Background
Abakanowicz, Magdalena was born on June 20, 1930 in Falenty near Warsaw, Poland. Daughter of Konstanty and Helena (Domaszowska) Abakanowicz.
Abakanowicz, Magdalena was born on June 20, 1930 in Falenty near Warsaw, Poland. Daughter of Konstanty and Helena (Domaszowska) Abakanowicz.
Graduate, Warsaw Academy Fine Arts, 1954. Doctor (honorary), Royal College Art, London, 1974. Doctor (honorary), Rhode Island School Design, 1992.
Doctor (honorary), Academy Fine Arts, Lódz, Poland, 1998. Doctor (honorary), Pratt Institute, 2000. Doctor (honorary), Massachusetts College Art, 2001.
DHC (honorary), School of the Art Institute Chicago, 2002. Doctor (honorary), Academy Fine Arts, Poznan, Poland, 2002.
Professor, Academy Fine Art, Poznan, Poland, 1965; professor, Academy Fine Art, Poznan, Poland, 1979.
Member Presidential Council for Culture, since 1992. Member American Academy Arts and Letters (honorary), Polish Association Authors., Akademie der Kunste (honorary), Sachsische Akademie der Kunste, Dresden, Germany (honorary), Orden Pour le merite fur Wissenschaften und Kunste, Berlin.
Married Jan Kosmowski, September 22, 1956.