Wojciech Kazimierz “Wojtek” Siudmak (born 10 October 1942 in Wieluń, Poland) is a Polish painter and sculptor celebrated as one of the leading figures of fantastic realism. Growing up in a town marked by the devastation of the Second World War, he carried early impressions of ruin and reconstruction that later resonated in his visionary, often apocalyptic universes. From 1956 to 1961 he studied at the Secondary Art School in Warsaw, then continued at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw until 1966, receiving a solid academic grounding in drawing and painting. In 1966 he moved to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts and eventually settled in France, where he still lives and works. Siudmak’s art combines meticulous, almost classical technique with surreal and cosmic imagery. He describes his style as “fantastic hyperrealism,” blending naturalistic rendering with impossible architectures, hybrid bodies, and vast, dreamlike spaces. His work has been widely used in science fiction and fantasy culture, notably for Polish editions of Frank Herbert’s Dune and numerous album covers, and has influenced contemporary visualizations of speculative worlds. Over decades, Siudmak has exhibited internationally, received major distinctions in Poland and France, and remains a central reference for visionary and science-fiction–oriented art.