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Education

Coventry University | UK
Bachelor of Arts: Fine Arts & Illustration

2013-2017

3 years of studies were based firmly on studio experimentation and practice for me between painting, sculpture and illustration.

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Technical skills: painting, illustration, metalwork, laser-cut, wood carving, ceramics, casting

Placement: two months placement as a gallery assistant in Artemis Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tutors & lecturers: J. Taylor, G. Chorlton, F. Lowe, J. Devane and more

Achievements:

  1. Graduated with BA in Fine Art & Illustration

  2. Directed and organised the Fine Art & Illustration Degree Show of 2016

  3. Works displayed at Free Range in London at the Old Truman Brewery

  4. Took a part in the curating and organisational team for group exhibitions throughout 3 years of study, where I display my own paintings and sculptures

  5. Organised and curated one solo art show

Liceum Plastyczne w Kole | PL
Diploma: Visual Advertisement

2008-2012

4-year course teaching classical arts from painting, sculpture, photography, typography, and illustration in the context of visual advertisement. The school put a huge emphasis on general education, which equally helped develop art workshops and intellectual personality. The specialization of the art high school in graphic design. 

 

Technical skills: basics of design, basic of photography and film, clay sculpture, drawing in pencil, charcoal, ink, feather, sepia and acrylic painting, portrait, landscape, still-life, illustration, book illustration, 3D modelling in SketchUp, vector graphic design in CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

Placement: Each year attended Open Air Painting session to study nature

Tutors & lecturers: A. Kacprzak, A. Arasimowicz, W. Bukowiecki, J. Chodorowski, E. Kruk, J. Wojciechowski

Achievements:

  1. Graduated with an art diploma in the specialization of Graphic Design

  2. Matura (A-level)

  3. All works painted sold at the school auction

  4. One painting copy was bid at School Auction for a Church

Exhibitions

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