Sebastian Kudas

Who is Sebastian Kudas?

Sebastian Ludwik Kudas - polish graphic artist, illustrator, and Piwnica pod Baranami’s stage designer, graduated from VIII Prywatne Akademickie Liceum Ogólnokształcące in 1997.

Sebastian L. Kudas has been bound with „Piwnica pod Baranami” since 1995, thanks to Jerzy Skarżyński and Piotr Skrzynecki, as a stage designer and drawer. He accomplished several dozen stage designs for Piwnica’s performances, Piwnica artists’ recitals and a documentary about Wisława Szymborska directed by Antoni Krauze.

As an illustrator, he cooperated mainly with Jacek Kaczmarski, Ewa Lipska, Jan Nowicki, Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz, Janusz Radek. He illustrated unique publications, among others „Epitafia” by Wisława Szymborska, Ewa Lipska, Bronisław Maj, Michał Rusinek and „Apologia Balceroviciana” and „Balceroviciana varia”, published by café Nowa Prowincja. In 1999, together with Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz and Grzegorz Turnau, he founded „Chwilowa Grupa Artystyczna TRIO”; the group had exhibitions in Gliwice, Bytom, Jelenia Góra and Kraków. In 2001, together with Barbara Stępniak-Wilk and Maciej Dancewicz, he founded „Grupa Apokryficzna”. He worked as an assistant director with Antoni Krauze and Marta Meszaros.