Adam's first language was Polish, his second English and his third language became Art.

Beginning with clay and drawing, Adam loved to create super-heroes who had two identities. He saw his two worlds overlapping at times and separate at others. Adam's art became a vehicle to express both things at once.

In 1973, Adam and his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Amid the Rocky Mountains and wide-opened spaces, Orla-Bukowski relied on his artwork to express himself within a rural environment.

Upon graduating from high school in 1981, Adam attended the Kosciuszko Foundation’s Polish Summer Sessions in Krakow, Poland. For six weeks Adam was surrounded by Polish art, culture and saw the artists in Poland use their art to express themselves amidst the rule of Communism.  His creative identity grew from seeing the power of art move beyond languages, cultures and politics.

Back in the U.S., Adam began painting more and his artwork matured as he continued to study independently and in school.

Orla-Bukowski moved to San Francisco in 1985, and enrolled at the Academy of Art College in 1987 to study Advertising. The important theme of assimilating in American pop culture drove his talents.

Adam continued working on his art in his spare time. After working as an Art Director in Advertising for 13 years, Adam left to concentrate on his art.

With a boundless thirst for expressing himself, Adam explores different styles and subjects to seek his own truths in art.

Adam lives with his wife Carmen and son Pablo in Alameda, California.

Pablo teaches his dad how to learn about life through the eyes of a child.