BIO
Born in 1993 in Poland, raised in Pcim (a mountain village), he combines his rural work experience with science and new technologies. He is a sheep and cow owner and enthusiast. Film director and audiovisual artist. He worked with scientific student groups involved in space exploration and building a cyborg. PhD student at the Faculty of Arts at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, he earned his Master’s Degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (specialization in animation and photography). Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow. His artworks were presented on numerous festivals and expositions across the world (Sony Photography Awards, Adobe AAA finalist, Smithsonian Photo Contest winner, Nikon Photo Contest winner, Belgrade Photo Month young winner, Sitges FF Film World Premiere). He was a scholarship holder at Sapere Auso and he also received a scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Education and the city of Krakow for his outstanding achievements.
INFORMAL BIO
Adam, a self-styled artist with curly hair, skilled hands, and vivid thoughts. He suffers from an incurable optimism. The owner of a blue grasshopper, which was only alive for a day. He would love to go into space (and back). He likes his job(s). Adam’s dream is to take part in "Family Fortunes" someday. Artistry has given him a lot, but it has also taken much away. Really.
ACHIEVEMENTS LIST
„DESERTED VILLAGE” photo series:
1st place in 15th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest. The international competition, „Altered image” category. Selection of 50 winning photos from 48,000 entries (155 countries - one of the largest photo contests in the World). International digital exhibition and wast promotion on portals related to photography. March 2018, Smithsonian, USA.
Finalist (TOP 3) of the 2017 Adobe Design Achievement Awards. Category: Artistic Photography. Selection of 3 finalists from 6,600 entries. International competition for students of Art Schools. August 2017, California, USA.
1st place in „New Talents 2018”, Belgrade Photomonth 2018, exhibition in UK Parobrod, Belgrade. March 2018, Belgrade, Serbia.
Silver Star at the ND Photography Awards 2017 - 2nd place in the international competition, professional category: conceptual art photography. International digital exhibition on the competition websites. January 2018, USA.
2nd place in the 24th International Photography Competition „ZESTAW - ŚWIDNICA 2018”. Group exhibition as part of the 31st Days of Photography in Świdnica and photo catalog. The jury awarded 3 series out of 234 entries. September 2018, Świdnica, Poland.
1st place in the „Show yourself” competition, 11th Opole Photography Festival - individual exhibition in „Second Eye” gallery. Main program of the festival, appearances on the Opole radio station, the festival newspaper and the post-competition catalog. The exhibition was open October 4, 2019 - October 30, 2019. Opole, Poland.
Equal 1st prize (1 out of 5), International Biennial of Photography in photographic techniques and digital image processing „REMIS”. Group exhibition, part of the international biennale and photo catalog. 31.07.2017, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland.
2 Honorable Mentions in the international competition „2018 CHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS”, category: Animals and Nature. January 2018, London, UK.
Honorable Mention (Nomination) in the International Photography Grant 2019 series „Abandoned Village” (international photo competition). November, London, UK. http://internationalphotogrant.com/winners-gallery/photogrvphy-grant-2019/creative
9. TIFF Festival „Worlds”. International Festival of Photography, Main Program. International group exhibition „All Tomorrow’s” at BWA Studio gallery, curator: Beata Bartecka. 04/09/2019 - 30/09/2019. September, Wrocław, Poland.
Honorable mention in the „Call 4 Art 2017” competition, 4Style foundation (selection of the 6 best works of students of ASP Cracow from 2017 end-of-year exhibition). Exhibition at the Dystans Gallery in Cracow, Poland.
Honorable mention in the „Competition for Best Artwork” of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Two post-competition exhibitions. Photoseries: „Deserted village”. Cracow, Poland.
“MILLENIALS” photography:
Sony Awards, „Student Focus” category, finalist (1 out of 10). The largest international photo competition – over 20,000 participants from over 400 art schools in the student category. Organizer: World Photography Organization. The official exhibition of the works of the winners of the SONY 2016 competition at Sommerset House in London and 2nd at Willy-Brandt-Haus (Berlin, Germany). 26 - 30 April 2016, London, UK.
XII Open Photo Championship. Nationwide competition. Grand Prix of the Championships + 3rd place in the „Human” category. Group exhibition. 11/11/2016; Olsztyn, Poland.
3rd place in the 4th KREAtywna KulTURA National Photo Contest, organizer: KREAtywna Kultury, National Center for Culture, August 2016 - Krotoszyn, Poland
„EIGHT TRAPS” photo series:
Sony Awards, „Student Focus” category, finalist (1 out of 10). The largest international photo competition – over 20,000 participants from over 400 art schools in the student category. Organizer: World Photography Organization. The official exhibition of the works of the winners of the SONY 2016 competition at Sommerset House in London and 2nd at Willy-Brandt-Haus (Berlin, Germany). 26 - 30 April 2016, London, UK.
XII Open Photo Championship. A nationwide competition. Awards: Grand Prix of the Championship, 1st place in the „Nature” category. Photographic series „Eight traps”. Group exhibition. 11/11/2016; Olsztyn, Poland.
International exhibition and artistic residency – „Aera Outside”, group exhibition at the Belarusian House in Warsaw (August 2017, ul. Wiejska 13/3, Warsaw). Photograph „Captivity” 120x200 cm, concept and taking of the photographs as part of the residence and exhibition and the exhibition of the series „Eight Traps”. Artists: Jezy Knez, Elise Hallab, Francois Briand, Geneviève Cadieux-langlois, Michael Branchu, Adam Żądło, Zuza Banasińska. July-August 2017, Poland (Warsaw), Belarus, France (Nantes).
„REAL HOME” photo series:
1st place (Golden Award) in the „People” category of the BIFA - Budapest International Photo Awards. BIFA 2019 winners: https://budapestfotoawards.com/winners/bifa/2019/ November 2019, Budapest, Hungary.
1st place in the national competition „What about values”. Post-competition exhibition November 28, 2019 - December 13, 2019 at the address: Wrocław, ul. Grabiszyńska 184, Center „Remembrance and Future”. Depot History Center. November, Wrocław, Poland.
“Artificial Intelligence” special award. O! ZNAKI PRACY competition, organizer: Central Institute for Labor Protection - National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB). The ceremonial final of the competition, combined with a film screening and an opening of the exhibition of the awarded photos at the “Kultura cinema” in Warsaw. November, Warsaw, Poland.
Honorable Mention in the 2018 International Photography Awards. Category: professional; Deeper Perspective. October 2018, New York, USA.
„MINIGODS” photo series:
2nd place in the international Nikon Photo Contest 2018 - 2019. Category: Next Generation Award, PHOTO STORY. Nikon camera prize, 7 international exhibitions, online publication on Nikon channels and social medias, album. 97,000 photographers from 170 countries took part in the competition. July 29, 2019, Shinagawa, Japan.
In addition to the 2-year-long exhibition on the official website of the Nikon competition (https://www.nikon-photocontest.com/en/), social media and photo portals, selected photos are presented as part of group exhibitions at 7 foreign exhibitions:
- Japan, Shinagawa. Dates: September 4 December 26. Nikon Museum: https://www.nikon.co.jp/corporate/museum/
- Indonesia. Dates: August 25 - October 31, 2019. Nikon Experience Hub Indonesia: http://www.nikon-asia.com/en_Asia/learn_and_explore/hub_page/indonesia
- Malaysia. Dates: October 1 - 31, 2019. Nikon Experience Hub Malaysia: http://www.nikon-asia.com/en_Asia/learn_and_explore/hub_page/malaysia
- France. Dates: November 7-11, 2019. Nikon Booth, Salon de la Photo: https://www.lesalondelaphoto.com/
- Osaka. Dates: November 7 - 13, 2019. Nikon Plaza Osaka “The Gallery”: http://www.nikon-image.com/activity/exhibition/thegallery/
- Signapur. Dates: September 1 - October 31, 2019. Nikon Experience Hub Singapore: http://www.nikon-asia.com/en_Asia/learn_and_explore/hub_page/singapore
1st prize in a national photo competition „Modern Village” by National Museum of Agriculture and Agro-Food Industry in Szreniawa. Category „People”, album „Modern Village”. Exhibition of photographs at the exhibition at the Polish National Museum. November, Szreniawa, Poland.
2nd place in the category of artists under 25, International Photo Competition „Works of masters as an inspiration for contemporary photography”. Organizer: District House of Culture „Bronowice” in Lublin. October 2016, Lublin, Poland.
Honorable mention in 2017 World Biennial of Student Photography - Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Novi Sad. Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Arts of Vojvodina (MSUV). Over 300 international applications. Novi Sad, Serbia.
„CYBORGY” short animated film:
The world premiere of the film „Cyborgy” at the „Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival 2018” - one of the most prestigious international festivals of fantasy and sci-fi films in the World (No. 1 in the rankings of genre cinema festivals, festival nominating for the Oscars). Rank: premiere of the film at a foreign festival of international importance. Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. 3-13 October 2018.
French premiere of „Cyborgy” at „Les Utopiales de Nantes”. Nantes, France. November 2018.
Polish premiere at the Krakow Film Festival (Polish competition, festival category A). National film screening at a festival of international importance. May 2019, Krakow, Poland.
ANIMATOR - the largest Polish film festival dedicated to A-class animated films. National film screenings 08/07/2019 and 09/07. July, Poznań, Poland.
Nowe Horyzonty 2019, A-class International Film Festival. Section: Shorts (set 2). Animated film „Cyborgy”. Shows: 27.07, 16:15 (knh 2); 31.07, 16:00 (+ meeting with directors, knh 5); 03.08, 19:00 (knh 2). July, Wrocław, Poland.
Screening at STUFF MX FILM FESTIVAL. Shows 07.11-17.11.2019. November 2019, Mexico City, Mexico.
Screening at The International Moving Film Festival. Shows 08.11-15.11.2019. November 2019, ABADAN, KHOUZESTAN, Iran.
14th ANIMEST ROMANIA International Film Festival. „Yesterday will be tomorrow” section. Shows on October 4-13, 2019. October, Bucharest, Romania.
The BIO • FICTION Science Art Film Festival 2019. Screenings 23/09 and 24/09/2019. September, Vienna, Austria.
Screening at the 11th Solanin Film Festival. Animated film „Cyborgy”, section 7 (animation). Shows on August 23 and August 24, 2019. August, Nowa Sól, Poland
65. OKFA - National Independent Film Competition of Professor Henryk Kluba. May 2019, Konin, Poland.
Semi-finalist in 2018 Adobe Design Achievement Awards. Category: Motion Graphic, Film and Animation. Animated movie „Cyborgy”. California, USA.
„RED DIAMOND” short animated film:
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival 2016, international competition (category „young tallented”), animated film „Red Diamond”, October 18-21, 2016, Innsbruck, Austria.
Finalist 2016 BioArt Contest, two international exhibitions in Museums of Science in Seoul. Animated movie „Red Diamond”. Organizer: Gwacheon National Science Museum and Busan National Science Museum in Seoul. Seoul, South Korea.
„Sci-On!” international sci-fiction film festival; Reno, Nevada., USA. Animated movie „Red Diamond”.
November 2016, Gniezno, Poland, 10th OFFELIADA international film festival. Organizer: Piotr Wiśniewski, Director of the OFFELIADA Film Festival in Gniezno, Poland.
ITFS Internationales TrickfilmFestival in Stuttgart, representing the Animated Film Studio of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with the film „Red Diamond”, organizer: Internationales TrickfilmFestival. May 27, 2016, Stuttgard, Germany
„You will feel it” group exhibition at Bunkier Sztuki. Animated film The Red Diamond. Curator: Lidia Krawczyk. January-March 2019.
„MAGNETICMAN” short animated film:
„Holland Animation Film Festival” (HAFF 18th edition), world premiere, international competition. Organizer: HAFF; 18-22 March 2015, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Imaginary Landscapes III - International Multimedia and Animation Arts Student Exhibition. Two international exhibitions in Taipei and Cracow. Taipei, Taiwan.
„STARTFEST’15” international festival of student films. Organizer: Student Art Festival. November 5-6, 2015, Orlando, USA
AnimaArt International Festival of Animation Art in Łódź. Organizers: Teatr Arlekin im. Henryk Riel and the State Film, Television and Theater School in Łódź. 19-24 September 2015
„SOLAR VOYAGE” debut 2021, short documentary:
Receiving a grant from the „First Document” program of the Munk Studio in Warsaw (autumn 2018 edition) Realization of a short debut in a documentary entitled „Solar Voyage”, the amount obtained: 60 000 PLN, co-financed by the Polish Film Institute. Project duration: February 2019 - January 2021. Responsibilities: project manager, film director, screenwriter, editor, animation production; preparation of the application, trainee, obtaining funds, appointing an executive producer, gathering and hiring a team film, casting, partial operator. Editing the material and working on final animated sequences. Coordination of post-production and promotional materials for 2021.
VIDEOARTS:
2nd place, International Rular Short Film Festival „KOKOFY 2017”. Videoart „Be_in_touch”. Sianów, Poland.
Honorable mention, 5TH “RELANIUM 2018 - anti-depression film festival”. Videoart „Be_in_touch”. Łódź, Poland.
Interference Festival - selection for the international festival of short film forms. „IHAU” video art. December 2019, Gdańsk, Poland.
4th Piotrowskie Biennale of Art 2017 „New Man? Old truths or new myths?” participation in the international exhibition, short film entitled „Be_in_Tauch”. Selection of 71 out of 697 submitted works. 23/06/2017 - 27/08/2017; Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland.
17th edition of the WRO Draft Systems Media Art Biennale, participation in the international group exhibition, wideoart „IHAU”. May 17, 2017 - June 11, 2017; Wroclaw, Poland.
21st IFF ZOOM – ZBLIŻENIA 2017, selection for an international film festival, short film „Jak_Wydoić_Krowę”, video-art section. February 2018, Jelenia Góra, Poland.
Group exhibition entitled „Krakow in a Box” at the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow (Rynek Główny 35), artists associated with the Studio of Photography I by prof. Agata Pankiewicz. Videoart „Center”. October - February 2017 (October 27, 2016 - February 5, 2017) Krakow, Poland.
EPISODIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
March 26-28, 2016 - interview for the Easter issue of Gazeta Wyborcza (full-page interview and winning photography graphic print).
Radio broadcast #ARTSCIENCE in Radio Kraków. Miłosz Horodyski, prof. Alicja Duzel-Bilińska, prof. Grzegorz Biliński. Radio Krakow, 07/12/2017, at 18:30. Krakow, Poland.
2x semi-finalist of the „Adobe Design Achievement Awards” in the category of „Artistic Photography” and 2x semi-final in the design categories: pattern design and visual communication. International competition for students of Art Schools. August 2016, California, USA.
Individual exhibition of photographs by Adam Żądło - Library in Krakow, ul. Rajska, Krakow, Poland.
Final selection and exhibition of the 1st International Triennial of Drawing for Students of Higher Schools of Arts. Organizer: Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. May 16 - June 13, 2014, Katowice, Poland,
3rd place, catalog and exhibition in the national illustration competition organized by the Museum of the Battle of Grunwald in the professional category. June 2013 Grunwald.
Honorable mention, catalog and exhibition in the International Satirical Drawing Competition „Karpik 2012”. October 2012; Niemodlin, Poland.
SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS:
“How to make a (VR)pression? Authenticity in Virtual Reality communication” the publication was created in cooperation with dr hab Jowita Guja. The publication is also the basis for lecture at PhilosophyCon 2020. August 2020, Kraków, Poland.
LECTURER’S CAREER:
Lecturer at the University of Science in Cracow, Poland. Running 3 subjects: „Design” and „Graphic Editors” for the 4th and 5th year for Cultural Studies + „Advanced 3D Graphics” for the 5th year of Social Informatics at the Faculty of Humanities of AGH in Krakow. 2019 - now
Master’s degree at the Graphics Department at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Cracow, Poland.
Work as a teacher at the private Drawing School “Zalubowski” in Kraków and Myślenice city. Preparing candidates for exams at the Academy of Fine Arts and Art Schools. 2016-2019
Cooperation with Oxford. “Millenials” photography included in „English File Advanced SB 4th edition Student’s Book” as an interpretative task for discussion; ISBN: 978 019 4038362; Publisher: Oxford University Press, ELT Division; publication: 2020
LECTURES, WORKSHOPS:
Conducting workshops at the 9th TIFF International Photo Festival in Wrocław (September 2019).
A lecture as part of the film series of the Cosmos Cinema, Cracow Art Week. April 2019, Krakow, Poland.
Film author’s show „Organic sci-fi” in „Potencja cinema” in the Potencja Gallery. Krakow, Poland.
The lecture “How to make a (VR)pression? Authenticity in Virtual Reality communication” at the international scientific conference “PhilosophyCon: The Fifth Voyage”. Adam Żądło, together with Dr. hab Jowita Guja (contribution: 50/50). September 13, 2020 at 17:30 - 18:10
Lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. Topic: promotion of creativity actions, participation in competitions, grants on the example of an application to the Munk Studio’s „First Document” program. 12:30, Studio of Photography 1, ul. Karmelicka 16, Krakow (Wednesday - February 20, 2019).
Lecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. On-line due to the pandemic. Topic: promotion of creativity, creating descriptions and narratives for photographic series, Pracownia Fotografii 1 (Karmelicka Street 16, Krakow (06/05/2020).
PRO-SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:
Implementation of the mural and workshops for children and youth of the Pcim Commune as part of the „Regio–mural Kliszczacy” local initiative. March 2019, Pcim, Poland.
Painting of the 2nd mural as part of the „Regio-mural Kliszczacy” local initiative. April 2019, Stróża, Poland.
Active resistance to the accusations and words of the parish priest in Pcim regarding the symbolism of the mural rooster, cooperation with the Warsaw foundation „Klamra” and the slogan „GośćINNOŚĆ” (“hospitality” but with a play on words in Polish: “to host other people’s otherness”. A Polish-wide commentary on this grotesque issue.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. 2016, Warsaw, Poland.
„Creative Scholarships of the City of Cracow”. 2018, Krakow, Poland.
2x „Sapere Auso” scholarship recipient, Małopolska Scholarship Foundation. 2015-2017, Cracow, Poland.
Special Award of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in recognition of the achievements. Cracow, Poland.
4x Scholarship for the best students of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow
COMMERCIAL:
Designing full visual identification for the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow at the Science Festival in Krakow. 2014 Krakow, Poland.
Directing a film for PKO Bank Polski documenting the history of a historic building on Wielopole Street in Krakow. 2015 Krakow, Poland.
Action "Free your intuitions" for Samsung Polska, carried out with AGH Space Systems: http://www.samsung.com/pl/promocje/konkurs-s8-uwolnij-intuicje/ Help in organizing the action, capsule design, photos and assembly. Poland 2017
Production of a series of promotional films for the Zalubowski School of Drawing 2018-2019, Lesser Poland, Poland.
Designing a poster and creating an animated intro for the Faculty of Humanities of the AGH University of Science and Technology. 2018, Krakow, Poland.
Videos, animations, documentaries and exhibition materials for the Museum of Photography in Krakow. Permanent cooperation, implementation of several won tenders. 2014 - 2021, Krakow, Poland.
Establishment of the „Dyslectic Games Studio” to create a video game called „LETE. The Dark Adventure in Space”. June 2020, Krakow, Poland.
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS:
Construction of an android head in the inter-university project "STAHU cyborg AGH". The function of artistic director and designer. 2014 - 2016 Cracow, Poland.
Logotype in space. Cooperation with the KRAKsat team (2nd in history of Poland student project that launch their own probe on Earth orbit) Task: creating a research satellite by students of the AGH University of Science and Technology and the Jagiellonian University in cooperation with SatRevolution. My contribution to the project: designing a mission badge, logotype (as part of unpaid support for the initiative). Result: my logotype is in space and helped in wide campaign commented in the media. The mission badge for the KRAKSAT spacecraft goes into orbit carried by the Antares rocket, then was put into orbit by an astronaut working at the International Space Station. March-July 2019, Poland / USA / Earth Orbit.