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.
Matte Painting / Background design (experience in animated films).
Adobe Photoshop.
Procreate.
Adobe Illustrator - basics.
Adobe Lightroom - basics.
Adobe After Effects - basics.
Blender - basics.
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 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 narrative music video - charcoal style (ongoing).
Creating 60 black-and-white digital illustrations in a charcoal aesthetic, depicting atmospheric environments and a suspenseful chase sequence.
Developing early concepts for ~30-minute animation that will serve as a visual accompaniment for a live performance of the French art song cycle.

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"