Born in Zabrze in 1964, he studied at the Faculty of Graphic Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (branch in Katowice) and graduated in 1988, at Prof. Tomasz Jura’s Graphic Design Studio and Prof. Andrzej S. Kowalski’s Painting Studio. He has worked at the AFA in Katowice since 1992 and currently he teaches the Drawing Studio for students in years 2-5. He obtained the degree of associate professor (dr hab.) in 2003, and the title of Professor in 2011. He has served two terms as Rector of the Academy: 2012–2016 and 2016–2020. Author of solo exhibitions, including in Zabrze, Katowice, Gliwice, Lyon, Helsinki, London, Opava, and participant of numerous group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Author of several Way of the Cross cycles in churches in Zabrze, Gliwice, Licheń and Suzuka (Japan). He also designs church interiors.