This year, we are inviting our audience to the:
PATRYCJA LONGAWA POSTER EXHIBITION
Opening Night: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at AO5 Gallery in Arboretum in Austin
This exhibition is curated and produced by our partner, Dot Dot Dot Connect, and sponsored by Austin Polish Society.
Stay tuned for more details…
Enjoy beautiful posters designed by Patrycja Longawa - the designer of this year’s Austin Polish Film Festival poster.
Patrycja Longawa was born on 9th February 1988 in Sanok. In 2010, she completed a bachelor's degree in the field of artistic education at Jan Grodek State School of Higher Education in Sanok (diploma thesis supervised by prof. zw. Stanisław Białogłowicz). In 2012, she received a Master of Arts degree at the Faculty of Art at the University of Rzeszów (specialization in artistic education, specialization in painting in the Painting Studio of prof. Jadwiga Szmyd-Sikora). In 2013, she completed the second major in graphic design and defended a diploma awarded in the Digital Printing Studio under the direction of dr. hab. Joanna Janowska-Augustyn at the Art Department of the University of Rzeszów. She also created a poster diploma in Design Studio II under the direction of dr. hab. Wiesław Grzegorczyk, prof. at UR (University of Rzeszów). The diploma in graphic techniques was nominated for the Jerzy Panek prize for the best artistic diploma of the Art Department of the University of Rzeszów in 2013.
Patrycja Longawa creates illustrations, drawings, graphics, posters and satirical drawings. She has presenteded her work at about 380 exhibitions at home and abroad, m.in. in Sanok, Gliwice, Dejherów, Gdańsk, Rzeszów, Toruń, Krosno, Cieszyn, Żyrardow, Warszawa, Częstochowa, Bielsko-Biala, Łódź, Płock, Radom, Wrocław and 40 countries (Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Greece, Spain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, India, Japan, Korea, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Macau Moldova, Mexico, Germany, Peru, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Hungary, Italy, United Arab Emirates). Her work has taken part in numerous prestigious reviews and exhibitions, including among others: Moscow Poster Competition, 2018 Internationale Plakatausstellung Leipzig 2014, Golden Bee 12, 2016, Ecuador Poster Biennial 2018, Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México 2018, Biennial of Poster Bolivia 2016, International Poster Biennale Lublin 2017 i 2019, Ogaki Matsuri Festival 2017, Biennale Plakatu Polskiego 2017.
Patrycja Longawa has won 70 awards, honorable mentions and nominations at home and abroad, the most important of which are: 1st award for the poster entitled "Never Forget 1914", II International Poster Exhibition, Germany, 2014, 1st prize, at Ogaki Matsuri Festival International poster competition, Japan 2017, Top 10 best posters for Ocean Protection, International Poster Competition "Poster for", China, 2018, 2nd place, NAZARETH Festival of Arts and Culture, Iran, 2018, 2nd place in Theater Poster Contest, 2018. She was a juror at the following international competitions: 2019 Award Announcement for Poster Design Competition, Escucha Mi Voz Poster Contest 2019, Ecuador poster biennale 2020.
POSTERS PROMOTING PREVIOUS AUSTIN POLISH FILM FESTIVALS
APFF 2009 by Leszek Zebrowski
APFF 2006 by Leszek Zebrowski
APFF 2007 BY Leszek ZEBROWSKI
APFF 2015 by Leszek Zebrowski
APFF 2019 by Leszek Zebrowski
POSTERS PROMOTING THE APFF EXHIBITS
RAFAŁ OLBIŃSKI
Rafał Olbiński, a poster designer, illustrator, and painter describes his approach to painting and illustrating as "poetic surrealism". His posters and illustrations have been regularly shown in prestigious magazines such as the New York Times, New Yorker, Newsweek, Atlantic Monthly, and Time. Besides producing work for periodicals, Olbiński has created many posters for opera, live theater, music and film festivals, as well as posters devoted to urgent social and political issues, such as war or immigration. His works are featured in the greatest collections of contemporary art.
The artist has garnered more than 150 awards for his work around the world, including the International Oscar for the World’s Most Memorable Poster, Prix Savignac 1994 in Paris.
Olbiński designed the APFF 2011 poster. He had a solo exhibit and conducted a hands-on presentation during the festival.
RYSZARD KAJA
From http://www.ryszardkaja.pl
APFF 2018 BY RYSZARD KAJA
Acknowledged as one of the most influential Polish artists of recent times, Ryszard Kaja was a graphic designer, opera, ballet, and theater stage set designer, and for almost the last 20 years of his life – a prolific poster designer. Kaja received numerous prestigous awards for his work and is touted as one of the outstanding talents of his generation. His famous 120 poster series titled „Poland” (a part of it was exhibited at the Blanton Museum in Austin during the 2018 APFF) depicts the beautiful, bizarre, and mundane aspects of his homeland with wit and extraordinary insightfullness.
This is what he said: “Nowadays, patriotism is visible in the form of loud and aggressive slogans: eagles on black T-shirts and fluttering flags. To counterbalance this, I decided to paint oilcloths, pickled cucumbers, meadows, farms, fountains, housing estates and unappreciated scenes of modernity.”
Ryszard Kaja planned to visit Austin during the 2018 APFF and his exhibit here. The illness to which he eventually succumbed prevented his visit. We will be always grateful for having the opportunity to present his incredible art to the Austin audience.
ANDRZEJ PĄGOWSKI
Andrzej Pągowski designed the 2020 APFF poster.
One of the most celebrated Polish graphic designers, author of numerous book illustrations, drawings for magazines, murals, artwork for CD covers, booklets, TV and theatre stage designs, and over 1500 posters. For several years he has been practicing painting in the technique of printing on canvas. At the same time, he creates custom-made portraits. His works was presented at numerous individual exhibitions in Poland and abroad. In 1989 he established his own advertising company KreacjaPro. His posters are part of the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco as well as in the Pompidou Centre collections in Paris. The Museum of Modern Art in New York has included his “Wolf's Smile” in their permanent collection among the 100 best posters in the world.
WINNERS OF THE APFF STUDENT POSTER CONTESTS
Agnieszka ZiEmiszewska, Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts
KATARZYNA NYCZKA , Academy of Fine Arts in Szczecin
Jakub Magda, Academy of Arts IN SZCZECIN
Małgorzata Jędrzejec, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
SZYMON WAJNER, University of Silesia in Cieszyn
LOCAL AUSTIN DESIGNERS
Sissy Emmons Hobizal, University of Texas at Austin
RAQUEL SALAZAR-FOSTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
