Hey, I am Bartosz, graphic artist from Poland!
Portrait ©Patryk Szypula
I hold a Ph.D. of Art, and I am an academic teacher in graphic design in Poland.
I was on a six-month scholarship in Hong Kong, during which I interned at the Hong Kong Design Institute. I create posters, illustrations, books, fonts and visual identifications. I'm the winner of awards in national and international competitions including graphic e.g.: Silver Medal at 2nd Shenzhen International Poster Festival (China), Bronze Medal at the 8th Virtual Biennale in Prague (Czech Republic), Second Award at 3rd International Poster Biennale in Lublin (Poland), 
Silver Stellar at Poster Stellars 3rd Intercontinental Poster Competition in New Jersey (USA) or winning of the Golden Bee 12 Global Biennale of Graphic Design in Moscow (Russia).
I have participated in solo exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including: Slovakia,
Bulgaria, Switzerland. I have participated in numerous group exhibitions in Poland e.g.: Warsaw, Gdansk, Szczecin, Lublin and abroad, e.g.: Ecuador, Greece, China, Scotland, Macedonia, Spain, Bolivia, USA, Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Slovakia, Uruguay,
UAE, Peru, Switzerland.
AWARDS (SELECTED)

2024
– Distinction (
Jury Special Mention) / Type Text LDZ / Lodz / Poland

2023
– Distinction / 28th Polish Poster Biennale / Katowice / Poland

Silver Stellar / Poster Stellars 3rd Intercontinental Poster Competition
/ New Jersey / USA

– Distinction / 2023 Taiwan International Graphic Design Award / Taiwan / China

2022
Scholarship of the Minister of Science for outstanding young scientists 
/ Warsaw, Poland
– Honourable Mention /
18th International Biennale of Theatre Poster / Rzeszow / Poland
– 1st Award / Poster competition15th International Festival of Street Artists "Ulicznicy"
Gliwice / Poland

2021
– Honourable Mention / Artists for Climate /
Fine Acts 
– 1st Award / 19th Poster Competition Protection of Intellectual Property
Warsaw / Poland
– Finalist / "Uncommon 2021"
("Nieprzeciętni 2021") Plebiscite Polish Radio "Czwórka"/
Warsaw / Poland

– Finalist  / Mut zur Wut / International Poster Contest / Heidelberg / Germany

2020
– 1st Place / International Moscow Poster Competiton / Russia
– Honourable Mention / 11th Virtual Biennale in Prague / Czech Republic
– 2nd Award / 18th Poster Competition
Protection of Intellectual Property / Warsaw / Poland


2018
Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage / Warsaw, Poland

2017
– Silver Medal / International Poster Biennale in Lublin / Poland
– Distinction / Taiwan International Graphic Design Award

2016

– Silver Medal / The 2nd Shenzhen International Poster Festival / China
– Winner / 'Golden Bee 12' Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design / Russia

2015

– Bronze Medal / 8th Virtual Biennale in Prague / Czech Republic
Solo exhibitions (selected)

2024
– “Bartosz Mamak – Posters” / solo poster exhibition abroad / "Widna" Gallery
/ Crakow / Poland

2023
– “Bartosz Mamak – Plagáty/Posters” / solo poster exhibition abroad / Bardejov / Slovakia
– “Bartosz Mamak: Socially Engaged Posters”/ solo poster exhibition abroad
/ Veliko Tarnovo / Bulgaria
2022
– “Illustrating Legal Blame & Crime in Huaman-Robot Interaction” / solo illustration exhibition abroad / Basel / Switzerland
exhibitions (selected)

2023
– Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé / international poster exhibition
/ Manza 1 Gallery / Santa Cruz / Bolivia
– 5th Emirates International Poster Festival / international poster exhibition
/ NADWA / Dubai / UAE

– Ekoplagát ´23 / The 16th International Triennial and Contest of Posters
on the Topics of Nature Conservation and Environment
international poster exhibition / Žilina / Slovakia
"Opla Friends"international poster exhibition / Budapest / Hungary
"Cartel Polaco"international poster exhibition / Centro Cultural Bastión del Carmen
de Colonia del Sacramento / Uruguay
"Design For The People" / LA Design Festival / international poster exhibition
Los Angeles / USA
– And Now East Poster Festival 2023 / international poster exhibition / Point
/ Bukarest / Romania
– Peru Design Biennale / international poster exhibition / Peru
– 28th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw / international poster exhibition
Warsaw / Poland 

"City of Bardejov 2 – Shit happens!"international poster exhibition
/ Bardejov / Slovakia
– 6. International Poster Biennale Lublin / international poster exhibition
CSK Gallery / Lublin / Poland
– 3rd Prishtina International Poster Festival 2023 / international poster exhibition
/ Gallery of the Faculty of Arts / Prishtina
 / Kosovo
– And Now East Poster Festival 2023 / international poster exhibition
/ Muzeul Corneliu Miklosi
 / Timișoara / Romania
BIPB B.I International Poster Art Biennale / international poster exhibition
/ Gallery BI / Gyeonggido / South Korea

– 2023 "Design for Tomorrow" The Earth International Poster Art Festival 
international poster exhibition / Kaohsiung / Taiwan, China
– Poster Quadrennial Bardejov (PQB) / international poster exhibition
/ "Schody" Gallery / Cracow / Poland

Intercontinental Bienial / international poster exhibition
/ National Museum/ Colombia

BIPB B.I International Poster Art Biennale / international poster exhibition
/ Purdue Gallery / 
West Lafayette / USA
– 28th Polish Poster Biennale / national poster exhibition / BWA
Contemporary Art Gallery / Katowice / Poland

– City of Cracow / international poster exhibition / international poster exhibition /
Schody" Gallery / Cracow / Poland

– Tribute to Grzegorz Marszałek / international poster exhibition /
"Stary Browar" Gallery / Poznan / Poland

– Barirani’s 100th birthday / international poster exhibition / ELAN Virtual Gallery
and Naghshnegar Gallery / Teheran / Iran

– Taiwan International Graphic Design Award 2023 / international
poster exhibition / Taiwan / China

– International Juried Caricature and Poster Exhibition /
Sinop Kültür Merkezi / Turkey
– Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé / international poster exhibition / La Paz / Bolivia
2022
– "No War" / Ogaki Poster Musem / international poster exhibition / Japan
– 5. International Poster Biennale Lublin / international poster exhibition / 
CSK Gallery / Lublin / Poland
– Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé / international poster exhibition / Manza 1 Gallery / Santa Cruz / Bolivia
– Ecuador Poster Bienal / international poster exhibition /
Centro Cultural Metropolitano / Quito
2021
– Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé 2019 / international poster exhibition /
Santa Cruz 
/ Bolivia
– And Now East Poster Festival 
/ international poster exhibition / Point /
Bucharest 
/ Romania
– Poster Quadrennial Bardejov (PQB) / international poster exhibition / Bašta / 
Bardejov / Slovakia

– 27th International Poster Biennale Warsaw / international poster exhibition /
Warsaw / Poland

– Jazz in Ruins /
international poster exhibition / Gliwice / Poland
2021 The International Exhibition of Professional Artists / international poster exhibition /
Jakarta Yeollin Design Center / Indonesia

– Two years, many lives / From The Trenches / international poster exhibition /
Porta de Mar
MUHBA / Barcelona / Spain
– Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé 2021 / international poster exhibition / La Paz / Bolivia

The First International Event of Isfahan Graphic Design / international poster exhibition / Szczecin / Poland
Here is Zine #20 / international exhibition / Tokyo–Shenzen–Poznan–Hongkong
– Diversity Review 
("Przegląd rozmaitości") / national exhibition /
Poznan / Poland


2020
– Rajlich 100 / international poster exhibition / Moravian Gallery / Brno 
/ Czech Republic
– Plakat Fest / 
international poster exhibition / Gliwice / Poland
11th International Virtual Biennale / international poster exhibition / Chelyabinsk / Russia
– 2nd Annual Poster Design Exhibition / Tehran / Iran
– International Moscow Poster Competition / 
international poster exhibition /
Moscow / Russia

– From The Trenches / international poster exhibition / Barcelona / Spain
Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design / international poster exhibition /
Moscow / Russia

– 17th International of Theater Poster Rzeszow / international poster exhibition / 
Vilnius / Lithuania

2019
– Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé / international poster exhibition / La Paz 
/ Bolivia
– Open Days UAP/
 individual poster exhibition / Atrium UAP Gallery / Poznan / Poland
– Ecuador Poster Bienal / international poster exhibition / Lublin / Poland
– Ecuador Poster Bienal / international poster exhibition / Warsaw / Poland
– The First International Event of Isfahan Graphic Design / international poster exhibition 
SA 'DI Bulding / Isfahan / Iran

International Biennial Poster Design Terras Gauda / international poster exhibition / 
Galicia / Spain
– Slot Art Festival / "Don't Hate!" ("Nie hejtuj!")  individual poster exhibition / 
Lubiaz near Wroclaw / Poland
International Biennial Poster Design Terras Gauda / international poster exhibition / 
Galicia / Spain
– The 3rd International Design Works Exchange Exhibition / international poster exhibition / Qilu Art Museum / South Korea


2018
Roller Poster / international poster exhibition / NOESIS / Thessaloniki
 / Greece
– Ecuador Poster Bienal / international poster exhibition / Quito / Ecuador
– Imaging Poland / international poster exhibition / 
Hong Kong Design Institute / Hongkong
– Slot Art Festival / "The Art of Life" ("Sztuka życia")  individual poster exhibition / 
Lubiaz near Wroclaw / Poland
– Poli(e)tyka / poster exhibition / Szczecin / Poland

– Half joking, half serious / interdisciplinary exhibition of PhD students / Poznan / Poland
2017
FETA (International Festival of Open Air and Street Theaters) / international poster exhibition "Plama" / Gdansk / Poland
Ecuador Poster Bienal / international poster exhibition / Ecuador
Polish Design: Tomorrow is today / international exhibition of art university projects in Poland / Italy
The Culture of the Poster – Polish poster from Poznan in Shenzhen / China
Plakat Fest / international poster exhibition / Poland
– Riposter / poster exhibition / Poland
Skopje Poster / international poster exhibition / Lithuania
Skopje Poster / international poster exhibition / Portugal
Spółdzielnia / Poznan Art Week / Poland
30/30 / poster exhibition / Szczecin / Poland
BiG POSTER ZIN / exhibition of posters included in the magazine,
Gallery Rotunda in Poznan / Poland
Salon of Illustrators / CK Castle in Poznan / Poland

2016
2nd Shenzhen International Poster Festival / international poster exhibition,
The Shenzhen Guan Shanyue Art Museum / China
Ecuador Poster Bienal / international poster exhibition / Ecuador
Attention, poster! / national outdoor exhibition / Szczecin / Poland
Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design / international poster exhibition /
Moscow / Russia
Strelka International Design Biennale / international poster exhibition / Russia
Roller Poster / national poster exhibition in Szczecin, Gallery 13 Muz / Poland
Roller Poster / international poster exhibition / Greece
Satyrykon "Tendency to focus" / poster exhibition, Museum of Caricature in Warsaw / Poland

2015
8th International Virtual Biennale / international poster exhibition,
Galerie Altan Klamovka / Czech Republic
Graphic Design Festival Scotland / international poster exhibition,
The Lighthouse in Glasgow / Scotland
 Poznan Design Days / Exhibition of works by students of the University of the Arts Poznan, Gallery "Arsenal" in Poznan / Poland
Designer Debut / Exhibition of the Best Diplomas of the University of the Arts Poznan, Gallery "Nowa Gazownia" in Poznan / Poland
Satyrykon "Tendency to focus" / poster exhibition, Old City Hall in Legnica / Poland
International Biennial Poster Design Terras Gauda / international poster exhibition / 

Galicia / Spain
International Student Poster Biennale / international poster exhibition,
"Labyrinth" Gallery in Lublin / Poland
FETA (International Festival of Open Air and Street Theaters) / international poster exhibition "Plama" / Poland
Blank Poster / international poster exhibition / Germany
"On the Tower of Babel" / national poster exhibition, "Iluzjon" Cinema / Warsaw / Poland

2014 
FETA (International Festival of Open Air and Street Theaters) 
/ international poster exhibition "Plama" / Poland
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

2023
– “Mourning Woman” / illustration / Book: Robotics, AI, and Criminal Law / Routledge / ISBN 978–1–032–36279–3, p. 1 / London–New York / England–USA
– Posters Can Help / Slanted Publishers / ISBN 978–3–948440–43–5, p. 34
/ Karlsruhe / Germany
– Taiwan International Graphic Design Award 2023 / ISBN 9786269667178, p. 58
/ Taiwan / China
– Ekoplagát ´23 / The 16th International Triennial and Contest of Posters
on the Topics of Nature Conservation and Environment / ISBN 978–80–974666–0–2,
p. 63 / Žilina / Slovakia
– 28th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw / ISBN 978–83–66835–58–0,
p. 200 / Warsaw / Poland
– 28th Polish Poster Biennale / ISBN 978–83–66006–20–1, p. 35 / Katowice / Poland
– Bartosz Mamak: Socially Engaged Posters / solo exhibition catalog /
ISBN 978-83-67841-12-2 / Warsaw / Poland
– "Mysteries – Rituals – Performances" / editorial design / "Zeszyty Artystyczne"
magazine No. 43 / ISSN 1232–6682, p. 382 / Poznan / Poland
– "Textile Art" / editorial design / "Zeszyty Artystyczne" magazine No. 44
/ ISSN 1232–6682, p. 658 / Poznan / Poland
2021
27th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw, ISBN 978
83–66835–07–8, p. 204
Filozofia karania na nowo / 'The philosophy of punishing anew' Editorial Design + Illustrations,
184 pages, 126 mm x 195 mm, 'KIPK Press' Publishing House,
ISBN 978
83959655–24

2020
International Moscow Poster Competition, ISBN 978
5–6040032–0–6, 
p. 55, 81, 101, 102
11th Virtual Biennale in Prague / Wake-Up Call, ISBN 9781–9160592–3–8, p. 23–24, 45

Sdružení Bienále Brno Association / Hommage: Jan Rajlich 100x100,
ISBN 978
–80–86830–33–9, p. 135

2019
The 3rd International Design Works Exchange Exhibition in 2019,
p. 118
Rewolucja cyfrowa a prawo karne / '
The digital revolution and criminal law'
Cover Design + Illustrations, 236 pages, 178 mm x 250 mm, 'KIPK Press' Publishing House,ISBN 978
83953835–26

2018
 Just My Type / Issue 37 / Brand, ISBN 978
–988–78494–3–8, p. 26–31, 

2017
Prawo karne przyszłości / 'Future of Criminal Law' Editorial Design + Illustrations, 208 pages, 178mm x 250 mm, 'Wolters Kluwer' Publishing House, ISBN 978
8381070966
The Culture of the Poster / Polish Poster Design from Poznan,
ISBN 978
83–65578–73–0, p. 58–61
3rd International Poster Biennale Lublin 2017, ISBN 97883–949659–0–7, p. 149, 192
'17 Taiwan International Graphic Design Award, p. 84
BiG Poster Zin #1 / Narcissus, Poznan 2017, ISBN 97883–65578–00–6
BiG Poster Zin #2 / Crisis, Poznan 2017

2016
Golden Bee 12 / Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design, 
ISBN 978
–5–91549–004–7, p. 403,405
The Insects Project / Problems of Diacritic Design for Central European Languages, 
ISBN 978
–83–61424–87–1, p. 86

2015
Sharp-Eye Skills / University of Arts in Poznan, ISBN 978
–83–937328–7–6, p. 18
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