JAKUB PODLODOWSKI – Born on April 28, 1986, in Lublin, Jakub Podlodowski is an artist whose work encompasses realistic painting, cg art, artistic animation, and conservation efforts. His artistic journey traces back to his undergraduate studies at the College of Fine Arts in Kazimierz Dolny, where he graduated with honors in the painting studio under the guidance of Professor Jacek Wojciechowski in 2007. He continued his education at the Faculty of Painting of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, earning a master's degree in 2010. Podlodowski has received numerous awards and recognitions, confirming his skills and artistic potential. In 2023, he was awarded the VI BWA Kielce Prize in the "Comparisons 32" competition organized by the Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions in Sandomierz. The previous year, in 2022, he was honored with a special mention in the category of plein air landscape painting during the 16th ARC Salon in New York, the largest realistic painting competition in the USA. Additionally, in 2022, his works were nominated for top prizes in the Winter Salon 47 organized by the Mazovian Centre for Contemporary Art Elektrownia in Radom. In 2017, he received an honorary mention in a painting competition for the grand prix of the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation. Earlier, he received an honorary mention in Animalis from the Artist and Art Quarterly, Grand Prix in the plein air competition "Nadsański Plener Malarski" in Chwałowice, and many others. His artistic achievements include numerous solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. His paintings adorn private collections worldwide, and the artist actively collaborates with foreign galleries. He participated in the 16th ARC Salon Competition exhibition at the main headquarters of Sotheby's in New York in July 2023. Another one of his works was subsequently purchased by Peter Jung's gallery in Hudson, New York. The painting "In the Beech Forest" in its digitized version will be sent to the Moon by NASA in collaboration with SpaceX in 2024, as part of the Lunar Codex project (Polaris Collection). His artistic talent has gained international recognition, engaging in projects for Warner Bros, DC Comics, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, creating backgrounds—oil paintings on commission for the largest animation studio in the Netherlands, Submarine, and collaborating on projects with director Hisko Hulsing on backgrounds for his animations, such as "Undone" and "Sandman: Dream of a Thousand Cats."

Awards and achivements:

2023 The laureate of the "Comparisons 32" competition, organized by the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Sandomierz, received the VI Prize awarded by BWA in Kielce in 2023.
2022 Honorable mention in plein air category, at 16th ARC Salon - the largest realistic art competition of 21 Century in USA, helded in New York.
2022 Nominated to the Main Award, in the oldest, cyclic art competition in Poland "Winter Salon 47" in the Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia Radom.
2017 Honorable mention at Polish painting competition the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation 2017, Gallery of Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Capital of Poland, Warsaw.
2017 Finalist of Polish competition triennale " Animalis" City art gallery, Chorzów.
2016 Finalists of Polish painting competition the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation 2016, Gallery of Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Capital of Poland,Warsaw.
2015 Finalists of Polish painting competition "Modern Landscape" , Miejska Galeria Sztuki Częstochowa.
2014 Honorable mention at Polish painting competition, triennale " Animalis " by Polish quarterly of art "Artysta i Sztuka" for the best painting about animals, Chorzów.
2012 Grand prix at Polish open air competition "Nadsański Plener Malarski", Chwałowice.
2012 Finalists of Polish and Austrian open air competition " Belle Epoque " in Bad Gastein, Austria.
2009 Won competition held by Kraków city at one out of ten art studios which was to give over lifelong.
2007 Bachelor of Arts studies accomplished with honorable mention from Mayor of city Kazimierz Dolny.
2004 Grand prix in county competition for films poster " Pokochać Kino".

Individual exhibitions:

2023 Processing the landscape,  Gallery "Ether", Captial of Poland,Warsaw.
2023 Processing the landscape, Dwór Lachertów, Ciechanki.
2018 Spaces of the nature, Gallery "Ether", Captial of Poland,Warsaw.
2015 Landscapes , Gallery "Ether", Captial of Poland, Warsaw.
2011 Painting exhibition, The community centre in city "Łęczna".
2011 Landscapes from Lubelszczyzna ( Polish county), Gallery in communal the community centre in "Cyców"
2009 Painting exhibition in the community centre " Dworek Białoprądnicki "- Gallery in Kraków
2008 "Wiklina", The community centre in city Kazimierz Dolny
2008 Landscapes from Kazimierz Dolny, The community centre in Kazimierz Dolny
2007 Landscapes, artistic cafe "Hades", Lublin
2007 Landscapes painting, artistic cafe" U Radka" Kazimierz Dolny

Group exhibitions:

2023 Exhibition of the awarded pieces in the biggest realistic art competition in the world, 16th ARC Salon Competition, helded in main building and gallery of Sotheby's in New York.
2022 Exhibition of the finalists of the oldest, cyclic organized art competition in Poland "Winter Salon 47" in the Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Elektrownia Radom.
2022 Exhibition of " The Comparisons" exhibition from artists from the region of Sandomierz city, BWA Sandomierz 2022.
2022 Exhibition of background paintings in the FYC screening of Undone (Season 2) for members of the Television Academy at the Pacific Design Centre in West-Hollywood.
2020 Exhibition Belarus - like an one of the participants of Russian Atlantis - plein air festival, Гомель 2020.
2019 Exhibition Russia-India and plein air paintings - Russian Atlantis in Mauk " Exhibition Complex" of city Vladimir, Russia.
2019 Exhibition of paintings made for project "Undone" in TCA (Television Critics Association) Beverly Hills, California USA.
2017 Exhibition of finalists of Polish painting competition the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation 2016, Gallery of Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Warsaw.
2017 Exhibition after open air in cooperative house of culture "Artystyczne impresje powiatu stalowowolskiego", Stalowa Wola.
2017 Exhibition of finalist of Polish competition triennale " Animalis" City art gallery, Chorzów.
2016 Exhibition of finalists of Polish painting competition the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation 2016, Gallery of Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Warsaw.
2015 Exhibition of finalists of Polish painting competition "Pejzaż Współczesny" , Miejska Galeria Sztuki Częstochowa
2014 Exhibition of finalists of Polish painting competition " Triennale Animalis" , Galeria Sztuki BWA JATKI, Nowy Sącz
2014 Exhibition of finalists of Polish painting competition" Triennale Animalis", Miejska Galeria Sztuki MM Chorzów.
2012 Painting exhibition at festival of art " Wszelkie Przejawy artyzmu" WPA, Duszniki Zdrój.
2012 Exhibition of finalists of Polish open air painting competition " Nadsański plener malarski", Chwałowice.
2012 Exhibition in museum in tenement house "Celejowska", at festival The Night of Museums, Kazimierz Dolny.
2012 Exhibition of finalists of Polish and Austrian open air competition " Belle epoque " in Bad Gastein, Austria.
2011 Exhibition after open air CK Chmielnik.
2011 Exhibition after open air Celiny.
2010 Painting exhibition of graduate from UMCS department of art in buildnigs of Bassilica Dominikanów at Lublin.
2008 Exhibition after open air in Unieście
2008 Painting exhibition professors & graduates, Festival of Films and Art "Dwa Brzegi", Kolegium Sztuk Pięknych in Kazimierzu Dolnym.
2008 Exhibition of art environment Variart, Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki CK 105, Koszalin.
2008 Exhibition of works of art made by students from KSP in Kazimierz Dolny
2007 Exhibition of works of art made by students from KSP in Nałęczów
2007 Exhibition of works of art made by students from KSP in Kazimierz Dolny
2007 Exhibition of works of art made by students from KSP , gallery" Przy bramie " Lublin

Exhibitions of authorial artistic project - social art:

2014 Exhibition of project " social art. " artistic cafe "Nowa Cafe", Wrocław
2012 Exhibition of proejct " social art". Centre of contemprorary art "Solvay" in Kraków

Important projects:

2021 Did commissions for Traditional Oil Paintings, for "The Sandman : a Dream of a Thousand Cats" ,  directed by Hisko Hulsing, emitted in 2022 on Netflix. Artistic animation-project for Warner Bros, DC Comics, Netflix, Untold studio and Submarine Studio in Amsterdam.
2020-2021 Traditional Oil Painitngs  commisioned by Submarine studio in Amsterdam. As a one out of eight painters made backgrounds for artistic animation-project "Undone - season 2" directed by Hisko Hulsing. The movie was emitted on Amazon Prime video, Studios involved in prodction : Submarine studio Amsterdam,  Tornante Company from Los Angeles, Minnow Mountain from Austin, Texas USA.
2018-19 Traditional Oil Painitngs  commisioned by Submarine studio in Amsterdam, as one out of nine painters doing backgrounds for international artistic animation-project "Undone" directed by Hisko Hulsing. The movie was emitted on Amazon Prime video, Studios involved in prodction : Submarine studio Amsterdam,  Tornante Company from Los Angeles, Minnow Mountain from Austin, Texas USA.
2017 Art conservation in Palac of Paców in Lithuania - Vilnius, at Polish embassy - projecting, re-creation and maintenance of paintings ( fresco ) in Roccoco style. 
2017 Art cocservation in Villa Aleksandrine at Vence in France, house where Witold Gombrowicz lived and worked
2016 Art reconstruction and conservation. Enhancing individual elements at re-creations of fresco at Orangery in Łazienki Królewskie, Polish Capitol in Warsaw base on original sketch made by Jana Christian Kamsetzer, projecting fresco on another walls in classicism style.
2015 Art conservation works on exposure of old paintings in the roomof the Pałac Myślewicki at Łazienki Królewskie in Polish Capitol Warsaw
2015 Took part on production of film nominated to the oscar "Loving Vincent" for studio Breakthru Films in Gdańsk, on animator's post.
2013 Art conservation on paintings in "Sala Pompejańska" in Belweder ( at time when the Polish president Bronisław Komorowski lived there), Polish Capitol Warsaw.
2012-14 Art conservation works and re-creations of paintings in " Małachowianka" Płock. Works at this object was awarded by Polish president, by  the best Revitalisation of Antique in 2014.
2011 Art conservation works on polychromy in Kolegiata Niepokalanego Poczęcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny i św. Michała Archanioła in Łask.
2009

Art conservation works on 18 century oil paintings from Basilica Dominikanów in Lublinie

Painting workshops :

2023 Painting workshops with youth  in Zawieprzycach, led by me. Project made thanks to the Spiczyn Municipal Library, support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the National Center for Culture, Very Young Culture, and the Center for Cultural Encounters in Lublin

Selected information that can be found in the media about the artist :

2023 https://sztafeta.pl/2023/11/19/obraz-ktory-poleci-na-ksiezyc/
2023 https://dzieje.pl/kultura-i-sztuka/polacy-wyroznieni-na-prestizowym-konkursie-dla-artystow-realistycznych?fbclid=IwAR3bYS52bHtRgOPkXEEzP_ql0vwp1A7lX-fsnipnP3FrGJ7SeLFTkel9PuM
2023 https://kurierlubelski.pl/jakub-podlodowski-malarz-ktory-wysle-obraz-w-kosmos/ar/c13-17831251
2023 https://tubalecznej.pl/informacje-leczynskie/obraz-namalowany-w-lesie-kolo-lecznej-wyladuje-na-ksiezycu/32u9u5Ol0hCExksPCMva
2023 https://www.spiczyn.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Spiczyn.info-03.2023.pdf
2023 https://lublin.tvp.pl/72432643/ciechanki-wystawa-prac-jakuba-podlodowskiego?fbclid=IwAR0CrYlMPKMWdA654Pk9556HMBEXv0IgnqkIPGoSIQ-5Z9WH8ro68HTx2yI
2019 https://jpodlodowski.pl/blog/artykul-w-sztafecie/
2014 https://artystaisztuka.pl/art/artysta-i-sztuka-14/

Others:

2022 Gave his painting for a Charity auction : Fundation of psychooncology and promotion of health, Garden of Hope, Zamek Ujazdowski, Warszawa 
2017 Took part in art fairs at Sheraton Warsaw
2014 Gave his painting for a Charity Auction for WOŚP, Poland Płock
2014 Gave his painting for a Charity Auction "for Children" auction in Poznań
2007 Gave his painting for a Charity Action for Wojtek Nalepa, Kazimierz Dolny
2007 Gave his painting for a "Hospicium małego księcia " Puławy

Every year attending different plein air paintings festivals in different parts of the world.

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