Aleksandra Toborowicz

graphic designer / artist / Cracow, Poland

Kraków, Poland

muzeumerotyzmu.pl

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Dr Aleksandra Toborowicz, (b. 1983) is a visual artist working in the media of painting, drawing, installation, murals, typography and graphic design.

PAINTER / MURALIST / DESIGNER / ACADEMIC TEACHER

In 2008 graduated from the Faculty of Graphics Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (Poland), where now works as an assistant lecturer at the Lettering and Typography Studio.

PhD degree (Doctor of Arts) at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2015.

Freelance graphic designer, designing mostly for typography, publishing, web, murals and installations.

Winner of national and international awards in competitions: the European Design Awards, Communication Arts, A' Design and Communication Awards, Hiii Typography, 50 Books | 50 Covers – Design Observer and AIGA, The Most Beautiful Books of the 2014 Year – PTWK, the Trnava Triennial, Machina Design Awards, Transvizualia, the 2+3D Magazine Review of Best Graduation Works for her website Virtual Museum of Erotic Art in 2009. The winner of the Art of Packaging 2006. Scholarships received from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2015), Young Poland Scholarship "Young Poland" (2010) founded by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2002 and from the Mayor of the City of Czestochowa in 2002. Winner of the National Education Committee Medal, Poland (2015) and the "Ars Quaerendi" Award in "Master" category, Cracow, Poland (2015)

Curator at the 3x3 gallery, an institution promoting young graphic designers and artists, and PRO ARTE show at the Academy of Fine Arts Gallery in Krakow.

Member of the Association of Applied Graphic Designers (STGU) and IAD: International Association of Designers. Member of a board at the New Art Foundation ZNACZY SIE in Cracow (2012–2013).

e-mail: atoborowicz@gmail.com

portfolio: http://atoborowicz.pl

Virtual Museum of Erotic Art: http://muzeumerotyzmu.pl

Typographic instalation "Gwar chmar": http://gwarchmar.tumblr.com

SaatchiArt Gallery: http://www.saatchiart.com/atoborowicz

Murals: pinterest.com/moorale/
Education
- PhD candidate Graphic Design
  
  Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow / Poland
  
  2013 - Currently Enrolled
- Master of Arts Graphic
  
  Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow / Poland
  
  2003 - 2008
Experience
- dr assistant lecturer
  
  Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow
  
  Kraków, Poland
  
  Oct 2009 - Present (11 years 5 months)
- art director
  
  Museum of Erotic Art
  
  Kraków, Poland
  
  Nov 2008 - Present (12 years 4 months)
- member of a board
  
  Fundacja Sztuki Nowej Znaczy Sie
  
  Kraków, Poland
  
  Feb 2012 - Sep 2013 (1 year 7 months)
- graphic designer
  
  Neumannbrown
  
  Kraków, Poland
  
  Feb 2009 - Sep 2009 (7 months)
  
  packaging design
- graphic designer
  
  TomatoePrint Shop
  
  Kraków, Poland
  
  May 2008 - Aug 2008 (3 months)
Skills
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@atoborowicz, member since 2009
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Book Cover

Book Cover from Aleksandra Toborowicz

book cover

project: Aleksandra Toborowicz & Dagmara Berska
Client: Ha!art Corporation
Year of release: 2010/11

book cover "Kultura niezalezna w Polsce" - year of release: 2011
design: Aleksandra Toborowicz & Dagmara Berska
client: Ha!art Corporation

book cover "Literatura polsa 1989-2009. Przewodnik" - year of release: 2011
design: Aleksandra Toborowicz & Dagmara Berska
client: Ha!art Corporation

book cover Hiperteksty literackie. Literatura i nowe media - year of release: 2011
design: Aleksandra Toborowicz & Dagmara Berska
client: Ha!art Corporation