I am an award-winning portrait and figurative artist from Poland specializing in highly detailed works in pencil.
After graduating from Academy of Arts in Wroclaw and Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan, i have worked as a graphic designer in advertising agencies in Switzerland and Austria. Following my graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and doctoral degree in drawing, I was confirmed in my decision to continue my professional journey as an artist. Since 2010 I have been taking part in international art competitions and exhibitions. In 2011 I won my first prestigious award – The International Association of Art (IAA) Europe Award.
I have always been interested in portraying reality. I look for inspiration in the nature of the observed fragments, mostly on events taking place in my immediate surroundings. My works shows intense moods and relevant experiences, that accompany me in the act of creation. I try to change various elements in my projects, checking their purposefulness and artistic usefulness. I believe that every manifestation of creative activity – especially in the visual arts – has its optimal scale, at which it affects the recipient the most.
In my works I try to explore this relationship using realistic drawing and exposing society to art. I care about focusing on artist’s recognizable style as an important factor of influencing society perception. In my drawings abstract elements, as well as realistic drawing, are strongly considered – visually and psychologically. That style cannot be collapsed into one way of seeing my work. It is a combination of classical art and something entirely new.
Selected Achievements and Distinctions:
| 2023 | Finalist of the International Artist Prize Competition Art Revolution Taipei, Taiwan Scholarship of the President of Wrocław for the project „Plastic Reality” |
| 2022 | Finalist of the Alpine Felloship Prize UK Finalist 18 INTERBIFEP International Biennial of Portrait, Bosnia and Hercegowina |
| 2021 | Nominated Emerging Scene Art Prize Dubai Honorable Mention 8th Prisma Art Prize, Italy Finalist of The Koschatzky Art-Award, Vienna |
| 2020 | Nominated to COCA20 CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS Project |
| 2019 | Finalist of CFA Artist of the Year Award |
| 2018 | Finalist of The 5th Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition Nominated to Re:artiste “SHOW YOUR WORLD” International Art Competition New York Nominated to 5th ITS LIQUID International Contest, Venice, Italy Nominated to the Visual Art Open Competition |
| 2017 | Nominated to the FID Prize International Drawing Contest |
| 2016 | OSTEN AWARD OSTEN BIENNIAL OF DRAWING Skopje, Macedonia Finalist of Premio Arte Roma, Rome, Italy Basu Foundation for the Arts Award Kolkata, 10th International Arte Laguna Prize, Italy Artistic Serigraphy Fallani Award Venice, 10th International Arte Laguna Prize Finalist of IEAA 2015-2016 Gallery Show Award Brussels, Belgium Honorable Mention ARTIST PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE Art Exhibit & Magazine Honorable Mention Chopin Portrait Competition Warsaw, Poland |
| 2015 | Certificate of Excellence CHELSEA INTERNATIONAL FINE ART COMPETITION, Agora Gallery, New York VENEZIA PROJECT International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy “The Base Line: An Exhibition on Drawing” ARC Gallery, Chicago |
| 2014 | Finalist of Aesthetica Art Prize, York, Great Britain |
| 2013 | ART FRESH FESTIVAL Exhibition Warsaw, Poland |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention VIII. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF DRAWING PILSEN STRABAG ARTAWARD International Exhibition, Vienna |
| 2011 | Honorable Mention VII. TRIENNIAL OF POLISH MODERN DRAWING LUBACZÓW, Poland Honorable Mention BIENNALE OF YOUNG WROCŁAW, Poland Prize of The International Association of Art VII. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF DRAWING PILSEN |
| 2010 | V. PREMIO DE PINTURA Y ESCULTURA FIGURATIVAS, Madrid, Spain |