Jan Sawka

Jan Sawka

In 1946, Sawka was born to an architect father and linguist mother, Jan and Maria Sawka, in the Silesian city of Zabrze. Sawka completed two Masters degrees; in painting and print-making from the Wroclaw Fine Arts Academy and in Architectural Engineering from the Institute of Technology in Wroclaw. He is a painter, sculptor, architect, multimedia, graphic, and stage designer. His works are in the collections of over 60 international museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., Victoria and Albert in London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Polish National Museums, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and Museum of Modern Art in Toyama, Japan.