Posters 2023

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.

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.

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.