This catalogue presents artists and their artworks exhibited during the first edition of the Krakowski Salon Sztuki 2018 – Krakow Art Salon 2018 – in Cracow, Poland. Each spread has a slightly different layout adapted to the form and number of presented works. The inspiration of this Exhibition Catalogue is the way of artworks' presentation at the exhibition, diversity and minimalism.
Dr Aleksandra Toborowicz is a Polish graphic designer, muralist, painter and academic teacher – Professor Assistant and Head of the Lettering and Typography Studio and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Graphics Art at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland. PhD degree (Doctor of Arts) at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2015. In 2008 graduated from the Faculty of Graphics Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (Poland). DESIGNER / PAINTER / MURALIST / LECTURER Graphic designer, designing mostly for typography, publishing, murals and installations. Awards: 2 Golden, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze and 5 Iron A' Design Awards for books and ID and website in A’ Design Award and Competition (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023), 3 x winner in 50 Books in 50 books | 50 covers organized by Design Observer and AIGA, 2 x Polish Graphic Design Awards,, the Merit Award in the Hiii Typography 2014, European Design Award, Communication Arts – Exhibit Online 2015, Behance and Editorial Design Served, the Most Beautiful Books of the Year (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022). 2 awards of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, the National Education Committee Medal 2015, Art of Packaging; Scholarship of Polish Ministry of Culture and Heritage "Młoda Polska" in 2010 and scholarship of Ministry of Culture and Heritage in 2016, 2002 and 2020. Member of a board Foundation Znaczy Się (2012–2013).
Krakow’s largest festivals, spectacular entertainment for audiences reaching as many as a hundred thousand members, events heralded in Poland and across Europe in the fields of music, theatre, film, fine arts and literature – this is the work of the Krakow Festival Office – one of the most active institutions in Polish cultural life. Brought into being to showcase Krakow as the European City of Culture in 2000, the office has continued its work, and for years now has been bringing the cutting edge trends in management of events and cultural programmes to the city. It was at the initiative of the KFO that such festivals as the multiple award-winning Sacrum Profanum and Misteria Paschalia were created, as well as the Film Music Festival and the ArtBoom Festival. The office also co-ordinates the most talked-about municipal cultural strategy in Poland – the Six Senses programme. Thanks to highly publicised national promotional campaigns carried out by the office, as well as its broad informational and publishing activities, the KFO has taken a prominent place in the promotional strategy of the city of Krakow, both within Poland and abroad.