1931	Born in France to Polish parents
1935	Return to Poland with the family
1940	Deportation of the family to Germany
1945	Liberation of the family by the US Army and departure to France
1946	Return to Poland
1946-48	Education as a lithographer at the graphic school of Walbrzych Nowa Ruda
1949	Studies at the School of Art and Design in Lódz
1950	Meets his first wife Halszka (Alina) Piekarczyk
1950-56	Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
1957	First trip to Paris
1959-63	Serie of monochrome paintings in white
1963	Painting on the color white
1965	Beginning of the work OPALKA 1965/1 – ∞
	Prize at the Exhibition of Young Polish Painters in Sopot, Poland
1968	Broadening of his concept: first voice recording
	Grand Prize at the First British International Print Biennial, Bradford
1969	10th Sao Paulo International Art Biennial, Brazil
	Gold Medal for graphic arts at the exhibition «Gold Bunch of Grapes» in Zielona Gora, Poland
1970	Sole and exclusive concentration on his work OPALKA 1965/1 – ∞ «The Critique’s Reward of Name K.C. Norwid» for the best personal painting exhibition in Warsaw   Prize at the 3rd International Print Biennial, Krakow Prize at the Second British International Print Biennial, Bradford Prize at the 7th International Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Tokyo Prize at the Art Museum Ohara, Tokyo
1971	First Prize of the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Poland
1972	First trip to the USA
1976	Meets Marie-Madeleine Gazeau
1976-77	DAAD’s scholarship in Berlin
1977	Settles in France
	Prize at the 14th Sao Paulo International Art Biennial, Brazil
1985-90	Visiting professor at the Summer Academy in Salzburg
1991	National Prize of Painting, Paris
1993	Kaiserring (King's Ring Prize), Goslar
1996	Special Prize of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw
2009	Awarded Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters, Paris
	Gold Medal of the Cultural Merit « Gloria Artis », Warsaw
2011	August 6th, died in Chieti, Italy