74x38, oil on fiberboard, 2012
B .1959, Zary
Polish painter working mainly in oil technique. He received his diploma from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1989 under Prof. Szancenbach. His achievements include numerous individual and group exhibitions, at home and abroad (Europe, USA). He is the winner of many painting competitions, received the badge of honor "Meritorious for Polish Culture" and the Medal "Meritorious for Culture - Gloria Artis", as well as the Award of the City of Rzeszow in the field of culture and art for artistic achievements in the field of visual arts. In 1996-2002 he served as president of the Rzeszow District of the ZPAP. He initiated a series of exhibitions with a pen and brush around Rzeszow, as well as the International Painting and Sculpture Plein Air "Rakszawa" and "Orzechówka". In 2006, he participated in the Polish-French project "Beauty of Nature" in Les Arcys, Volgre (France). He was a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and Art for 1996/97, and in 2002 he was a resident artist in Klagenfurt (Austria) at the invitation of the mayor of that city; he is invited to open-air painting events every year. On a daily basis, he paints in his atelier in Rzeszow and teaches drawing and painting classes at the Visual Arts School Complex. His works are in private collections in Europe and North America. He regularly donates his works to charity auctions.
