Jan Piotr Kowalski

Place: Lviv

Born: 1927

Death: 2004

Biography:

Piotr Kowalski was a French-Polish artist, sculptor, and architect. He was born on March 2, 1927, in Lviv, Poland (now Ukraine) and died on January 7, 2004, in Paris, France. Kowalski studied mathematics and architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. He worked as an architect for I. M. Pei and Marcel Breuer before settling in France in the late 1950s. Kowalski is known for his work in non-traditional materials, including electronic and mechanical devices, neon art, large earth works, explosions, and other natural phenomena such as plant growth and gravity. Along with gallery works, he installed several large outdoor projects.