Adam KOWALKOWSKI (b. 2000), "Sygnatura," 2026

acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm, signed on the reverse

Adam Kowalkowski (born in 2000 in Rypin) is an artist who works in painting, drawing, and computer graphics. He graduated from the High School of Fine Arts in Rypin and completed training in computer graphics at the Regional Education Center. He is currently a student of Visual Communication at the Faculty of Design Arts at the Jan and Jędrzej Śniadecki University of Technology in Bydgoszcz.
He has been drawing and painting for about ten years. In his work, he explores themes of humanity, physicality, emotions, identity, and the relationship between humans and nature. In his paintings, he primarily uses acrylics, combining representation with expressive gesture, texture, and organic form.
In 2024, he participated in a two-week tattooing course at the Warsaw Tattoo Academy. He also works as a teacher at Edukreska, where he prepares young people for entrance exams to architecture and art programs by teaching classes in graphic design, drawing, and painting.
He has presented his works at solo and group exhibitions. In 2025, he was a finalist in the National Open-Air Painting Competition “Artistic Image of Browar B.” and participated in the 13th Triennial of Small-Scale Paintings at the Wozownia Art Gallery in Toruń.
Selected Exhibitions and Achievements
2018 — exhibition of the 10th edition of the National “DOM” Original Calendar Design Competition, organized by the Art High School in Poznań and the Center for Art Education in Warsaw;
2024 — “Do Not Feed the Birds Bread,” an exhibition of paintings, Gallery 3.1, Bydgoszcz University of Technology campus;
2024 — “TYPOczątki #2,” an exhibition of students’ typographic designs, Gallery 31 at the Museum of Literature and Printing in Grębocin;
2024 — “Fordon Exhibition,” an exhibition of paintings, Bydgoszcz;
2024 — Exhibition by the Faculty of Design Arts at the Bydgoszcz University of Technology at the Rother Mills Science and Culture Center in Bydgoszcz;
2025 — “Madame Butterfly,” an exhibition of paintings, the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz;
2025 — finalist in the National Open-Air Painting Workshop “Artistic Image of Brewery B.”;
2025 — exhibition of works from the National Open-Air Painting Competition “Artistic Image of Brewery B.”;
2025 — exhibition of works from the National Painting Competition “13th Triennial of Small-Scale Paintings,” Wozownia Art Gallery in Toruń.
He lives and works in Poland (Urszulewo/Bydgoszcz).