Was born 20.08.1961 in Świdnica, died 13.04.2023 in Katowice.
Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Department of Graphics in Katowice. Diploma with distinction in 1988. Full professor, he runs a painting studio for students from the second to fifth year (diploma) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Since 1989, he has completed eleven series of paintings, including: "Adhesions", "Walls of the Past", "Building Identity", "My house is my language", "Multicultural", "Narcosis and Euphoria".
Winner of 30 national and international awards and prizes, including the Grand Prix - the prize of the mayor of the city of Chamalières at the 1st World Triennial of Small Graphic Forms in Chamalières (France, 1988). Scholarship (grant) "The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award" in New York (USA, 1993). Gold Medal at the XXXI National Painting Exhibition Bielska Jesień (Bielsko-Biała, 1994), Bronze Medal - Meritorious to Culture Gloria Artis (2016).
He has had more than 30 solo exhibitions at home and abroad, most recently, "Building Identity," BWA Katowice, EL Gallery, Elbląg, 2007. "My house is my language," Critics Show Gallery, Warsaw, 2010. "My house is my language," Rondo Art Gallery, Katowice, 2012. "Multikulti," Extravagance Gallery, Sielecki Castle Contemporary Art Center, Sosnowiec, 2014. "Loading, please wait...," Arttrakt Gallery, Wroclaw, 2016. "Narcosis and euphoria," Rondo Art Gallery, Katowice, 2019.
He has participated in nearly 300 group exhibitions at home and abroad, including "Critics about Us," BWA Sopot,1989. Biennale of New Art, BWA Zielona Gora, 1989. "Black Hole," BWA Katowice, 1990. "Eye on the Fork. Crème de la crème of Polish contemporary painting," BWA Katowice, 1992. "Demolition of the Iron Curtain," Kühlhaus Exhibition Center, Berlin, Germany, 2011. "Trojan Horse," BWA Katowice. "Out of the Depths - Artists of the Silesian Museum," Silesian Museum in Katowice, 2015. "Dialog der Generationen - Neue Polnische Kunst," Freies Museum Berlin, Kunsthalle Hannover, Germany, 2015. "Explosion of the Letter," Baltic Contemporary Art Center, Slupsk, Rondo Art Gallery, Katowice, 2017.
He has repeatedly participated in art fairs in Cologne and Frankfurt, Germany, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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