Academic Teachers

ACADEMIC TEACHERS OF GRAPHIC ARTS PROGRAMME

ARTUR POPEK

COURSES TAUGHT:
Printmaking – Itaglio
Publishing Studio

Academic title: PhD, DSc, Prof.
University position: Professor
University function: Former Dean of The Faculty of Arts UMCS
e-mail: arturpopek@gmail.com 
website: www.arturpopek.com 

Artur is Full Professor at University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin. Dean of the Faculty of  Arts for the years 2012-2016. He specializes in Etching, Painting and Illustration.
Artistic achievements:
  • Author of over 100 catalogue, book, poster and job designs,
  • Winner of several prestigious prizes and distinctions for Graphics and Painting,
  • Arrangement of over 85 individual exhibitions, e.g.: the Gallery of the Polish Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia 2000, 1112 Gallery, Chicago, USA 1999-2013; Director's Guild of America, Los Angeles, USA, 2000; Unlimited Art Gallery Charlotte, USA 2002, Montante Performance Hall, Buffalo, USA, 2013, Oglesby Union Gallery - Tallahassee, FL USA,
  • Participation in over 70 international exhibitions, and over 100 collective exhibitions,
  • Co-operation with The New Daily in New York, as a graphic artist and an illustrator,
  • Recognition of his works by various prestigious institutions: galleries, museums and private collections of works of art.

ALICJA SNOCH-PAWLOWSKA

COURSE TAUGHT: 
Printmaking – Itaglio

Academic degree: PhD, DSc
University position: Associate Professor
University function: Dean 
e-mail: alicjasp@interia.pl
website: http://www.icondata.triennial.cracow.pl/en/artist/311

Alicja is an Associate Professor at University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin, where she is Dean of the Faculty of Arts.  She is also a Member of Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP) and International Print Triennial Society in Cracow (SMTG). She specializes in Intaglio Printmaking.
Artistic achievements:
  • 9 international awards and distinctions, 9 individual exhibitions, 60 group exhibitions in Poland, 130 international competitions and group exhibitions
  • 2014 jury member of 13th Lessedra World Art Print Annual – Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 2016 jury member of 2nd International 'Enter into Art' Installations – Kulturbunker, Cologne, Germany
  • 2018 jury member of 9th Painting & Mixed Media Competition – Sofia, Bulgaria

 

AGNIESZKA ZAWADZKA

COURSE TAUGHT: 
Printmaking – Linocut

Academic degree: PhD, DSc
University position: Assistant Professor
Uviversity function: Erasmus+ Coordinator
e-mail: agnieszkazawadzka21@wp.plagnieszka.zawadzka2@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl

Agnieszka Zawadzka has been living in Lublin all her life. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and presently she works for her home university. She is a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers. She holds a Ph.D. in fine arts specializing in graphics at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (2006) and habilitation at University of Arts in Poznań (2018). Her academic and creative interests are focused on graphics and illustration, as well as on the relationship between the word and the image in the authorial book. She regularly takes part in exhibitions, graphic competitions, international academic conferences and artistic plein-air workshops. She is a co-author of innovatory artistic-educational projects aimed at integration of persons with hearing impairment. As a participant of the Erasmus Program, she has conducted classes in Šiauliai University in Lithuania.


 

KAROL POMYKAŁA
COURSES TAUGHT: 

Digital Picture Editing
Printmaking - Linocut

KAROL POMYKAŁA
Academic degree: Master of Fine Arts
University position: Assistant
e-mail: art@karolpomykala.com
website: www.karolpomykala.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/karolpomykala

Karol Pomykała – artist, engraver, graphic designer. He creates his works mainly in linocut technique, combining traditional graphic art with the new technologies. He is also involved in digital art and advertising. He participated in many international exhibitions such as: 7th Ulsan Woodcut Festival in South Korea, Guanlan International Print Biennial in China, 10th and 11th International Graphic Art Prize Jesus Nunez in Spain and International Print Triennial in Turkey, Austria, Sweden and Cracow. His works were rewarded with more than a dozen prestigious prizes and honorary prizes among which the greatest was the Grand Prix in the International Print Triennial in Cracow. Linocuts of Karol Pomykała are displayed in museums and private collections in Poland and overseas. 

AWARDS:

  • Second Award Megalo International Print Prize, Kingston, Australia (2019)
  • Grand Prix International Print Triennial in Krakow, Krakow, Poland (2018)
  • Award them. Haliny Chrostowskiej, 10  Polish Print Triennial, Katowie, Poland (2018).
  • First Award, Antalis Design Awards category ART, Warsaw, Poland (2017)
  • Honorary Mention, 3rd International Printmaking Triennial of Ulus, Serbia (2017)
  • Award Nagry Imre Prize, IV International Prin Biennial Szeklerland, Rumunia (2016).
  • Honorable Mention, Nonesuch Art on Paper Awards, Parrsboro, Kanada (2016).
  • Honorable Mention, VIII Ural Print Triennial International Exhibition, Ufa, Russia (2016).
  • Honorable Mention, I International Print Biennial LODZPRINTS, Lodz, Poland (2016).
  • Honorable Mention, XIII International Graphic Competition them. Joseph Gielniak, Jelenia Gora, Poland (2016).
  • Bronze, Polish Advertising Competition KTR Portfolio, Warsaw, Poland (2016).
  • Second Prize, X International Print Award. Jesusa Nuneza, Betanzos, Hiszpania (2015).
  • Awarded. Paul Steller, IX Polish Print Triennial, Museum Slaskie, Katowie, Poland (2015).
  • Bronze KTR, Polish Advertising Competition KTR Print, Warsaw, Poland (2012).
  • Honorable Mention, IV Nationwide Graphic Contest. Ludwig’s Meidner, Olesnica, Poland (2011).
  • Gold KTR, Polish Advertising Competition KTR, category of Creative Student Print, Warsaw, Poland (2010).

 

 

ANDRZEJ MOSIO
COURSES TAUGHT: 
Experimental Printmaking                    Printmaking – Itaglio

Academic degree: Master of Fine Arts
University position: Assistant
University function: First Year Tutor 
Tutor of Student Reseach Group of Printmaking DRY FRACTION
e-mail: andrzejmosio@gmail.com 
website:www.behance.net/amosio  /  http://www.andrzejmosio.com/  

Andrzej specializes in Printmaking and works in his Alma Mater as Assistant in Itaglio and Experimental Graphics Studio. He is also a Member of Association of Polish Artists and Designers (ZPAP), and since 2019 a Member of the Board of this Association. His other engagements include designing promotional materials for cultural events and running graphic workshops for children and youth.
Artistic achievements:
  • Over 30 exhibitions, mostly international, including 6 individual. His artworks were presented in Turkey, Argentina, Ukraine, Romania, Spain, Bulgaria, Italy and China.
related MICHAŁ ĆWIEK
COURSES TAUGHT: 
Graphic Design
Illustration

Academc degree: Master of Fine Arts
University position: Specialist
e-mail: michal.studiokreatywne@gmail.com
website: www.michalcwiek.com  /  www.lucreate.pl  / www.lubelskiwzor.pl

Michał specializes in Graphic Design and Illustration and runs his own creative studio since 2013.  He is an expert in the field of branding, visual identity, package design and scenography. His work also includes cooperation with other designers, and often leading brands on the regional and national market.
Achievements:
  • Vice President of Design Development Foundation "LuCreate".
  • Co-organizer of the major design conference in eastern Poland "Lubelski Wzór".
  • Co-founder and curator of the "Pracownia Otwarta" Gallery.

 

Academic degree: Master of Fine Arts
University position: Specialist

e-mail: tomapiotrszewski@gmail.com
website: http://www.cgcore.pl/

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PIOTR TOMASZEWSKI

COURSE TAUGHT:
Multimedia

 


 

   
 related ANNA BARAŃSKA
COURSES TAUGHT:
Painting Technology (classes of free choice from other programme)
Decorative Painting (classes of free choice from other programme)

Academic degree: PhD
University position: Assistant Professor
University function: Vice-Dean of Arts and Research
e-mail: annabeata.baranska@o2.pl
website: https://annabeatabaranska.weebly.com

Anna is an Assistant Professor at University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin, where she is a Vice Dean of Arts and Research of the Faculty of Arts. Her area of expertise includes Painting, Video and Graphics. In her works, she touches time passing issues as well as political, cultural and anthropological problems.
Artistic achievements:
  • Participation in over 80 international and 60 national festivals and exhibitions
  • 20 prizes and distinctions in film competitions (6 international and 14 Polish)

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PIOTR ZIELENIAK
COURSE TAUGHT:
Sculpture (classes of free choice from other programme)
 
 
Academic degree: PhD
University position: Assistant Professor
e-mail: p_zieleniak@wp.pl
website: https://rzezbapiotrzieleniak.wixsite.com/portfolio/con-amore