Born in Grodno, she remained there until the outbreak of the Second World War. In 1940 she was arrested and deported to Russia.
Two years later she joined the Polish Army in its march to the Middle East. In 1946 she moved to London where she studied under professor David Bomberg at the Borough Polytechnic in 1947-50.

She was on the Board of the National Society of Painters and Sculptors, and of the Association of International Arts. In 1980 she became Chairman of the Association of Polish Artists in Great Britain. She practices painting, graphic art, and designs stained glass windows (St. Bobola Church, London and Holy Trinity Church in Wolverhampton). Her work is in the National Museum in Warsaw, the Museum of Art in Lódz, the Archives of Emigration Artists in Torun Museum and many private collections in both Poland and the UK. She was featured in Who’s Who in Art, Who’s Who in Europe, Contemporary Polish Artists in Great Britain, and Art in Exile. From 1965 – 2007 she was a Director of the POSK Gallery in the Polish Social and Cultural Centre (POSK) in Hammersmith, London.

Stanisław Sławomir Blatton was born in Limanowa, Poland.

From 1993 to1969 he trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and graduated with an MA in Painting and Graphics.

In Poland his work featured in number of exhibitions including ‘The Festival of Polish Art’ and ‘Young Contemporaries’.

In 1970 he won a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture

and in the same year moved to London.

Between 1975 and 2004 Blatton taught etching at The Working Men’s College in London and was awarded the Duke of York Medal for services to Adult Education.

He also worked as a Conservation Officer in the Framing Department at The National Gallery in London for 13 years.

Blatton’s work is mainly figurative and he is best known for his expressive watercolours which use highlighted colour and deformed figures to capture emotions.

His solo exhibitions in London include the Art Centre Gallery, the Polish Cultural Institute and the Bloomsbury Theatre. 

blatton@btinternet.com

Born in Wilno. In 1940 his family was deported to Siberia,Russia, then evacuated to Isfahan, Persia. In 1944 he was invited to New Zealand with other Polish children. Studied art at Welington College N.Z. 1956-59 and came to London in the 1960s and has lived there ever since. Studied art in the studio of Professor Marian Bohusz-Szyszko (1962-64).

Also studied Chinese painting for a year. Studied photography and exhibited with the Kodak Camera Club in Holborn. Took part in group art exhibitions in New Zealand and England; two one man shows in the Polish Social and Cultural Centre POSK Gallery, London.

andrdawidowski@yahoo.co.uk

Born in Kartuzy, North Poland. Her childhood was war and German camps. RAYA,
completely self-taught, started painting in 1970 after a visit to her childhood places in Poland. Since then she has shown her paintings all over Europe in over 30 solo exhibitions and numerous group shows. RAYA lives in Exeter, Devon.

“Art in itself is an expression of hope, the ultimate opposite to the deadly silence of despair. I see Art as a speci c way of life, with its very own language. This language develops throughout an artist’s life. It is personal, but still takes in uences from all sides, as does any language that isn’t formal, stale or dead.”

e-mail: rayaherzig@gmail.com websites: www.rayaherzig.co.uk

Painter, poet and writer.
She has written a book of poems illustrated with her paintings: Szczęśliwe Oczy ‘’(Blissful eyes), Norbertinum, Lublin, 2012. She has been a member of the APA since 1987, and active as a secretary there for many years.
Solo exhibitions in POSK Gallery: 1993, 1995 and 2005.
Group exhibitions:
St. Martin`s Gallery, London, 1989
Centaur Gallery, London, 1990
The Quaker Gallery, London, 2002
Dom Wspolnota Polska, Krakow, 1992
Rickshaw House Gallery, London, 2009 & 2014.
Member of the Ealing Art Group and the Association of Polish Writers Abroad. Her watercolour abstracts originate from ‘art informel’
and ‘tachism’ with controlled spontaneity.

ela@lewan.plus.com

Born in Poland, Malski studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. (Post graduate studies: Wroclaw University and School of Film in Lodz).
His initial creativity gained much inspiration from his close contact with the artistic world of Krakow. First exhibition: Galeria Krzysztofory, one man exhibition : Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw.

Moved to London in 1971 and gained more experience in commercial photography and inspiration from the diverse society of the capital. For the international press, Malski covered such signi cant events as London Fashion Week, visits of Polish presidents to the Queen and was house photographer for the Miss World Competition.

His favourite technique is montage, and the philosophy of developing Conceptualism is his driving force.

Tel: 020 7737 1161 M: 07958 35 02 42 christophermalski@btinternet.com

Painter and graphic artist born in Kraków and educated in London.
She has been practicing art since 1970s. In her screen prints, collagraphs and etchings she works on the border between abstract art and representation, exploring textures and organic forms inspired by natural shapes and landscapes.

halina.nekandatrepka@gmail.com

Agata Peksa was born in Krakow, Poland. In 1987-1992 she studied at the Institute of Art Education at the Higher School of Pedagogy in Krakow and received her MA at the Faculty of Painting under Professor Irena Popiolek in 1992.

Agata is based in London where she studied computer graphics & design. She mainly works in acrylics. Her canvases re ect a process of thought - through human gures she is telling a story about herself, about others, about life.

In 2001 she joined The Association of Polish Artists in Great Britain (APA) and regularly shows her paintings at APA’s annual exhibitions in the POSK Gallery in London.

telephone 07540 833544

agapeksa@yahoo.com

For 30 years I have been taking photographs, and with a background as a research scientist I bring an inquisitive approach to my art.
In 2004 (Trees at Llyn Idwal), and 2005 (Grandma’s Birches), were exhibited at the Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy in London.

Author of exhibitions entitled ‘The mysticism of nature’, ‘Art at Work’, ‘The mysticism of places without people’, ‘Signs of Ethiopia’,‘The Tree’, and ‘Travels with Infra-Red’. Author and co-author of multimedia displays entitled ‘You are’, ‘Blue’ and ‘Form’. Author of the photographic art book - “AGCT”( viral) defence (launch), published August 2012.

I have taken part in many group exhibitions of the Association of Polish Artists in Great Britain.
More works can be viewed at www.rsimages.smugmug.com rsimages@tiscali.co.uk