Sculptor in various materials, born in Wilno, Poland. He served with the Polish forces in France and the Middle East, then as a fighter pilot with the Royal Air Force. Studied sculpture in Poland and Romania and after World War II at Nottingham University College and College of Art, where he became a visiting teacher. From 1951 he was a freelance sculptor, with well over 100 solo exhibitions in England. Kawalec’s work was both figurative and abstract, notable for its spiritual intensity. He was a member of Free Painters and Sculptors, Exeter Art Society and the Kenn Group. Among venues shown at were Castle Museum, Nottingham; RA; Drian Galleries; Edinburgh Festival; and abroad. Kawalec was appointed sculptor to St Christopher’s Hospice, Sydenham.