Born on April 23, 1944 in Częstochowa, Marek Cecuła is a world-renowned artist, ceramicist, educator and curator. He spent the first sixteen years of his life in Kielce before emigrating to Israel. Twelve years later he moved to Brazil which was followed by a move to New York in 1976 where he set up his Modus Design Studio and Contemporary Porcelain Gallery. From 1985-2004 he was Head and Coordinator of the Ceramics Department at Parsons School of Design in New York and from 2004-2010 he was Visiting Professor at the National Academy of the Arts in Bergen. In 2012 he opened Design Centrum Kielce and a year later, the Ćmielów Design Studio. He currently holds the post of Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art, London.