Paweł Janusz WĄTROBA (b. 1974), Shinrin-yoku: Forest Bathing, 2025

aquatint, Fabriano paper, 56 x 78 cm, ink on paper, signed lower right: Paweł Janusz Wątroba 2025

In 2001, he graduated from the Institute of Art at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He earned his diploma in the painting studio of Dr. Aleksander Pieńka and completed a supplementary program in the photography studio of Prof. Halina Cader-Pawłowska. Since 2002, he has been professionally engaged in printmaking, particularly intaglio techniques, at his alma mater. He is the originator and founder of the recurring print series titled “Teka Mazowiecka.”
Paweł Wątroba’s works have been exhibited, among other places, at the TPSzP Palace of Art in Kraków and the BWA in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The artist’s paintings and drawings are included in the collections of the TPSzP in Kraków, the BWA in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, and in private collections.