Zyg Jankowski was born in 1925 in South Bend, Indiana. He was educated at the California College of Arts & Crafts, Berkeley. There he studied under Victor DeWild, George Post & Otis Oldfield.
Jankowski, is a remarkable artist known for his strange sense of color values. He has spent a lifetime as a painter and has explored many mediums, pushing them to their limits while searching for a more direct and immediate means of personal expression.
[pieces taken from the promotional booklet for the show "Zygmund Jankowski, the Other Art" at the ARA Gallery, Hamilton,MA. Booklet designed by Karen Swanson, 2004]