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An artist, curator and researcher — a member of SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin and part of "Colonial Neighbours" archival research. He received MA in Art Praxis from Dutch Art Institute at ArtEZ University in Arnhem, MA in Graphic Art from Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and BA in philosophy at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Within his practices he is interested in how artistic modalities of production are embedded within broader social and historical context and their potential to question the colonial heritage from within European space. At SAVVY Contemporary he co-curated Jean-Ulrick Désert monographic show Conspicous Invisibility together with Renan Laru-an and Mokia Laisin in June 2023 and was part of curatorial team of the project Unraveling the (Under-)Development Complex or Towards a Post-(Under)Development Interdependence: An Ode to Walter Rodney’s ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ 50 Years on (1972-2022) from April 2022 to January 2023. He was based in Iceland in years 2016-2020 co-curated with Wiola Ujazdowska an Autumn Exhibition at Hafnarborg Museum, Hafnarfjörður, worked as a manager of artistic program for Reykjavik City Library and presented his works at Nordic House, Reykjavik, Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum. In years 2018-2019 he was part artistic collective Maleza based in Mexico City. In years 2009-2016 he was based in Cracow and active in Polish art scene as an artists, writer and curator. His works are part of publish collection of Bunkier Sztuki Gallery of Contemporary Art in Cracow (together with Xawery Deskur Wolski) and were exhibited among others in Museum of Origins of Polish State in Gniezno, Archeological Museum in Cracow, PKP Powiśle in Warsaw, BWA Sokół Contemporary Art Centre in Nowy Sącz, Artboom Festival in Cracow. His texts were published in Szum Magazine, Blok Magazine, Kultura Współczesna (National Centre of Culture), and Journal for Cultural Studies (Jagiellonian University).