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Magdalena Abakanowicz Marta Magdalena Abakanowicz-Kosmowska (20 June 1930 – 20 April 2017) was a Polish sculptor and fiber artist. She was known for her use of textiles as a sculptural medium and her outdoor installations. She is widely regarded as one of Poland ...

(1930-2017), sculptor *

Wiesław Adamski Wiesław Adamski (26 July 1947 – 10 February 2017) was a Polish sculptor. He was born in Wierzchowo. Biography Adamski, who used to live in Szczecinek, graduated from State High School of Fine Arts in Szczecin, and then studied at the Sculp ...

(born 1947), sculptor *

Kazimierz Adamski Kazimierz Adamski (born 1964) is a Polish sculptor. Biography He studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts from 1988 to 1993. He created the Old Testament prophet statues in the Krasicki Palace in Krasiczyn near Przemyśl. He is also desi ...

(born 1964), sculptor * Janusz Akermann (born 1957), painter and professor of Fine Arts in Gdańsk * Paweł Althamer (born 1967), sculptor, performance artist, installation artist *

Sylwester Ambroziak Sylwester Ambroziak (born 14 April 1964www.culture.pl
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(born 1964), sculptor

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Stanisław Baj Stanisław Baj (born 3 June 1953 in Dołhobrody) is a Polish painter. External linksBiography at the European Art Academy 20th-century Polish painters 20th-century Polish male artists 21st-century Polish painters 21st-century Polish ...

(born 1953), painter *

Tomasz Bajer Tomasz Bajer (born 1971) is a Polish visual artist interested in contemporary phenomenons as well as conceptions centred on free culture, social and political issues. In 1997, he was given a diploma and a reward for his artistic work at the Academy ...

(born 1971), sculptor, visual artist * Agnieszka Balewska (born 1967), painter, performance artist * Mirosław Bałka (born 1958), painter, sculptor, installation artist *

Krzysztof Bednarski Krzysztof Michał Bednarski (''KMB'') (25 July 1953 in Kraków) is a contemporary Polish-Italian sculptor. Life He was one of three sons of Irena and Jerzy Bednarski. Before the war, his parents lived in Lviv, Lwów on Kulparkowska Street. Bedn ...

(born 1953), sculptor *

Zdzisław Beksiński Zdzisław Beksiński (; 24 February 192921 February 2005) was a Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor, specializing in the field of dystopian surrealism. Beksiński made his paintings and drawings in what he called either a Baroque or a Go ...

(1929–2005), painter, photographer *

Jan Berdyszak Jan Berdyszak (15 June 1934 –18 September 2014) was a Polish artist. From 1952 to 1958, he studied at the Sculpture Department of the State College of Fine Arts in Poznań (now Fine Arts Academy), where he eventually returned as a lecturer. He ...

(1934-2014), installation artist *

Kiejstut Bereźnicki Kiejstut Bereźnicki (born 21 December 1935 in Poznań) is a Polish painter, draftsman, and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk The Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (''Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Gdańsku'') was founded in 1945 in Sop ...

(born 1935), painter *

Alicja Buławka-Fankidejska Alicja Buławka-Fankidejska (born 1983) is a Polish artist, ceramist, and sculptor. Biography Alicja Buławka-Fankidejska graduated from the State Secondary School of Fine Arts in Gdynia-Orłowo in 2003. Later she studied at the Faculty of Sculp ...

(born 1983), ceramist *

Bogna Burska Bogna Burska (born 1974) is a Polish playwright and visual artist known for installations, spatial photography and video. Her art is presented from a feminist perspective. Her initial painting compositions were narratives of congealed blood for ...

(born 1974), installation artist *

Agnieszka Brzezańska Agnieszka Brzezanska (born 1972, in Gdańsk) is a Polish artist based in Warsaw. She uses paint and video to imply narrative and significance in ordinary objects. Selected exhibitions 2007 *Les Rencontres d'Arles festival (Laureate to the Disco ...

(born 1972), visual artist *

Józef Bury Jozef Bury (born 1961 in Mielec, Poland, lives and works in Paris) is a multidisciplinary artist who articulates researches about space-and-time problems, polysensory perception, subcognitive attitude and memory of experience. While working with su ...

(born 1961), multidisciplinary artist *

Jerzy Bereś Jerzy Bereś (September 14, 1930 in Nowy Sącz, New Sącz – December 25, 2012 in Kraków) was a Polish sculptor, author and performance artist. Creativity In his work he used artistic manifestations. His works and projects are often political a ...

(1930 - 2012), sculptor, multidisciplinary artist

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* Michał Cała (born 1948), photographer

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Jerzy Duda-Gracz Jerzy Duda-Gracz (March 20, 1941 in Częstochowa – November 5, 2004 in Łagów) was a Polish painter. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków in 1968. His work was exhibited in over 187 national and international exhibitions and c ...

(1941–2004), painter *

Kasia Domanska Kasia Domanska (born 15 February 1972 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish painter. She studied in the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she graduated in 1995. She has participated in numerous individual and group exhib ...

(1972), painter

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* Stasys Eidrigevičius (born 1949), graphic, photographer

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* Wojciech Fangor (1922 – 2015), painter *

Waldemar Fydrych Waldemar Andrzej Fydrych "Major" (born April 8, 1953) is a Polish activist and founding leader of the Orange Alternative movement in Poland. Early career Fydrych was born in Toruń, Poland on April 8, 1953. He is a graduate of the History and Hi ...

(born 1953), performer

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Krzysztof Gliszczyński Krzysztof Gliszczyński (born 16 January 1962, Miastko, Poland) is a Polish painter from Sopot. He studied at the State College for Visual Arts (PWSSP) in Gdańsk between 1982–1987,Peter Grzybowski (born 1954), painter, performer * Roman Gajewski (born 1954), painter * Peter Grzybowski (1954 - 2013), multimedia and performance artist, painter

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* Władysław Hasior (1928–1999), sculptor *

Edward Hartwig Edward Hartwig (6 September 1909, Moscow– 28 October 2003, Warsaw) was a Polish photographer. Born on 6 September 1909 in Moscow and died on 28 October 2003 in Warsaw. He was the son of Ludwik Hartwig, already an established photographer in ...

(1909–2003), photographer

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Miho Iwata Miho Iwata (born 1962 in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan) is a performance artist, scenographer and choreographer. In 1986 she emigrated to Kraków, Poland, where she lives and works. Her work is performed at theater and arts festivals throughout Poland ...

(born 1962), performer

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Rafał Jakubowicz Rafał Jakubowicz (born 1974), is a visual artist and art critic. Education He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, at the Faculty of Artistic Education (1999) and the Faculty of Painting, Graphics and Sculpture (2000). He is currentl ...

(born 1974), visual artist *

Janusz Janowski Janusz Janowski (born September 9, 1965 in Połczyn Zdrój, Poland) is a Polish painter, jazz drummer, art theorist, since 2006 president of the Gdańsk Branch of the Association of Polish Painters and Designers (ZPAP), co-creator of the Kazimi ...

(born 1965), painter *

Zuzanna Janin Zuzanna Janin, (born 1961) is a Polish visual artist and former teenage actor. Janin lives and works in Warsaw and London. Janin has created sculpture, video, installation, photography and performatives. She used the names Zuzanna Baranowska (1 ...

(born 1961), painter, performer, installation artist * Aleksander Janicki (born 1963), graphic artist, photographer, performer * Krzysztof Jung (1951-1998), painter, performer and installation artist

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Koji Kamoji Koji Kamoji (born 1935 in Tokyo) is a Japanese/Polish contemporary artist, who lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. Life and works Koji Kamoji is a painter and creator installations and objects. Between 1953 and 1958 he studied at the Musashino A ...

(born 1935), painter, installation artist * Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990), painter, performer, assemblage artist *

Katarzyna Kobro Katarzyna Kobro (26 January 1898 – 21 February 1951) was a Polish avant-garde sculptor and a prominent representative of the Constructivist movement in Poland. A pioneer of innovative multi-dimensional abstract sculpture, she rejected Aes ...

(1898 - 1951), sculptor *

Piotr Kowalski Piotr Kowalski (2 March 1927 – 7 January 2004) was a Polish artist, sculptor, and architect. Kowalski worked in non-traditional materials including electronic and mechanical devices, neon art, large earth works, explosions and other natural phe ...

(1927–2004), sculptor and architect *

Katarzyna Kozyra Katarzyna Kozyra (born 1963) is a Polish video artist. She studied German studies at the University of Warsaw (1985–1988). In 1993, she also graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she studied sculpture and Hochschule für Grap ...

(born 1963), photography, video artist *

Wlodzimierz Ksiazek Włodzimierz Książek (1951 in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland – body found May 18, 2011 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Pawtucket, USA) was a Polish-born contemporary artist based in New England, and since 2001 worked from a 6000 sq. ft. studio in Rho ...

(1951-2011), abstract painter *

Zofia Kulik Zofia Kulik (born 1947 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish artist living and working in Łomianki (Warsaw), whose art combines political criticism with a feminist perspective. Career Kulik studied at the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fin ...

(born 1947), photography, performer *

Robert Kuśmirowski Robert Kuśmirowski (born 1973) is a Polish contemporary artist whose work includes sculpture, installations, performance and photography. His work uses reconstruction of historical artefacts and settings to examine and manipulate historical them ...

(born 1973), sculptor, performer, installation artist *

Andre de Krayewski Andre de Krayewski ( pl, Andrzej Krajewski) (June 20, 1933 – April 10, 2018) was an artist and Polish expatriate who resided Newark, New Jersey in the United States. With a career that spanned more than half a century, he created paintings in his ...

(born 1933), painter *

Jarosław Kukowski Jarosław Kukowski (born 11 April 1972 in Tczew) is a Polish Contemporary art, contemporary Painting, painter, juror of international art competitions (including The World's Greatest Erotic Art of Today). His works were exhibited, among others Br ...

(born 1972), painter *

(born 1947), performer * Jarosław Kozłowski (born 1945), painter, conceptual artist

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Zbigniew Libera Zbigniew Libera (born 7 July 1959) is a Polish artist, born in Pabianice, Poland. Libera's artworks are considered to fall under the styles of pop art and Critical Art Ensemble, critical art, and have been frequently used his works to comment on ...

(born 1959), photography, video and installation artist *

Norman Leto Norman Leto (born August 23, 1980, Bochnia, Poland), birth name Łukasz Banach,Norman Leto
at filmpolski.pl is a ...

(Łukasz Banach), (born 1980), video and visual artist *

Jan Lenica Jan Lenica (4 January 1928, Poznań, Poland – 5 October 2001, Berlin) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist. A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the e ...

(1928–2001), graphic, designer and cartoonist * Zbigniew Lengren, cartoonist and illustrator * Edward Lazikowski (Łazikowski) (born 1939) * Natalia Lach-Lachowicz (Natalia LL) (born 1937), visual artist, painter * Lea Lublin (1929 - 1999), performance

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Goshka Macuga Goshka Macuga (; born 1967 in Warsaw, Poland as Małgorzata Macuga) is an artist based in London. She was one of the four nominees for the 2008 Turner Prize. Life and work Goshka Macuga was born in Poland. A graduate of Central St. Martins Colle ...

(born 1967), artist * Agata Materowicz (born 1963), painter, photographer, graphic designer * Michal Martychowiec (born 1987), photography, video and installation artist

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* Dorota Nieznalska (born 1973), sculptor, photographer

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* Teofil Ociepka (1891-1978), painter *

Rafał Olbiński Rafał Olbinski (born February 21, 1943) is a Polish illustrator, painter, and educator, living in the United States. He is considered one of the major representatives of the Polish School of Posters. Biography Olbinski was born in Kielce, Pol ...

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Paulina Olowska Paulina Olowska (born 1976, Gdańsk) is a Polish painter and photographer, who also works in the field of performance and video-art, social action and applied art. The areas of her artistic explorations are modernist utopias and research on the w ...

(born 1976), painter *

Roman Opałka Roman Opałka (27 August 1931 – 6 August 2011) was a French-born Polish painter, whose works are mostly associated with conceptual art. Opałka was born on 27 August 1931 in Abbeville-Saint-Lucien, France, to Polish parents. The family retu ...

(1931-2011), painter * Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski (1922–1994), painter, sculptor, photographer *

Kazimierz Ostrowski Kazimierz Ostrowski (born February 14, 1917 in Berlin, died July 12, 1999 in Gdynia) was a Polish painter. Biography Kazimierz Ostrowski was born on February 14, 1917 in Berlin. In 1920 his family moved to Poznań. In 1934 Ostrowski left for G ...

(1917–1999), painter

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Andrzej Pitynski Andrzej Pitynski (15 March 1947, Ulanów – 18 September 2020, Mount Holly, New Jersey) was a Polish-American monumental sculptor who lived and worked in the United States. A book of his works was published in 2008. Work The Partisans In Jan ...

(born 1947), sculptor *

Jarosław Pijarowski Jaroslaw Pijarowski (born 18 December 1971) is a Polish avant-garde artist, art curator and founder of Teatr Tworzenia (Theater of Creation). He creates contemporary music, poetry, photography, fine arts and theatre-music spectacles. Career He ...

(born 1971), avant-garde artist, musician, photographer, performer * Emil Polit (born 1940), painter * Robert Pranagal (born 1969), photographer

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Joanna Rajkowska Joanna Rajkowska (born 1968) is a Polish contemporary artist who came onto the Polish art scene in the 1990s. Her most famous work is called " Greetings from Jerusalem Avenue", a 15-meter-tall (50-foot) artificial palm tree installed on Warsaw's ...

(born 1968), installation artist *

Zofia Rydet Zofia Rydet (May 5, 1911 – August 24, 1997) was a Polish photographer, best known for her project "Sociological Record", which aimed to document every household in Poland. She began working on "Sociological Record" in 1978 at the age of 67, and ...

(1911 – 1997), photographer

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* Joanna Salska, painter *

Henryk Stażewski Henryk Stażewski (pronounced: ; 9 January 1894 – 10 June 1988) was a Polish painter, writer, and visual artist. Stażewski's career spanned seven decades and he is considered a pivotal figure in the history of constructivism and geometric a ...

(1894-1988), painter * Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972), painter * Irene Monat Stern (1932-2010), painter *

Józef Szajna Józef Szajna (; 13 March 1922 in Rzeszów, Poland – 24 June 2008 in Warsaw) was a Polish set designer, director, playwright, theoretician of the theatre, painter and graphic artist. During the Second World War and occupation of Poland, S ...

(1922-2008), set designer, director, play writer, theoretician of the theatre, painter and graphic artist *

Alina Szapocznikow Alina Szapocznikow (; May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish sculptor and Holocaust survivor. She produced casts of her and her son's body. She worked mainly in bronze and stone and her provocative work recalled genres such as surrealism, nou ...

(1926–1973), sculptor * Marek Szczęsny (born 1939), painter * Andrzej Szewczyk (1950 - 2001), painter, conceptual artist

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* Jerzy Tomaszewski (born 1924), artist, reporter and photographer * Jacek Tylicki (born 1951), conceptual projects

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Piotr Uklański Piotr Uklański (born 1968) is a contemporary Polish-American artist who has produced art since the mid 1990s which have explored themes of spectacle, cliche, and tropes of modern art. Many of his pieces and projects take well-known, overused, s ...

(born 1968), photographer, installation artist *

Tomasz Urbanowicz Tomasz Urbanowicz (born 1959 in Wrocław, Poland) is an architect and a designer of architectural glass art. Biography Tomasz Urbanowicz graduated at the Faculty of Architecture of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wroc ...

(born 1959), architectural glass artist

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* Ryszard Wasko (born 1947), painter, photographer, video and installation artist *

Jurek Wajdowicz Jurek Wajdowicz (born April 26, 1951, Cracow) is a Polish-born American artist, graphic designer, fine art contemporary photographer and art director. He lives and works in New York City. Wajdowicz concentrates on images of poverty, famine, socia ...

(born 1951), photographer, artist, graphic designer * Maria Wąsowska (1931-1993), painter, graphic artist specialising in linocut *

Krzysztof Wodiczko Krzysztof Wodiczko (born April 16, 1943) is a Poles, Polish artist known for his large-scale presentation slide, slide and video projections on architectural facades and monuments. He has realized more than 80 such public projections in Australia ...

(born 1943), video and installation artist *

Jan de Weryha-Wysoczański image:Wappen der Ritter v. Wysoczański nach Siebmacher.jpg, 150px, The Wukry coat of arms Jan Michał, 6th Chevalier Wysoczański, de Weryha-Wysoczański-Pietrusiewicz''Almanach de Gotha, Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser'' XX ...

(born 1950), sculptor *

Andrzej Wróblewski Andrzej Wróblewski (15 June 1927 - 23 March 1957) was a Polish Figurative art, figurative painter who died in a mountaineering accident in 1957 when he was only 29. He is recognized by many as one of Poland's most prominent artists in the early p ...

(1927 - 1957), painter

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* Włodzimierz Zakrzewski (1916–1992), painter * Artur Żmijewski (born 1966), visual artist, filmmaker and photographer

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