1915 - 1990 A Polish theatre director, author of happenings, painter, stage designer, writer, theoretician of art, actor and teacher. A winner of the international Rembrandt Award (1978), Targa Europea Award (1982), Minister of Culture and Art award of 1st degree (1981). Decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit (1954), French Legion of Honour (1985), Commander of the Order of Art and Letters of France (1989) and the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1990). Founder of the Cricot 2 Theatre.

Works in collection: National Museum in Warsaw, Krakow, Poznań, Wrocław, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Cricoteka - Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor in Krakow, MOCA Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, Ca'la Ghironda - Museo d'Arte Classica, Moderna e Contemporanea in Zola Predosa, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Museum Wuerth in Kuenzelsau, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent.

Selected exhibitions: Documenta, Kassel (1959, 1977); 15 Polish Painters, Museum of Modern Art, New York (1961); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1976); Venice Biennale (1982);  Muzeum Sztuki, Łódź i Musee d'Art Contemporain, Lyon; CSW Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw (2001); Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2005); Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn (2011); Spectra Art Space, Starak Family Foundation, Warsaw (2013); Moderna Museet Malmo, Malmo (2014); Cricoteka, Krakow (2014); retrospective exhibition, SESC, Sao Paulo (2015).