Henryk Waniek (born 4 March 1942) is a Polish artist, stage-set designer, author-journalist and commentator on literature and the arts.

Members of the group turned to magic and alchemy as well as the philosophy and religions of the Far East, attempting to access and use for artistic purposes differing levels of consciousness.

Since then he has lived and worked in Brwinów a short distance to the west of Warsaw, though he has continued to visit Silesia several times a year.

He frequently incorporates very traditional features such as windows, drinking vessels, ladders, devils, rainbows and shooting stars.

He is particularly known for his three volumes of essays on Silesia: A subsequent work, "Wyprzedaż duchów" ("Sale of Ghosts", 2007), describes a journey through the region that since the start of the twentieth century has become known as the Sudetenland ("Kraj Sudetów").

His collection of poems, short stories and stage miniatures appeared in 2013 under the title "Notatnik i modlitewnik drogowy" ("The travellers book of notes and prayers") "Cmentarz nieśmiertelnych" ("Cemetery of the undead", 2015) is the story of the Szklarska Poręba artists' colony.

In 1998 Andrzej Titkow made a documentary film about Henryk Waniek under the title "Sztuka błądzenia" (loosely "The wanderer's art").