Paweł Grunert (born 1965, Warsaw) is a pioneer of the art furniture movement in Poland. He graduated from the Faculty of Interior Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where in 1990 he received his diploma with distinction in the Furniture Design Studio for his project My Chairs. Between 1990 and 1991, he worked as an assistant in the same studio, and from 1993 to 1994 he was affiliated with the Studio of Visual Forms.

Grunert’s work exists on the border between sculpture and functional design. The artist combines visual power with structural mystery, engineering precision with the expressive gesture of sculpture. In his creations, he uses both natural materials - branches, grass, straw, wood, or wicker - and contemporary ones such as metal, brick, or fabric.

A special place in his oeuvre is occupied by chairs - objects balancing between function and form, often monumental in scale, reaching several meters in height. Grunert perceives them as organic forms capable of growth and endurance. “I dream of fields sown with chairs that grow like vineyards in France,” says the artist.

He made his debut in 1988 during the Arsenał exhibition and has since presented his works in numerous solo and group shows, including Dom (1993), Objects (1995), Show in the Factory (1997), Meblarium 1 (2002), and Opera Gallery (2003). His sculptures and furniture pieces are held in both museum and private collections in Poland and abroad.