Grzegorz Stec (born January 24, 1955) is a Polish painter, graphic artist and poet.
Stec was born on January 24, 1955 in Kraków, Poland. In 1976–1981, he studied at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts graphics under Professor Włodzimierz Kunz and painting under Professor Jan Świderski. Stec had over 50 solo exhibitions, including the United States, Sweden, Germany and France. From 1996 to 2002 he was Artist in Residence at the Society for Arts Chicago (Exhibitions: “Letters to the Masters” (1996), "Exodus or Carnival?" (1997) und "Aqueducts of Dream" (1998)). From 2008 to 2009 retrospectives in Kraków - Pałac Sztuki (2012), in "Solvay" Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej [Centre for Contemporary Art] (2014), at the Judaica Foundation – Center For Jewish Culture Kraków (2014).[1] His large-scale paintings come work as a book illustrator and poster artist. About the work of Grzegorz Stec Polish television filmed the movie Zadręcza mnie zapach Czerni (1991, directed by Cezary Nowicki).[2] Stec introduced in Germany at the Polish Institute Leipzig (2014)[3] and in the gallery Abakus (Berlin Weissensee 2015).[4] His poems were translated into German by Dieter Kalka. The art critic Marek Sołtysik about Stec: "He is a prophet, a prophet of the apocalypse." (2011). "Only few artists can boast of such mature craft. In the case of Master Stec it is a recognized once and for all through the autumn Atelier 2014 ". He is married to the Polish literary historian Gabriela Matuszek und lives in Kraków.
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