Lucas James Xavier Kolasa is an artist with the desire to make the world a better place through art. He co-founded Eunoia Gallery in order to do just that.
Creating art, organizing events and donating proceeds to charities such as: the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Doctors Without Borders, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society etc. As the gallery grew, the focus turned to children with Rare Diseases. Lucas was given a humanitarian and artistic achievement award, by the Quinnipiac University of Medicine, in the February of 2017. Every day, Lucas makes the mission statement (Making the World a Better Place Through Art) a reality.
VIDEO FEATURES
CBS News Sunday Morning Show
"Putting a face on rare, incurable diseases"
"Putting a face on rare, incurable diseases"
"Beyond the Diagnosis"
Art exhibit opens at the Broad Institute 2016
Art exhibit opens at the Broad Institute 2016
EXHIBITS
Fontainebleau Miami Beach (Fl.)
Harvard University (Mass.)
Broad Institute (Mass.)
Brown University (RI)
Quinnipiac University (Ct.)
Forty 1° North (RI)
Feinstein Institute (NY)
Children's of Texas (Tx)
Children's of Alabama (Al.)
Food and Drug Administration (MD)
National Institute of Health (MD)
Hofstra (NY)
Novartis (Mass)
Francesca Anderson Gallery (Mass.)
Providence Art Club (RI)
Wickford Art Association (RI)
The Wynn (NV)
Albright Knox (NY)
Warwick Art Museum (RI)
New Port Art Museum (RI)
University of Rhode Island (RI)
Bryant University (RI)
PBS (RI)
MGM GRAND (Conn.)
Regina A. Quick Center (NY)
Wickford Art Festival (RI)
WaterFire –assisted in 130+ instillations to date (RI)
Harvard University (Mass.)
Broad Institute (Mass.)
Brown University (RI)
Quinnipiac University (Ct.)
Forty 1° North (RI)
Feinstein Institute (NY)
Children's of Texas (Tx)
Children's of Alabama (Al.)
Food and Drug Administration (MD)
National Institute of Health (MD)
Hofstra (NY)
Novartis (Mass)
Francesca Anderson Gallery (Mass.)
Providence Art Club (RI)
Wickford Art Association (RI)
The Wynn (NV)
Albright Knox (NY)
Warwick Art Museum (RI)
New Port Art Museum (RI)
University of Rhode Island (RI)
Bryant University (RI)
PBS (RI)
MGM GRAND (Conn.)
Regina A. Quick Center (NY)
Wickford Art Festival (RI)
WaterFire –assisted in 130+ instillations to date (RI)
AWARDS
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine
Quinnipiac University
Humanitarian and Artistic Achievement Award
Quinnipiac University
Humanitarian and Artistic Achievement Award
Providence Art Club
Marjory Curit Award for Best Contemporary Art
Exhibition and Awards Juror: Claudia Seymour - president of the Salmagundi Art Club
Nationwide All Media Exhibition
Maxwell Mays & Moite Galleries, April 21 - May 9, 2014
Marjory Curit Award for Best Contemporary Art
Exhibition and Awards Juror: Claudia Seymour - president of the Salmagundi Art Club
Nationwide All Media Exhibition
Maxwell Mays & Moite Galleries, April 21 - May 9, 2014
Wickford Art Association
Anything Goes Show, August 30 - Sept15 2013
3rd place
Juror: Shawn Kenney
Anything Goes Show, August 30 - Sept15 2013
3rd place
Juror: Shawn Kenney
Wickford Art Association
Avante Garde, October 3rd - 26. 2014
Judge's Award
Juror: Richard Harrington
Juror's Statement:
LJXK; "Lizard Man" "Creative use of the medium for a standard form as well as the decorative application. High level of skill in use of surface texture."
Avante Garde, October 3rd - 26. 2014
Judge's Award
Juror: Richard Harrington
Juror's Statement:
LJXK; "Lizard Man" "Creative use of the medium for a standard form as well as the decorative application. High level of skill in use of surface texture."
Wickford Art Association
All media Show, April 10- May 3 2015
1st Place
Juror: Dennis Sirrine
Juror's Statement:
LJXK; "Giraffe"
"This piece popped off the canvas and put a big smile on my face. Drawn closer to the surface one discovers the artist's unique application of paint which gives it a 3-dimensionality, begging to reveal the painting process, popping against a flatter yet still painterly blue sky."
All media Show, April 10- May 3 2015
1st Place
Juror: Dennis Sirrine
Juror's Statement:
LJXK; "Giraffe"
"This piece popped off the canvas and put a big smile on my face. Drawn closer to the surface one discovers the artist's unique application of paint which gives it a 3-dimensionality, begging to reveal the painting process, popping against a flatter yet still painterly blue sky."
