Andrzej Jackowski (b. 1947)

Andrzej Jackowski was born in 1947 in Penley Polish Hospital no. 3, a Polish resettlement camp in Penley, to Polish refugee parents. Jackowski spent the first 11 years of his life in Penley camp and attended a Polish language school. Jackowski was later sent with his half-brother to Nottingham to learn English. In 1958, the family moved to London and his parents later separated in 1961. Jackowski attended Holland Park School. From 1966 to 1969, Jackowski studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts under Euan Uglow. Jackowski later attended the Falmouth School of Art from 1972 to 1973, and the Royal College of Art from 1974 to 1977.