Leszek Zbijowski
Leszek Zbijowski was born in 1951 in Bielsko-Biała. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, earning his diploma in 1976 from the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice. For many years, he developed his practice in artistic and design graphics, gaining recognition both in Poland and abroad.
From 1977 to 1997, he worked as a teacher at the State High School of Fine Arts in Bielsko-Biała, educating over 2,000 students. Over the years, he taught courses in design, drawing, lettering, photography, screen printing, and in later years also digital graphics, co-creating a modern computer studio.
From 1996 onward, he was affiliated with the Institute of Art at the Faculty of Arts in Cieszyn, University of Silesia in Katowice, where he developed the artistic possibilities of digital graphics. Thanks to his work and dedication, digital techniques gained recognition among traditional graphic artists and became a tool used in both professional and amateur artistic communities.
Leszek Zbijowski realized over 30 solo exhibitions, including shows in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, and participated in more than 130 international exhibitions and competitions, among others in Canada, Spain, England, France, Finland, Russia, China, Japan, the Czech Republic, Poland and USA. He received numerous awards, including in Toronto (2000), Gliwice (2001), Rijeka, Croatia (2001), and Ville-Marie, Canada (2002).