In 1925, he graduated from the State School of Wood Industry in Zakopane, specializing as an ornamental sculptor.

In the autumn of 1941 and the spring of 1942, he lived in the village of Balice, in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, where he created wooden sculptures for the local church altar and a stone statue of Jesus Christ made from Pińczów stone, standing in front of the church.

[4] After the Warsaw uprising, he was deported by the Germans to forced labor camps in Oberhausen and Essen.

Many artists graduated from the "Kenar School," including sculptors such as Władysław Hasior, Stanisław Kulon, Antoni Rząsa, and Bronisław "Buni" Tusk.

[citation needed] In his own artistic creations, Kenar blended elements of the Podhale region with influences from Cubism and Art Deco.