Agnieszka Ziemiszewska

Agnieszka is an alumnus of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź (MA), as well as the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (PhD). Agnieszka first built her career working as an independent designer creating visual identification systems. Currently, she focuses on experimental, non-commercial, educational and research projects.

Agnieszka actively participates in international shows dedicated to graphic design and poster. Her works have been presented at exhibitions and events all over the world, notably at the International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, the Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design in Moscow, the Poster Biennale in Bolivia, Mexico, Tehran, China, Italy, Ecuador, the Triennial of Poster in Lahti, Trnava, Hong Kong, the Triennial of Political Poster in Mons in Belgium, the International Poster Festival in Shenzhen, the International Exhibition of Graphic Design and Visual Communication Zgraf in Croatia, the International Triennial of Stage Poster Sofia, the Taiwan International Graphic Design Award, the Dubai Design Week, the Beijing International Design Week and the Ogaki Poster Museum in Japan.

Her works were also shown at solo exhibitions in South Korea, Hungary, Indonesia and Poland.

Agnieszka has been awarded numerous distinctions which include the Grand Prix of the Polish Poster Biennale, the Most Beautiful Book of the Year in Poland award, the Platinum Award at Creativity Annual Awards in USA, 1st prize at the “4th Block” Eco-Poster Triennial, award at the Social Good Design Awards Toronto in Canada and a Special Jury Award at Taipei International Design Award. Agnieszka has also curated and co-organized multiple exhibitions in Poland and abroad. 

Agnieszka is a professor at the Faculty of the New Media Arts at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw and Graphic Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She also has lead a number of workshops and lectures at international events and universities. In the past few years she has conducted projects in France, Bulgaria, China, Hungary, the Netherlands, Indonesia, South Korea and Germany, UAE, Iran and Jordan.

Agnieszka has been part of juries in national and international graphic design competitions. Notably, she has been selected as a jury member for the following competitions: Poster for Tomorrow (France), Poster Fest (Hungary), International Theater Poster Biennial (Slovakia and Poland), Golden Turtle Wildlife Festival (Russia), International Poster Competition Segunda Llamada (Mexico), Ecuador Poster Biennial, International Poster Biennale in Lublin (Poland), International Poster Contest (Mexico).