Other image galleries: SmallWorks Series of small scale pieces from 2007. Postcards to Comerades The acclaimed series of assemblage prints. Book Assemblages Assemblage pieces built within book covers. The Anatomy Lesson Ten pieces on the theme of the human body.	Click HERE to visit page with view interactive rotatable assmblage piece.	Cick on image to view art work

Frank Turek's ubu studio, home to boxed assemblage and other thoughtful arts.
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Before you is a selection of images of my boxed assemblage artwork. Obviously viewing pictures of these three-dimensional enclosures will miss many of the elements that appear on opposite sides, around corners and hidden behind objects. With these pictures you will at least gain familiarity with the work and a desire to someday visit ubu studio to see the work truly.

The pieces labeled "still available" are a available for purchase. If your are interested please contact me.
There is a separate web gallery of my postcard series, prints of which are still available here: Postcards to Comrades.
Also a previous web design gallery for the Anatomy Lesson series may be viewed here: Anatomy Lesson

Frank Turek
Biographical Sketch

I was born and raised in New England, spent some years traveling abroad and around the States, and then settled in Portland in 1984.
From 1984 to 1990 my studies at the University of Southern Maine were equally weighted in the Fine Arts and Philosophy. I found that these disciplines complemented and informed each other and led my artistic development in a direction where visual intuition and considered thought are equally balanced.
In 1990-91 my studies at the Hasselrodt Institute culminated in a thesis project of a published collage work, Practical Knowledge, which was featured at the internationally recognized forum for artists books, Printed Matter, in New York City.
From 1991 to 2000 I quietly worked away on my assemblages. I had little interest in showing my work at the time and appeared in only a few group shows in Portland galleries.
In 2000 I had a successful and critically acknowledged show at Local 188 in Portland. It was in this exhibit where many became acquainted with my assemblage work.
From 2000 to 2004 I've been in group shows in several Portland area galleries.
In December of 2004 I opened, ubu studio art gallery in Portland. My studio and a permanent exhibit of my work was located here until October of 2006.
I have since moved across town to the historic State Theater building on Congress and High. Maintaining the name of ubu studio as my private studio space I spend most of my available time here in suite 323 creating the incredible boxed assemblage work that you see up above.

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