Artists & Illustrators

Kesja Tabaczuk

BEFORE KESJA TABACZUK came into the world, her father wrote love letters to her mother, embellished with beautiful illustrations of flowers and birds in coloured pen. Kesja describes him as her first artistic hero and her mother – also artistically talented – dreamed of Kesja becoming a painter.

“Ever since I can remember I loved to draw; I think all children do. When I was seven, I started horse riding and drew horses for many years after that. I went on to study art at 13-years-old, mainly interested in creating figures,” shares Kesja.

She graduated from high school with the Best Painting of the Year award and was accepted into the University of Art in Poland at the age of 18, but decided

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