Krzysztof Kokoryn graduated from Warsaw's Academy of Fine Arts in 1992. He currently lives and paints in Warsaw. He is also an accomplished filmmaker.

In the tradition of great artists since the Renaissance, Kokoryn finds noteworthy subject matter in everyday things, like dancing, music, or the gathering of friends at a café. His work is marked by an intense love of color.

Although a successful artist, Kokoryn would prefer a beer in a pub with friends to anything that smacks of elegance or the normal trappings of success. "Perhaps it is because I am a nomad, like my Tartar ancestors," he explains. He lives his life "real," and he paints it that way. His paintings tell the tales of life lived day-to-day. They are the stories told at family gatherings or the remembrances exchanged between friends.

For Kokoryn, painting is "like singing a ballad; something natural that flows from inside. It is building a character and all the circumstances in which it exists. Not just physical circumstances like a room . . . or a harbor [but] also things like mood." In the most mundane moments, there is always something for Kokoryn to "sing" about.