Rector

Born in Leśna on August 13, 1960. He studied at the Department of Graphic Arts and then at the Department of Painting at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków from 1981 to 1986. He received his diploma in painting under the supervision of Associate Professor Zbigniew Grzybowski in 1986. From the beginning of his career, he has been associated with his alma mater; he is aco-founder of the for Artistic Research, andmember of the editorial board of the journal Zeszyty Malarstwa, member of the International Association of theKrakow International Graphic Arts Biennial and the Polish Writers’ Union. Recipient of a scholarship MMinister of Culture and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York. Author of of poetry and essays on art.

He has been a member of the Senate of the Academy of Fine Arts without interruption since 1996. From 1996 to 1999 and from 1999 to 2002, he served as associate dean of the Department of Painting, and subsequently, from 2002 to 2005, as dean of the Department of Painting. From 2005 to 2020, he served as head of the Department of Painting at the Faculty of Painting. From 2014 to 2015, he was a member of the Awards Committee under the Minister of Science and Higher Education. From 2016 to 2020, he served as the head of the Community-Based Doctoral Studies program, and from 2019 to 2020, he was the director of the newly established Doctoral School at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. In 2019, he was a member of the constituent committee tasked with drafting the guidelines for the university’s new charter. For three terms, he served as the university’s coordinator for cooperation with the École Professionnelle des Arts Contemporains in Saxon (Switzerland), during which time he organized a student exhibition at the Label Art Festival in Brig, coordinated student participation in three editions of the international Imaginary Landscapes competition, and oversaw post-competition exhibitions in Poland, Switzerland, and Taiwan. For many years, he served as a board member, a member of the program council, a curator, and, on several occasions, a jury member of the International Print Triennial in Kraków, gaining experience alongside Prof. Witold Skulicz in managing a major international artistic undertaking.

• • The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • British Library, London
  • Jagiellonian Library, Kraków
  • Narodni Galleries, Prague
  • SMTG, Kraków
  • Polish Sculpture Center, Orońsko
  • Museum of Book Art, Łódź
  • Musashino Art University Museum & Library, Tokyo
  • Oxygen – Biennial Foundation, Győr
  • Statna Gallery, Banská Bystrica
  • Stanford University Libraries
  • The Polish Museum of America, Chicago
  • The Ossoliński National Institute, Wrocław
  • Kulczyk Foundation Collection, Poznań
  • The Foundation's Collection SignumFoundation, Poznań
  • and in private collections

His work has been recognized with, among other things:

• • Award fromthe Minister of Culture and Artof the Republic of Poland (1987)
  • as a prize at the Bielsko Autumn Festival (1991)
  • honorable mentionm at the 12th International Woodcut Biennial, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (1992)
  • honorable mentionm at the 12th International Biennial Ibizagrafic Printmaking Biennial 92, Spain (1992)
  • Regulations-Based Award at the International Print Triennial, Kraków (1994)
  • prize for graphic art at the International Graphic Arts Exhibition Intergrafia 97, Katowice (1997)
  • Third Prize at Inter-Kontakt-Grafik, Prague (1998)
  • The award ZPAP Award for International Triennial Textiles, Łódź (2004)
  • Youth’s Choice Award, at GRAPHICALLY EXTENDED International Print Network 2012
  • Horst-Janssen–Museum, Oldenburg, Germany (2012)
  • The award of the Małopolska Province for outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of culture ARS QUAERENDI (2017)
  • Silverm Medalem “For Merit in Culture – Gloria Artis” (2019)