About

 

Julia Konieczna

Illustrator, educator, and multi-media artist—from illustration and scenography to animation, game art, and marionettes. A graduate of Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University, she creates imaginary, nature-inspired artworks. She created and leads workshops that combine art with creative education.

Chosen exhibitions and publications:

  • Polin Museum, Warsaw 2023, “The Adventures of Sindbad the Seafarer” - illustration exhibition with scenography and art workshops for families

  • The Legend of King Jan III and Bartek the Oak - Illustrated Kamishibai Cards, published by the Museum Palace of King Jan III in Wilanów

  • Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, 2022 - exhibition 'Monsters in the Annexe' - illustration exhibition, art workshops, audiobook

  • Museum of King Jan III's Palace, Warsaw, 2021 - exhibition 'Monsters in the Orangery', Cultural project - illustration, art workshops, audiobook

  • Białystok Opera and Philharmonic, 2019 - concert scenography

  • Blackwell's Rare Books and Zuleika Gallery, Oxford, 2018-19 - ‘Once Upon a Time’ - exhibition of classics and contemporary illustrators of stories and fairy tales

  • Varius Manx, ‘Ent’ music album, 2018 - illustrations, album cover, animated scenography of the concert tour

  • The House of Illustration and Folio Society competition, London, 2016-17 - Finalist of the illustration competition

  • I Heard the Bulbul Sing, Warsaw 2015 - solo exhibition of a collection of black and white illustrations for the novel I Heard the Bulbul Sing

  • ‘The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales’, by prof. Jack Zipes, Hackett Publishing, Cambridge, 2013 - ‘Facing Fear’ illustration