RESUME

Education

Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, faculty: Conservation and Restoration of Works of Arts, speciality: Conservation of paintings.
Master of Arts degree
2013-2019

X Jan Paderewski High School in Katowice
with extended curriculum in humanities
2009-2012

Languages

Polish - native language
English - fluent
Slovak - A2

Skills

Painting (including old master’s techniques).
Drawing.
Digital Painting.
Illustration.
Matte Painting / Background design (experience in animated films).
Adobe Photoshop - advanced.
Procreate - advanced.
Adobe InDesign - medium.
Adobe Illustrator - medium.
Adobe Lightroom - basic.
Adobe After Effects - basic.
Blender - basic.
Painting animation.
Conservation and restoration of works of art.
Copy painting.
Gilding.
Team work.
Driving license cat. B.

Professional Experience

FREELANCE 2D ARTIST / ILLUSTRATOR

Mar 2025 – Present

Illustrator for "Penny's Plastic Problem" by Marine Mili - children’s book about plastic pollution (ongoing).
Creating 28 full-color story pages + cover and title page in a painterly, emotional tone. Includes layout, typography and design responsibilities.
Illustrator for "H is for Grandpa" by Gator - children’s book about a little boy Harrison.
Creating 22 full-color story pages + cover in a cartoon style.
Illustrator for narrative music video for an upcoming song “The Final Hunt” by Harrison Geary - charcoal style.
Creating 63 black-and-white digital illustrations in a charcoal aesthetic, depicting atmospheric environments and a suspenseful chase sequence.
Illustrator for an educational book about racism.
Creating 11 full-color story pages + cover in a modern, emotional tone. Includes layout, typography and design responsibilities.
Developing early concepts for ~30-minute animation that will serve as a visual accompaniment for a live performance of the French art song cycle "La Chanson d'Ève" (ongoing).
Character & background design + first & last frames of the scenes for a short animated anime style clips.
Cover design of an upcoming historic book about a Roman army - “Endless Manpower” by Guy Chet.
Cover design of an upcoming horror book “The House of Nocevic” by Gaelan Wort.
Cover design of an upcoming horror book “Briar’s Kiss” by Gaelan Wort (ongoing).

BREAKTHRU FILMS

May 2021 - Present

Lead Photoshop Artist
Jan 2024 - Present

For the animated feature film “A Winter’s Journey”: digital painting animation, VFX fixes, background design.
For the short animation “Timeless Chopin”: background design.

Senior Photoshop Artist
Aug 2022 - Dec 2023

For the animated feature film “A Winter’s Journey”: digital painting animation, VFX fixes.
For the animated feature film „The Peasants”: background design, establishing color palettes, inbetweening, inbetweening supervison, VFX fixes.

Junior Photoshop Artist
Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

For the animated feature film „The Peasants”: background design.

Oil-painting animator
May 2021 - Nov 2021

For the animated feature film „The Peasants”: painting frames of the movie using oil paints.

PRACOWNIA KONSERWACJI DZIEŁ SZTUKI "SIMA ART" SP. Z O.O.

Art Restorer

Apr 2018 - Sep 2018 & Jul 2019 - Nov 2020

Conservation and restoration of works of art from Corpus Christi Basilica in Cracow and others.

UPPER SILESIAN MUSEUM IN BYTOM

Art restorer - museum internship

Jul 2017

Restoration of a rococo frame, other restoration works.

PRACOWNIE KONSERWACJI DZIEŁ SZTUKI S.C. KRYSTYNA BIALKIEWICZ, KATARZYNA DZIENNIAK

Art restorer - internship

Jul 2016

Restoration of the wall paintings on the vault of the cemetery chapel in Chorzow.

STOWARZYSZENIE NA RZECZ OCHRONY DZIEDZICTWA KULTUROWEGO "KON-FEDERACJA"