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Deals with: painting, graphic art, space arrangements, para-theatrical actions.
Essayist, critic.
Lives and works in Katowice.
1938 Born in Vilnius.
1956-1958/1958-1962 Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, later at the Departament of Graphic of Art in Katowice; diploma in 1962.
1963 First solo exhibition in the Gallery of Modern Art (Krzywe Koło ) in Warsaw.
1963-1968 Studies over occultism and magic,developing knowledge concerning history, religion, ancient cultures of the Near East and Greece, ancient and medieval philosophy;
intensive interst in alchemy (seen as a gnostic spiritual path),
and also Jung's psychology first experiments with psychodelic media- 'modifying consciousness'.
In the second half of the sixties a group of friends: Urszula Broll, Antoni Halor, Zygmunt Stuchlik, Andrzej Urbanowicz and Henryk Waniek
met together to discuss their problems and doubts; to realize their artistic undertakings.
1967 (They established The Group of Five Persons' Secret Cronicle - 23rd of Dec. - later called the League of Spiritual Discovery or ONEIRON).
1967-1971 He undertakes, mostly with Henryk Waniek, certain artistic activities (happenings, mystery shows) and also translating and publishing works.
1967-1968/1969 A member of 'Arkat' Group.
1967-1969 He takes the initiative in organizing The Silesian Gallery, later called The Katowice Gallery PSP-ZPAP;
he presents exhibitons there; organizes theoretical sessions and debating meetings concerning contemporary art.
1968-1970 He inspires and organizes nation-wide symposia - The Meetings of Authors and Theorists of Art in Katowice, which were held every year.
These meetings were essential for exchange of independent artistic thought.
from 1968 He starts practicing Zen Buddhism.
1972-1978 He deals with publishing activity, out of the official circulation, concerning culture and religion, mostly buddhism.
1978-1991 Visit in the United States.
1979 Scholarship of the Kościuszko Foundation in New York.
1992 Retrospective exhibition (1962-1992) in the Gallery of Contemporary Art BWA in Katowice.
1992-1994 Spectacles of the author's theatre ONEIRON 2, the first spectacle untitled 'Fetters'.
1993-1994 He calls into being the Center for Education through Culture 'Hermaion'.
1996 He establishes the theatre ONEIRON 3, spectacle - performance 'Burlesque?' - inaugural spectacle.
Theatre ONEIRON 2 and ONEIRON 3 - these are magical and visionary theatres and typical
for them is 'poetic art of ritual anarchy, where the borders between ceremonial and mystic event;
between eroticism and cosmic pathos, are blurred'.
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