Aleksandra Toborowicz
graphic designer — Kraków, Poland
About
Aleksandra Toborowicz was born in 1983 in Katowice, in 2008 Toborowicz graduated from the Lettering and Typography Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (POLAND) (the Faculty of Graphic Design), where she now works as an assistant lecturer. PhD candidate.
She works as a freelance graphic designer, designing mostly for typography, publishing, web, murals and installations. The member of New Art Foundation ZNACZY SIĘ.
A winner of national and international awards in such competitions as the European Design Awards in Zurich, the Trnava Triennial, Machina Design Awards, Transvizualia, an award at the 2+3D Magazine Review of Best Graduation Works for her website Virtual Museum of Erotic Art in 2009. The winner of Art of Packaging 2006. In 2002, Toborowicz won scholarships from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Mayor of the City of Częstochowa. She is a curator at the 3x3 gallery, an institution promoting young graphic designers and artists, and has curated the PRO ARTE show at the Academy of Fine Arts Gallery in Krakow (Galeria ASP). In 2010, she won the Młoda Polska scholarship founded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. She is also a member of the Association of Applied Graphic Designers (STGU).
e-mail: atoborowicz@gmail.com
portfolio: http://coroflot.com/atoborowicz
http://behance.net/atoborowicz
Virtual Museum of Erotic Art: http://muzeumerotyzmu.pl
Typographic instalation "Gwar chmar": http://gwarchmar.tumblr.com
- Experience:
- 10+ years
- Education:
- Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Graphic Department, Graphic Design, 2003–2008
- Awards:
- Virtual Museum of Erotic Art www.muzeumerotyzmu.pl
- Silver Award/ Zurich '09 EdAwards
- Bronze Award in Pickaward Adobe Flash Design Awards '09
- Transvizualia TV 09 the finalist Poland Gdynia '09
- Slovakia Design Centre award/ websites/ Trnava Poster Triennial '09
AWARDS FOR MURAL:
European Design Award 2012 – finalist – Typomural – Literary graffiti" (http://znaczysie.pl/pl/2012/06/13/typomural-literackie-graffiti/)
