Władysław Podrazik was born in 1953 in Jodłowa. In 1984 he entered the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Till 1987 he studied painting in the studio of prof. S. Rodziński and drawing under the supervision of assistant prof. Z. Grzywacz. He graduated in 1989 from the studio of prof. Jerzy Nowosielski. He lives and works in Krakow, painting, writing poetry and reviewing art.