Marcin Maciejowski, born in 1974 in Babice near Krakow, pursued his studies at the Faculty of Architecture of the Cracow University of Technology (1994-1996) before moving to the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (1996-2001). A founding member of the Ĺadnie Group from 1995 to 2001, he has also been honoured with the Paszport Polityki award in 2003. His artworks are housed in numerous museum and private collections across the globe, including the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, the Frissiras Museum in Athens, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and the National Museum in Krakow.