Sculptor. Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow - andragog.
Co-initiator and preserver of the Center of Folk Art in Paszyn. Brother Albert Prize. Creator of decor wood-carving, sacred and secular representations.
Designer of theatrical performances, chief instructor for the arts at the Nowy Sącz Małopolska Cultural Center Sokół.
Conservator of wooden art objects, conservator and founder of the bee-hive farm Pasiecznym and the Anna Janusz Kasztelewiczów "Sądecki Bartnik" at Stróżach near Grybów.
Mentioned in several art books.
Franciszek Palka lives with his family in Nowy Sącz in a beautiful artistic house with an opulent garden, created together with his wife Barbara.
