Jan Dobkowski was born in Łomża, 1942. His artistic pursuits include painting, drawing and action planning. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; honours degree under Professor Jan Cybis for winner of Rector's Award in 1968; winner of the C. K. Norwid Art Criticism Award (1978) and the Jan Cybis Award for Lifetime Achievement (1994); awarded the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2013). Between 1967 and 2014 the works by Jan Dobkowski were exhibited in nearly 200 solo exhibitions and over 200 group exhibitions in public and private institutions and galleries in Poland and abroad.