Background
He was born in Warsaw, Poland and studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.
He was born in Warsaw, Poland and studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.
Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1964 he was sent to Paris by the Ministerstwo Kultury (Polish Ministry of Culture). He smuggled manuscripts of dissident writers from Poland and the Soviet Union into the West. After receiving the award he was not allowed to return to Poland for many years.
He moved to New York City in 1968.
He also lived and worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Houston, Texas. Witold-K has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, since 1980.