He is a multimedia artist, working with performance, film, photography, drawing, installations and video sculptures.
Born on 4 June 1949 in Wrocław. Died on 29 July 2015. Between 1967 and 1972 he studied at the Faculty of Painting and Sculpture at the State School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
In 1972 he graduated from the Painting Studio headed by professor Jacek Żuławski and the Graphic Design Studio headed by associate professor Witold Janowski. Between 1978 and 1980, together with Adam Haras and Jerzy Ostrogórski, he founded and managed the multimedia gallery AUT in Gdańsk, and later OUT in Sopot. Between 1980 and 1982, together with associate professor Roman Usarewicz, he created an innovative programme of the Basic Design Studio, which he developed and implemented with Wojciech Zamiara in 1982-93. Based on this experience, he founded the Mixed-Media Studio “PI”, of which he still manages today. In 1995, he obtained the title of associate professor and in 2000 – full professor. Between 1990 and 1993 he served as Deputy Vice Chancellor and between 1993 and 1999 as Dean of the Faculty of Painting and Graphic Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He currently heads the Studio of Audio-Visual Space at the Faculty of Sculpture at the said university.
Czerwonka lived and worked in Sopot.