kamien /The idea embodied in stone 1995, III
International Conference of Sacral Architecture ARCHISACRA '95, Warsaw
1995
Landscape for the New Housing Estates in Gdańsk. Landscape
Design 1983. Vol. 143/6
Strutture per il Giocco in Polonia. Domus 1979, nr 596
Married to: Katarzyna Krenz
, writer and translator
jkrenz@pg.gda.pl
www.krenz.prv.pl