Agnieszka Grandowicz
Art Director in advertising agency in Dublin, Ireland.
Graphic designer, illustrator, photographer. MFA.
E: agrand [at] agrand [dot] ie M: (+353) (0)85 715 3449 W: www.agrand.ie
Professional Experience
- From 04.2008: Art Director in advertising agency in Dublin
- From 11.2006: Working in Dublin as a graphic designer and illustrator
- 05-11.2006: Working as a graphic designer in Letterkenny, Ireland
- 2005-2006: Owner of AGRAND - graphic design studio in Gdynia, Poland
- 2005: Employed as a graphic designer and illustrator in advertising agency in Sopot, Poland
- 2003: Employed as an assistant in Typography's atelier in Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland
- 2002-2006: Employee in IT Centre in Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland as webmaster (www.asp.gda.pl)
- From 1997: Working as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator
Education
- 03.2004: FAMU (Film and Photographic Academy) Prague, Czech Republic - animation department (short term studies)
- 1998-2003: Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland - master degree studies - graphic design and photography (diplomas with the highest honours)
- 1996-1997: Multimedia Academy in Gdansk, Poland - full artistic programme
Prizes
- 2005: Artistic prize (scholarship) of the President of Gdynia city
- 2004-2005: Participation in animation competitions - several first and third prizes and distinctions:
-2005: Three 1st prizes (Future of Film, Illusions, Fama; Poland),
-Two 3rd prizes ( Festival of Animation in Katowice, Hot Shorts; Poland)
-One special prize (Tindirindis, Lituania)
-2004: distinction (Sopot Film Festiwal; Poland) - 2001-2002: Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and Art given for outstanding achievments in education
- 1999-2000: Participation in graphic competitions - award (calendar's design) and honorary mentions (logo's design, Graphic of the year)
- 2002: Distinction in the competition Gdanska Grafika Roku 2002 (Gdansk Graphic of 2002)
- 1997: Distinction in the competition Amberif - project of jewellery with an amber
Exhibitions
- - Onmagunkat latni (Seeing oneself); photography, Magyar Fotografiai Muzeum, Kecskemet, Hungary, January 2010
- - Autoviziune (Seeing oneself); photography, Art Museum Cluj Napoca, Romania, December 2008
- - Verse a si mismo (Seeing oneself); photography, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, October 2008
- - Polish pARTy Summer - drawings and presentation of my animated films. Dublin, Ireland, 13-15.07.2007
- - Verse a si mismo (Seeing oneself); photography, Salamanka, Spain, November 2006
- - Sich selbst sehen (Seeing oneself); photography, Berlin, Germany, January 2006
- - Videt sebe (Seeing oneself); photography, Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, August 2005
- - Widziec siebie (Seeing oneself); first opening of the international exhibition of photography shown around the world. Klodzko, August 2005
- - Bezkresy kresek (Neverending lines) - exhibition including work of important photographers eg. JEAN-MARC BIRY, WALDEMAR JAMA, ZDZISLAW JURKIEWICZ, JERZY OLEK and WITOLD WEGRZYN, Gallery of Art in Klodzko, June 2005
- - Morze(Sea), Foma's Gallery of Photography, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic 2005
- - Obszary wyobrazni, Wielosc widzianego (Area of Imagination, Multiplicity of vision), Klodzko April 2004 (with prof. Witold Przymuszala from Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan)
- - Energia wody (Water's energy) - presentation of chosen artists living and working in Trojmiasto area (three cities in North Poland), Gdynia 2003
- - Morze +/strong (Sea +) = sea + creation, four persons exhibition, Slubice 2003
- - Pomiedzy intuicja a erudycja (Between erudition and intuition); chosen students of Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Klodzko 2003
- - Gdanska Grafika Roku 2002 (Gdansk Graphic of 2002) - exhibition after the competition (distinction won)
- - Polnoc - Poludnie (North - South) - drawing of students from Academies of Fine Arts in Gdansk and Krakow, 2001
- - Medium jako medium (Medium as a Medium) - Photography of students and teachers from Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk; Sopot 2001
- - Satyrykon'99, Legnica
- - Amberif - project of jewellery with an amber - exhibition after the competition (distinction won), taking part in a fashion show - Anty-jewellery with my design included, Gdansk 1997
Publications
- FOTOGRAFIA (Photography) - Polish magazine about professional photography - article about my work (written by a Polish artist prof. Jerzy Olek) including an extract from my text about art, 2006
AHA - Polish Weekly Magazin, Vancouver; article "Seen between" + illustrations, 2005
Interviews
- POLSKI KURIER Pani Agnieszka, 05.2008, Dublin, Ireland
- POLSKI EXPRESS Artystyczna funkcja deszczu, 05.2008, Dublin, Ireland
- EVENING HERALD (Polish section) Tworcza gra wyobrazni, 08.2007, Dublin, Ireland
- DZIENNIK BALTYCKI Artystka od kuchni A. Grandowicz, Gdynia, Poland
- GAZETA WYBORCZA Zainspirowal mnie Svankmajer , 05.2005, Sopot, Poland
- CRACOV TELEVISION, 05.2005, Sopot, Poland
- STOPKLATKA.PL Szuflada "Pani Agnieszki" Grandowicz, 07.2004, Poland
Film reviews
- From 2004 my films have been taking part in
many film reviews around the world.
- They are in the database of Polish television Kino Polska; shown many times a year.
- My films were presented in Mlode kadry - program of Kino Polska - TV presenting young film makers.
- My animations took part in significant reviews:
- Best OFF 2006 (competition between ten the most influential young Polish filmmakers)
- and 2. Festiwal Film—w NieZwyklych (2nd Fesival of Remarkable Films) - festival showing the most interesting films done in last years in Poland (live and animation), Kielce 2005