Artists Index: Rafal Zar

Rafal Zar was born in Pszczyna, Poland, during Martial Law in 1981. He has been based in the West Midlands since 2006. In June 2014 Eastside Projects presented Zar’s work at the Start Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London. After being selected for the 2013 edition of New Art West Midlands, for which he showed at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and The Barber Institute, Birmingham, Zar was awarded the First Prize. In 2012 he graduated from an MA in Fine Art from Birmingham City University, UK. From 2000–2006 he studied Fine Arts Education: Visual Arts, specialisation: Easel Painting and Art Teacher Training at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland