Biography
1944 Igor Mitoraj was born in Oderan, Germany, from Polish parents.
He then had a classic painting education at the Cracovie Art School and at the Cracovie Academy of Fine Art.
1968 In 1968 he came to Paris to follow his own study at the National School of Fine Arts where he approached the painting. After a two years journey in South America he diverts the sculpture for the first time and his first solo sculpture exhibition is held at the Galerie la Hune in Paris in 1976. Then he open a sculpture atelier in Paris and travels to New York and Greece where he studies classic sculpture.
1979 In 1979 he visits Carrara in Italy and decides that marble is the perfect material for his sculpture. Since the opening of his atelier in Carrara, in 1983, he has been living between Italy and Paris.

Exhibitions
2006 2006 Public exhibitions in Granada, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla, Spain. Fundació La Caixa
2005 Ca’ Pesaro Museum, Venice
2004 Mercati of Traiano, Rome
2004 The Tuillerie Gardens, Paris
2004 Galeria Joan Gaspar-Madrid, Spain
2003 The Norodowe Museum, Warsaw
2003 The International Center for Culture, Krakow
2002 The Tega Gallery, Milan
2002 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Lugano
2002 Galeria Joan Gaspar-Barcelona, Spain
2001 In March 28 2001, a great retrospective called “New Mythology” was held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.
1999 Museo Archeologico, Girardiredi Boboli Firenze
1999 Galeria Joan Gaspar-Barcelona, Spain
1997 KPMG, La Défense Paris
1997 Institut Polonais Rome
1996 Fondzione Publitaila Sysacuse, Italie
1995 Marisa Del Toe Gallery New York
1995 Carini Gallery Prato
1994 Time Machine, British Museum London
1994 Galeria Joan Gaspar-Barcelona, Spain
1994 National Gallery Warsaw
1993 Galerie JGM Paris
1992 JGM Galerie Madrid
1992 Yorkshire Sculpture Park Wakefield, UK
1991 First exhibition at JGM Gallery, Paris
1989 New York Academy of Art New York
1989 Sala Gaspar, Barcelona, Spain
1988 The Queen's Museum New York
1986 Biennale de Venise ( invitation spéciale) Venice
1982 Musée de la Sculpture Kassel, Germany
1976 Galerie La Hune Paris
1970 Espace Lumière, Grand-Palais Paris