1931 Born in France to Polish parents

1935 Return to Poland with the family

1940 Deportation of the family to Germany

1945 Liberation of the family by the US Army and departure to France

1946 Return to Poland

1946-48 Education as a lithographer at the graphic school of Walbrzych Nowa Ruda

1949 Studies at the School of Art and Design in Lódz

1950 Meets his first wife Alina Piekarczyk

1950-56 Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw

1957 First trip to Paris

1959-63 Serie of monochrome paintings in white

1963 Painting on the color white

1965 Beginning of the work OPALKA 1965/1 – ∞

Prize at the Exhibition of Young Polish Painters in Sopot, Poland

1968 Broadening of his concept: first voice recording

Grand Prize at the First British International Print Biennial, Bradford

1969 10th Sao Paulo International Art Biennial, Brazil

Gold Medal for graphic arts at the exhibition «Gold Bunch of Grapes» in Zielona Gora, Poland

1970 Sole and exclusive concentration on his work OPALKA 1965/1 – ∞

«The Critique’s Reward of Name K.C. Norwid» for the best personal painting exhibition in Warsaw

Prize at the 3rd International Print Biennial, Krakow

Prize at the Second British International Print Biennial, Bradford

Prize at the 7th International Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Tokyo

Prize at the Art Museum Ohara, Tokyo

1971 First Prize of the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Poland

1972 First trip to the USA

1976 Meets Marie-Madeleine Gazeau

1976-77 DAAD’s scholarship in Berlin

1977 Settles in France

Prize at the 14th Sao Paulo International Art Biennial, Brazil

1985/90 Visiting professor at the Summer Academy in Salzburg

1991 National Prize of Painting, Paris

1993 Kaiserring (King's Ring Prize), Goslar

1996 Special Prize of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw

2009 Awarded Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters, Paris

Gold Medal of the Cultural Merit « Gloria Artis », Warsaw

2011 August 6th, died in Chieti, Italie