Born in 1979 in Olkusz; honour degree in painting and ceramics under Professors Grzegorz Bednarski and Czesław Dźwigaj at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 2004; PhD in painting at the alma mater in 2019; grant from the National Centre For Culture Young Poland (2013) and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2012).
Winner of the Grand Prix of the 45th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień 2021 at Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, 2021, and winner of the Second Prize at the 44th Painting Biennale Bielska Jesień in 2019.
He has presented a number of solo exhibitions, including: 'Pyramid of Fools', Galeria Bielska BWA (Bielsko-Biała, 2023); Mein Herz brennt, Steiner Gallery (Vienna, Austria, 2021); 'Fruit From the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil' at the Pharmacy Museum in cooperation with the Propaganda gallery (Warsaw, 2021); 'The Triumph and Fall of My Master’s House' at the Municipal Art Centre (Gorzów Wlkp., 2020); 'Idolatria', Spółdzielnia Ogniwo, Kraków (2019); 'Dziś są moje urodziny' ('Today is my birthday') (together with Jakub Ciężki), BWA Galeria Sanocka, Sanok (2019); 'Das Ding', Steinek Gallery, Vienna, Austria (2018); 'O ciebie chodzi, gdy płonie dom sąsiada' ('It's All About You When Your Neighbor's House Is On Fire'), Punkt Odbioru Sztuki, Łódź (2017); 'Heiliger Alter and Idolatry', Propaganda, Warsaw (2017); 'Nazywam się Tomasz Kulka, mam 34 lata i chciałbym przespać całe życie ('My name is Tomasz Kulka, I'm 34 years old and I would like to sleep through my whole life'), Glass and Ceramics Gallery, BWA, Wrocław (2013); 'Dożynki' (Harvest Festival), The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko (2012).
Selected group exhibitions: Non-Disclosure, Agreement, Raumstation, Vienna, Austria (2018); 'Kalashnikov', Galeria Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków (2014); 4. Mediations Biennale, Poznań (2014); Ro/złaczenia (Dis/connections), Kuad Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (2014).