Painter, draftsman, educator. Born in 1955 in Warsaw. Studied at the Faculty of Painting of Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Prof. Stefan Gierowski (1975-1980). Since 1982 member of the didactic staff in the Academy. Co-founder of GRUPPA (1982-1992) — the artistic group of graduates of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (Ryszard Grzyb, Paweł Kowalewski, Jarosław Modzelewski, Włodzimierz Pawlak, Marek Sobczyk, Ryszard Woźniak) representing the new expression movement.