Born in Detroit (1957), Borysewicz received his master's degree in theology before studying painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He has received two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Fellowships (1987, 1992) and a Guggenheim Painting Fellowship (1995). He has exhibited widely in the United States, Europe and Japan. Borysewicz also teaches Philosophy and Theology in NY and NJ. He resides in Brooklyn, NY.