Staff of the Faculty of New Media Arts
Degrees: master of science.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Cartoonist and comic book writer. Creator of illustrations for the comic books "Olympia of Gdansk", "City with a View", "Ballad of Eulalia". Author of the comic book series "Guardian of Cones", which included "Passenger" to the script of Tomasz Kontny and They were with "Nami od zawsze" to the script of Piotr Szulc. Storyboard artist and Illustrator of a series of animations for the Archaeological Museum in Gdansk. Co-creator of the urban project: Comics in the City, City in Comics: A Comic Guide to the Lower City. Winner of second place at the International Festival of Comics and Games in Lodz in 2015 for his work "Charlie Cudak", for a script by Piotr Szulc. At PJATK Gdańsk he is involved in comics.
Academic degrees: full prof. dr. hab.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Born in 1958 in Gdansk, Poland. Studied in 1977-82 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.
Since 1983 a research and didactic employee of this University, currently a professor at the Department of Graphic Arts. Since 2010 professor at the Faculty of New Media Art of the PJATK in the Gdansk branch of this University.
Creates various forms of graphic design: posters, visual communication, editorial graphics, philatelic editions and small graphic forms.
Winner of the Polish Poster Biennale in Katowice several times (1983, 2009 - Gold Medal, 1985, 2011 - Silver Medal, 1995, 2005 - Honorable Mention and Funded Prize, 2015 - Honorable Mention) and twice Grand Prix (2003, 2007).
International awards: 10th International Biennial of Theater Poster, Rzeszow 2005 - 3rd prize, Taiwan International Poster Design Award 2007 - final selection, XII International Biennial of Theater Poster, Rzeszow 2009 - 1st prize, 3th International Biennial of Poster, Bolivia BICeBe 2009 - 1st prize in cultural poster category, 6th International Triennial of Stage Poster, Sofia 2010 - Grand Prix, The 5th China International Poster Biennial, Hangzhou 2011 - Special Jury Award, 6. International Biennial of Socio-Political Poster, Oswiecim 2016 - 1st prize. The 3rd International Poster Biennial Lublin 2017 - Gold Medal 15 BICM - 15th Biennial Internacional del Cartel en Mexico 2018 - 3rd Prize and Bronze Medal in the cultural poster category.
International jury member of the 21st International Poster Biennial Warsaw (2008), 7th International Stage Poster Triennial Sofia (2013) and 20th International Poster Triennial Lahti (2017).
Degrees: dr.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she received a Master's degree with honors in Workshop Graphics and Illustration. In addition to her work at universities, she fulfills herself as an independent, non-commercial artist. In her work she combines painting and graphic techniques. She has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. As an artist, she crosses the boundaries of absurdity, kitsch and good taste. At PJATK Gdańsk she runs a studio of Illustration. Co-leader of an art open-air workshop for students at PJATK Gdańsk. Cooperates with the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, where she runs a studio of Illustration Design for part-time students. She demands from her students open-mindedness, pushing their own limits, a sense of humor and diligent work.
Degrees: Ph.D., prof. PJATK
Functions held in the departmental structures: Lecturer, member of the Scientific Council of the Discipline of Fine Arts and Conservation of Works of Art.
Bio:Born in Gdańsk. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, Department of Painting and Graphic Arts, in 1999; advisor: Prof. Teresa Miszkin. From 2002 to 2012, she was employed at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. She earned her habilitation degree in the field of visual arts, in the artistic discipline of fine arts, in 2016 at the Department of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. She has been employed at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology since 2010, currently serving as a professor in the Department of New Media Art.
The artist has participated in approximately two hundred solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain, Russia, Macedonia, and Moldova. Her works have been presented by museums, institutions, and galleries such as: the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, the National Museum of Art of Moldova in Chișinău, the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello Art Museum in Venice, the National Museum in Gdańsk, the National Gallery of North Macedonia – Cifte Hammam, the Saturn Museum in Czeladź, the Regional Museum of the Kalisz Region, the Pomeranian Dukes’ Castle in Szczecin, the Castle Museum in Malbork, the J. Malczewski Museum in Radom, the St. Staszic Regional Museum in Piła, “Książ” Castle in Wałbrzych, “Galeria EL” Art Center in Elbląg, Tadeusz Kulisiewicz Center for Drawing and Printmaking in Kalisz, GSW “Stara Kopalnia” Center for Science and Art in Wałbrzych, Baltic Center for Contemporary Art in Słupsk, Medina Art Gallery in Rome, “Izmailovo” Gallery in Moscow, Kaas Gallery in Innsbruck, Sandhofer Gallery in Innsbruck and Salzburg, Brotzinger Art Gallery in Pforzheim, Elements Contemporary Art Space in London, Itsliquid Art Space in Barcelona, Gdańsk International Fair, “Wielka Zbrojownia” at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, “Zana” Gallery of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Lublin, “Rogatka” Gallery of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Radom, State Art Gallery in Sopot, “Wieża Ciśnień” Culture and Art Center Gallery in Konin, Municipal Art Gallery in Legnica, Jan Tarasin Art Gallery in Kalisz, Art Exhibitions Office (BWA) in Kielce, BWA in Rzeszów, BWA in Sanok, BWA in Zamość, BWA in Piła, MBWA in Leszno, BWA in Olkusz, BWA in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, BWA in Bielsko-Biała, BWA in Bydgoszcz, BWA in Wałbrzych, BWA in Tarnów, BWA in Jelenia Góra, and BWA in Szczecin.
Recipient of numerous awards, honors, and scholarships, including: the Grand Prix of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Award and the award from the quarterly magazine “Format” at the 10th National Review of Young Painting “Promocje 99,” an honorable mention at the 1st International Festival of Theater and Visual Arts “Zdarzenia” 2000, the Mayor of Gdynia Award – Grand Prix of the 6th International Biennial of Painting and Unique Textiles Gdynia 2011, an honorable mention at the 4th International Painting Biennial “Quadro Art” Łódź 2014, the Cultural Scholarship of the Mayor of Gdańsk 2014, Grant from the Rector of PJATK 2015 and 2016, Honorable Mentions from the Jury of the 25th Festival of Contemporary Painting, Szczecin 2016, Grand Prix of the 7th M. E. Andriolli International Drawing Competition in Nałęczów 2021, Finalist at the Osten Biennial of Drawing, Skopje 2022 / Macedonia.
Her works are held in the collections of: the Osten World Gallery in Skopje, the National Museum in Gdańsk, the Art Department Gallery at the University of Radom, the Art Gallery in Legnica, the Sandhofer Gallery in Salzburg, the BWA collection in Rzeszów, the BWA in Zamość, the BWA in Olkusz, MBWA in Włocławek, the Andriolli Gallery in Nałęczów, and in private collections in Germany and the USA. Author of numerous publications, including: “Images,” “Collisions,” “Outsider,” “Individuality,” “Body and the Sacred: A Retrospective,” “Shells,” and “Alienation” (National Library).
Website: https://beatacedrzynska.art/
Degrees: dr.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Doctor of Humanities in philosophy (specialization: contemporary philosophy). In his scientific work, he tries to combine various manifestations of modern Western thought, such as philosophical hermeneutics (P. Ricoeur, H.G. Gadamer), phenomenology (E. Husserl, M. Merleau-Ponty), philosophy of F. Nietzsche and post-structuralism (G. Deleuze, M. Foucault), psychoanalysis and depth psychology (S. Freud, K.G. Jung, E. Fromm) or performatics (R. Schechner), in the context of which he tries to analyze the cultural-creative activity of man.He was the co-creator and co-organizer of a number of projects popularizing philosophy, such as the author's lecture series Philosophy at the IKM, carried out in cooperation with the Institute of Urban Culture in Gdansk, the popularization meetings conducted jointly with Prof. Aleksandra Pawliszyn, PhD, of the Academy of Fine Arts under the name Philosophical Conversations, and a series of open mini-lectures on the philosophy of art held at the PATIO of the Academy of Fine Arts.Participant of theoretical and artistic projects co-led with the staff of the ASP in Gdansk and combining theoretical classes with creative workshop work, including a series of interdisciplinary classes Re_creative Workshops, conducted together with Prof. Wojciech Zamiara and Dr. Anna Włodarska in numerous cultural and educational institutions in Gdansk and Sopot (individual workshops received funding from city grants).Since 2015, he has been working with the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk as a didactician, where he gives lectures on philosophy, aesthetics, sociology, as well as seminar classes and writing workshops for graduate students. Lecturer at Gdynia University of the Third Age, implementing classes in philosophical issues. Since recently (2023) also a didactician at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
Academic degrees: prof. dr. hab.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Born February 23, 1954 in Sopot. Painter, printmaker, graphic designer, creator of art galleries, initiator of many artistic events, also engaged in journalism related to art theory and monographing other artists. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (formerly the Academy of Fine Arts); he received his diploma in painting in 1979 in the studio of Prof. Władysław Jackiewicz. Since then, he has remained affiliated with the Academy. In 2010, he received a professorial appointment. From 2017 to 2020, he headed the Department of Drawing at the Faculty of Painting. He has been teaching the Drawing Studio (now Conceptual Drawing) for third- and fourth-year students since 1988. For several years he also taught the basics of painting to second-year students of the Faculty of Sculpture. From 2007 to 2020, he also taught at the Sopot School of Higher Education (now the Sopot Academy of Applied Sciences), where he created the framework of the program covering art education and where he taught drawing, painting and the basics of art history. He was employed at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk until August 31, 2023. Since October of the same year, employed at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Gdansk.
Participant in more than one hundred and fifty solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. Works have been exhibited or are in collections in Poland and Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Spain, Israel, Canada, Lithuania, Malaysia, Germany, South Africa, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, UK and Italy.
1986 - 87 - stay in Italy on a scientific scholarship from the Italian government
1993 - 94 - artistic expert in the Commission for postage stamp designs at the Ministry of Communications in Warsaw
1998 - co-founder and board member of the ASP New Oficyna Drawing Gallery in Gdansk
2000 - initiator of the Artistic Initiative Association
2000 - 03 - co-founder and leader of the Na Wieży Contemporary Art Gallery in Gdańsk
2002 - initiator and organizer of a series of exhibitions in the Tri-City area as part of the Local Vision project . Generations
2004 - series of lectures and exercises at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
2013 - series of lectures and exercises at Ecole Superieure d'Art et de Design d'Orleans (I'ESAD), Orléans, France
Promotions and reviews
- Supervising diplomas (about 20) and doctorates (2) authoring
- 2nd degree reviews (6), 3rd degree reviews (4)
Authorship of individual monographs:
Wladyslaw Jackiewicz; Zbigniew Gorlak (3x); Marek Model (2x); Przemyslaw Lopacinski (2x); Jerzy Ostrogorski; Grzegorz Radecki; Waldemar Marszałek; Łukasz Butowski; Teresa Miszkin; Slawomir Witkowski; Barbara Kasperczyk-Gorlak; Gabriela Trynkler; Alicja Kubicka; Bente Kluge; Grzegorz Grzelakowski; Erazm Wojciech Felcyn, Danuta Joppek; Roman Gajewski.
As well as numerous studies, occasional texts and introductions to catalogs of collective exhibitions
Degrees: MA.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer, supervisor of student internships
Bio:Graphic artist, Master of Fine Arts, graduate of the Department of Painting and Graphic Arts at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (now the Academy of Fine Arts). He completed his degree in graphic arts in the studio of Prof. Jerzy Krechowicz and studied painting under the guidance of Prof. Kiejstut Bereźnicki.
Since the early 1990s, he has consistently developed his artistic career, presenting his works at numerous solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. His body of work includes, among others, a solo poster exhibition in the foyer of the Wybrzeże Theater in Gdańsk (1994), an exhibition at EMPIK Gdańsk (1993), and the exhibition “William Shakespeare – Digital Graphics and Traditional Posters” at the State Art Gallery in Sopot (1995), organized in collaboration with Prof. Jerzy Krechowicz. In recent years, he has presented his works at, among others, the Mariacka Gallery (2023), the Galeria w Zaułku in Gdańsk (2024), and the exhibition “Pixels and Dots” at the Art Hall of Gdańsk University of Technology (2026). His works were also presented at the international group exhibition “Freedom – Воля. Solidarity with Ukraine” in Odessa (2026).
Recipient of the Mayor of Gdańsk Award (2024) for artistic achievement and cultural activities, the Rector’s Award of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (2023), and the Grand Prize of the Society of Friends of Sopot (2021) in an art and poetry competition marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Cyprian Kamil Norwid.
Vice President of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers (second term), exhibition curator, and member of the jury for the Kazimierz Ostrowski Painting Award. Hoffman’s body of work encompasses fine and commercial graphic art as well as easel painting, with a distinct emphasis on a synthetic formal language, graphic symbols, and posters, including theater posters. His portfolio also includes cover designs, illustrations, and visual identity systems.
He runs his own graphic design studio. Since 2013, he has been involved in teaching as a lecturer in graphic design and desktop publishing (DTP) at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology; in the past, he also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
Degrees: MA.
Functions held in the departmental structures: Lecturer, member of the Faculty Council
Bio: Graduate of Art Education in Fine Arts with a specialization in Cultural Animation and Art Criticism at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. In her work she explores themes of memory and the relationship between man and nature. She is close to local and social activities. She is trusted by many Tricity cultural institutions, establishing educational and artistic cooperation.At the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology she teaches the following classes:
Degrees: MA.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio:Archaeologist and cultural studies scholar, university lecturer, and writer. Her work focuses on art history, the theory and practice of collecting, the history of material culture, design, and the documentation of postwar modernism. She collects discarded and unconventional objects, which she uses to create installations and exhibitions. She collaborates with numerous cultural institutions, giving lectures and creating original exhibitions. She serves as an antiques expert on a television program and publishes online as @odrzeczysklad. In 2024, she published the book “Watch Your Step: On Collecting Things” with Karakter Publishing, which was nominated for the Nike Literary Award and the Gdynia Literary Award. She is the recipient of the Pomeranian Literary Award “Wind from the Sea.”
Instagram: @odrzeczysklad
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Academic degrees:Ph.D., Professor
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Visual artist, performer, author of video works and installations. She received her doctoral degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk in 2018, and her PhD in 2015 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow with a PhD, and from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk with a master's degree. She also studied at Istanbul Marmara Universitesi 2008-2009 and is currently a lecturer at two universities: Academy of Art in Szczecin and Polish-Japanese Academy of Computer Technology in Gdansk.Intensively active in exhibition spaces. She has participated in many exhibitions, festivals and art reviews in England, Belarus, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Romania, Serbia, United States, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Poland, among others.Major events:Individual exhibition "Synthesis" Centro Cultural Casa Talavera, Mexico City, Mexico, exhibition "Moscow Art Communites" Moscow Museum, Moscow, Russia, XIX International Video Festival "VIDEOMEDEJA" Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, Serbia, Project "Performance Voyage 4" KnockDown Center, New York, United States, International Biennale of Young Art, MMOMA, Moscow, Russia, WRO Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Mediation Biennale, Poznan, Nakanajo Biennale, Nakanajo JapanShe also acts as a curator, sits on the jury of competitions, writes and publishes texts, conducts a number of workshops in Poland and abroad.
Link: juliakurek.blogspot.com
Degrees: MA.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk from 2008 to 2016. From 2008 to 2011 studied at the Faculty of Interdepartmental Institute of Art Sciences, majoring in Artistic Education in the Field of Plastic Arts, obtaining a bachelor's degree (diploma under the supervision of Prof. Andrzej Dyakowski). From 2011-2014, she studied at the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, earning her bachelor's degree under the supervision of Dr. Adam Kaminski in the Visual Communication Studio. From 2014-2016, she studied for her master's degree in Graphic Design at the Faculty of Graphic Arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. She defended her master's degree with distinction and a perfect grade in 2016 under the supervision of her supervisor Dr. Adam Kaminski and prof. Jadwiga Okrassa.She is engaged in graphic design, drawing and large-format realizations. Using a mastered graphic design technique, she focuses on illustration. She designs illustrations for adults, children, posters, experimental publications, visual identities and even original tattoo forms. She has participated in many group and solo exhibitions. Since 2014, she has co-founded the informal educational group Vidok, implementing workshops for children and young people.Since 2017, she has been a teaching fellow at the Studio of Lettering and Typography at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Computer Science in Gdansk.
Degrees: MA.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. She defended her diploma with honors in 2012. She has been teaching Narrative Graphics at PJATK since 2013 and Narrative Imagery since 2019. She is passionate about illustration, its history and creators. She collects illustrated books and albums. She creates and exhibits painterly illustrations. She was awarded the Andrzej Tomiałojc prize in the 2012 Satyrykon competition.
Degrees: MA.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Graphic designer always associated with Gdansk. He founded and runs ROCHE graphic studio, where he does branding and web design. He is very critical of design and strives to make sure everything meets not only high visual standards, but also functional ones. He received his bachelor's degree from PJATK and his master's degree from the Academy of Fine Arts, both with honors. His diplomas deal with the philosophical issues that guide his daily life - decadence, pessimism and doomerism. His cover design for the band Spoiwo won the grand prize in the student design category at the 2020 Polish Graphic Design Awards and a nomination in the fresh blood category at the 2020/2021 Project of the Year. He has participated in the Artem All exhibitions organized by the ASP in Plenum.
Degrees: dr.
Functions held in the departmental structures: Lecturer, member of the Faculty Council
Bio: Gdansk resident. In 2006 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Faculty of Painting and Graphics, majoring in Graphic Design. In his professional work, he has been associated with prestigious national and international companies. Cooperation with companies in the fashion industry awakened in him the passion and need for development in the direction of design and clothing design. These activities are complemented by artistic original photography sessions. In these activities, he uses graphic, digital image processing, experimenting and extended to coexist with other artistic disciplines (such as body painting).Author of the design of numerous covers of scientific publications of universities, including the University of Gdansk Publishing House. Many of them received prestigious awards from public institutions.
Degrees: dr.
Functions held in the departmental structures: Lecturer, Dean of the Faculty of New Media Art in Gdansk, Member of the Senate of PJATK.
Bio: Graphic designer, illustrator. Graduated in 1984 (PWSSP Gdansk), from 1990-2000, assistant and assistant professor at ASP Gdansk. From 2000-2012, academic teacher at Bilkent University in Ankara. Since 2013, Dean of the Faculty of New Media Art at the Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology in Gdansk. Member of ZPAP since 1995 (1997 - 1998 Vice President of Gdańsk District, 1999 - 2000 member of the General Board, 2015 - 2019 member of the District Board). Selected exhibitions: 2019 - group exhibition of the 13th edition of On the Road, Wejherowo Cultural Center - Wejherowo Philharmonic2016 - Krechy i kreski, drawing, digital graphics, ZPAP Gallery, Gdańsk2011 - 100 years of ZPAP, group exhibition, State Art Gallery, Sopot2009 - Inspirations, drawing, Lower Vistula Regional Exhibition Center, Tczew2009 - Sakli sergi, Hangar group exhibition, Kum Sanat Merkezi, Ankara, Turkey2006 - sergi/exhibition 0004, group exhibition, State Academy of Fine Arts, Tbilisi / Museum of Art, Batumi / Georgia2006 - Together, painting and drawing exhibition, NYDAI, Europa Club, New York / USA2004 - Bilkent'ten 13 sanatci Bilkent University group exhibition, Ankara / Turkey2004 - painting and drawing, ZPAP Gallery, Gdansk2004 - sergi/exhibition 0003, group exhibition, Bilkent University, Ankara / Turkey2003 - group exhibition on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the gallery "Nowa Oficyna", Gdansk2003 - 12 Izmir International Fair, group exhibition, Izmir, / Turkey2003 - individual exhibition - drawing, "Nowa Oficyna", Gdansk2002 - group exhibition of the didactics of the Gdansk Academy of Fine Arts "Nowa Oficyna", Gdansk In 2010 awarded the BENE MERITO medal by the Minister of Foreign Affairs for activities that strengthen the position of Poland in the international arena.
Academic degrees: full prof. dr. hab.
Functions held in the departmental structures: Lecturer, member of the Faculty Council
Bio: Graduate of the Antoni Kenar State High School of Fine Arts in Zakopane and the Department of Sculpture at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdansk, graduating in 1987. Awarded first prize at the national diploma show in Warsaw's Zachęta Gallery. Works in sculpture and medals.
He works mainly in metal, still expanding his knowledge of casting and treating technology as a further part of the creative process. He works in bronze, zinc, aluminum and cast iron, seeking his own formal solutions, as well as the expressive, textural and color possibilities of metal. He intersperses sculpture symposia, accompanied by the high temperatures associated with casting, with snow sculpture symposia, in which he receives prestigious national and international awards.
Organizer of the 5th International Conferences devoted to the problems of artistic casting and the 19th edition of the International Foundry Workshops in 2001-2019, which were attended by more than 500 students and educators from Poland, the USA, England, Finland, Italy, Greece, France, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Participant in dozens of exhibitions, competitions and symposia at home and abroad, winner of many awards. Author of the monument to John Hevelius in Gdansk. Professor at the Department of Sculpture and Intermedia at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk and at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
Academic degrees: full prof. dr. hab.
Functions held in the departmental structures: Lecturer, member of the Faculty Council, member of the Scientific Council of the Discipline of Visual Arts and Conservation of Works of Art.
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Degrees: master of science.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio: Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, specializing in Graphic Design and Graphic Arts at PJATK in Gdansk. Eng. of Architecture. At PJATK since 2021, he teaches classes in Lettering, Photography and Animation. He currently works as a UX and UI designer and co-manages a design studio. A musician and aquarist by passion.
Degrees: dr.
Functions performed in the departmental structures: Lecturer
Bio:Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk and the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan in the field of photography. His doctoral thesis "Lutry. An Imaginary Document" defended at the Faculty of Graphics of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. Lecturer in photography and psychophysiology of vision at PJATK Gdańsk. Scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage and the Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship. Author of photography of two album publications "Paradissus Marie" and "St. Mary's Church in Zukowo". Constantly cooperates with museums in Tri-City. Creator of photographs for the catalogs of the Museum of the City of Gdynia (including the catalog of Marek Cecula and Glass, metal, detail). In his works he invites the viewer on a journey into himself. Using photography, he poses an important question about the identity of past lives and the permanence of memory. On a daily basis, he photographs jewelry for one of the largest jewelry companies in Poland. Creator of many acclaimed photographic series (including "My gardens", "Afterimages", "Secrets", "Non-memories", "Calotypes", "From this shore sometimes you can see the other shore") and video art (videos "Mantra", "Welcome" presented as part of Krzysztof Jurecki's foreign lectures "Supplement to the Polish video art 1980- 2006").Publications about his work in the following media: Format, Exit, Quarterly Photography, Catalogue of the exhibition of Polish photography of the 20th century in Niigata City Art Museum, Japan, Image World, local media.
Link: www.leszekzurekphoto.pl
Degrees: dr.
Functions held in the faculty structures: Lecturer, Associate Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of New Media Art in Gdansk, member of the Faculty Council, member of the Senate.
Bio: Japanese language teacher (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), calligrapher and illuminator, lecturer at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Gdansk (Japanese language course, History and Culture of Japan, calligraphy). She received her doctorate from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk at the Faculty of Graphic Arts. Academically, she is interested in the aesthetics of Japanese art, especially calligraphy and ink painting. She holds the VIII dan of calligraphy of the Japanese Seifū School. She is also a graduate of the Cracow School of Calligraphy, Illumination and Related Fields. She conducts workshops and demonstrations of Latin and Japanese calligraphy and illumination. She is active in the academic field (monograph "Sakuteiki - Notes on the Establishment of Gardens", "Over-thinking Beauty. Aesthetics of Japanese calligraphy", numerous scientific publications, lectures conferences) as well as artistic (individual and collective exhibitions and workshops).