Has gratuated with honors from the Warsaw Academy of Arts where she has studied under such Polish masters as J. Tarasin, E. Eibisch, A. Kobzdej. There have been fifty exhibitions of her paintings, drawings and ceramic sculpture. Her works were shown at Zachęta Gallery in Warsaw, at art fairs in Basel, Wiesbaden, Stockholm, New York City, Moscow. In 1981 she left for New York City where she settled on Manhattan where she drew, painted, designed scenography and costumes for the avant-garde theatre „The Kitchen”. These designs were praised by „The New York Times” as the best of the Off Broadway projects and won Bakuta first prize. In 1982, by recommendation from the Guggenheim Museum she was awarded one year grant. She also is a columnist and illustrator for the „Playboy” and „Dziennik Łódzki” magazines. She has written and illustrated 8 books: How to Lose Friends (1991), How to Gain Friends (1992), Owner’s Manual (1993), Bandana (1994), a collection of essays written for the „Playboy” magazine entitled Sex on Credit, as well as Evidence of Love (1991- 92), The Last Ball. Letters to Agnieszka Osiecka (2001), She-Idiot (2003).