Bernadetta Stępień – Biography

Bernadetta Stępień was born in Krakow, and lives and works in the Krakow suburb of Zabierzów. She graduated from the High School of Fine Arts in Krakow, and in 1989 she graduated from the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

At the Third International Biennial of Pastel Drawings in Nowy Sacz in 2006, she received the Jerzy Madeyski Award. She belongs to the Polish Pastel Society as well as to the Krakow Branch of the Association of Visual Artists. In 2011, she was invited to cooperate with Umelecka Beseda Slovenska (the Association of Slovakian Artists), who also awarded her with official membership.

She paints in oils and watercolors, and she draws in pastels.

Since 2019, he has been the President of the Association of Polish Pastelists.