I. Academic & Research Milestones
2025 | PhD Exhibition: 'Emigration. Notes on a Human'
Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJATK), Warsaw, Poland.
Final doctoral exhibition presenting research from the PhD cohort. Awarded a distinction for outstanding research achievement within the New Media Department (sole recipient from this department). This practice-based inquiry culminated in a visual monograph and exhibition, critically engaging with contemporary discourses on displacement and identity.
II. Prestigious Awards & Grants:
2025 | Grand Prize, "Comics for Older Readers" category, IBBY Book of the Year Awards (Poland).
Institutional Support: Funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Culture Promotion Fund) and the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJATK).
Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJATK), Warsaw, Poland.
Final doctoral exhibition presenting research from the PhD cohort. Awarded a distinction for outstanding research achievement within the New Media Department (sole recipient from this department). This practice-based inquiry culminated in a visual monograph and exhibition, critically engaging with contemporary discourses on displacement and identity.
II. Prestigious Awards & Grants:
2025 | Grand Prize, "Comics for Older Readers" category, IBBY Book of the Year Awards (Poland).
Institutional Support: Funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Culture Promotion Fund) and the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJATK).
2012 | Minister of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship for Outstanding Achievements (Poland).
International Professional Recognition:
2019–2021 | 3x3 International Illustration Professional Show (New York, USA).
2019–2021 | 3x3 International Illustration Professional Show (New York, USA).
Multiple awards, including Honorable Mentions and Winner-Merit Gallery selections (Editorial & Art of Travel categories).
2019 | American Illustration 38 (New York, USA).
Selected for the annual publication for "How Hysteria’s History Still Affects Women's Health."
2019 | Communication Arts Annual (New York, USA). Longlisted in the Editorial Category.
Jury & Special Distinctions:
Jury & Special Distinctions:
2023 | Special Jury Award, "Sketchbook Has Power," Satyrykon (Poland).
2014 | First Award, "Poetry Comic" competition, Port Literacki (Wrocław, Poland).
2013 | Second Award, Comic Contest, Shalom Foundation (Warsaw, Poland).
2012 | First Award, "IllustrationStartUp!" (Warsaw, Poland).
2012 | Second Award, "A well-designed book, let's start with children" (Katowice, Poland).
III. Selected Exhibitions:
International Exhibitions & Festivals
2021 | 3x3 International Illustration Professional Show No. 18, New York, USA.
2019 | American Illustration 38, New York, USA.
2019 | 3x3 International Illustration Professional Show No. 16, New York, USA.
2015 | Litho-Graphy, Forno di Zoldo, Italy.
2014 | Public Space/ Personal Space, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague, Netherlands.
2012 | Fumetto International Comic Festival, Luzern, Switzerland (Exhibitions: Move, You + Me = Us).
National Institutional Exhibitions
2023 | Sketchbook Has Power, Satyrykon, Muzeum Karykatury, Warsaw, Poland.
2017 | Live. Instruction, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland.
2018 | Uwikłani w tekst (Editorial Illustration), Lublin, Poland.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 | Nagła Wystawa / Sudden Exhibition, Abacus Gallery, Warsaw, Poland.
2023 | Nagła Wystawa 3, Galeria Łazienkowska, Warsaw, Poland.
2022 | Wystawa SAN do kwadratu, Galeria Abakus, Warsaw, Poland.
2022 | Wystawa Portretu, Klub Kultury Przegorzały, Cracow, Poland.
2018 | Zygmunt Januszewski & Illustration Studio, Warsaw, Poland.
IV. Professional Engagements:
Visual Advocacy & Social Collaborations
- Amnesty International: Development of visual advocacy projects translating human rights narratives into accessible graphic communication.
- Collaborative Practice: Strategic partnerships with cultural institutions and NGOs, focusing on leveraging visual storytelling for social impact and community awareness.
Editorial & Publishing Collaborations
- DK (Penguin Random House): Illustrator for the DK Super Readers series (e.g., 'Moon Landing'), contributing to educational visual content for international audiences.
- The Skimm / Culture Trip / Adobe: Lead illustrator and visual contributor for international media platforms and creative industry giants.
- Global Representation: Represented by Oskar Illustration (London, UK) for international editorial and publishing commissions.
Teaching, Mentorship & Academic Service
- Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology (PJATK): Academic lecturer, designing and facilitating curricula in illustration, zine-making, and visual storytelling.
- Workshops & Guest Lectures: Facilitator of intensive workshops on practice-based research and graphic methodologies for higher education institutions and creative workshops.
- Academic Mentorship: Providing creative mentorship for emerging artists and researchers in the field of documentary comics and sensory ethnography.
IV. Invited Talks & Panels:
Media Appearances & Expert Commentary
- 2026 | Featured Analysis: Contemporary Graphic Narratives, Tygodnik Kulturalny (TVP Kultura).
- 2025–2026 | Radio Expert Commentary: Specialist contributor on visual storytelling, social narratives, and cultural identity across major national broadcast outlets, including:
| Polskie Radio Program 2 (Dwójka)
| Polskie Radio Program 3 (Trójka)
| Radio RDC & Radio Kampus
Invited Talks & Guest Lectures
2021 | Guest Artist & Speaker: "Advanced Digital Methodologies for Graphic Narratives", Adobe Live (International Broadcast).