Karol Bąk was born in 1961 in Kolo, Poland. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan and graduated in 1989. Since then he has had 17 solo exhibitions and taken part in 10 group exhibitions. He paints using oil on canvas and often works on a few paintings at the same time. Karol Bak creates realistic canvasses with many of his figurative works being inspired by myth and mythology. He works and lives in Poznan.