Born in Końskie, as a healthy, second child to my lovely parents.

My first experience with computer graphics.
I'm a nerdy young man.

Skateboarding leads me to the discovery of street art. I begin to make stencils and paint on wall as "Maniac".

Bachelor studies at Polish–Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw. New Media Arts in English under supervision of Ewa Satalecka. My bachelor diploma project was a typeface for typesetting a book on DIY techniques.

My first font gets released!
Didn't manage to get into the Type&Media course – motivation kicks in.

Starting my own company – Le Laïc: Type Foundry – dedicated to releasing typefaces.
Freelancing as visual communication designer.

Personal turmoil!

After a break–up, a mental health crisis appears.
I turn towards manual techniques – exploring visual arts and storytelling with painting.

Made me notice that coffee is not the greatest.
Adding to that a little experience with a so popular weed and stress around the Covid-19, my body and my brain desynchronised causing a mental collapse.
Spending a long time to cure my brain and soul.

I finally manage to sign up for new studies. History of Art at the University of Warsaw, bachelor degree.

11–13 October 2021
A small exhibition for friends at the flat in Warsaw.

27–30 December 2023
Exhibition of unpublished paintings from 2023 at the flat in Warsaw.

18–30 May 2024
I was here

Linocuts exhibition at the Otwarta Pracownia Jazdów in Warsaw.
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2018
Graphic Designer

Podpunkt Studio in Warsaw

2017 – 2021
Screenprint Instructor

Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw

2022 – 2023 (Winter semester)
Teacher
Bitmap Graphics, Vector Graphics and Typography courses

Warsaw School of Photography and Graphic Design

2019
"On Variable Type"

Future Text in Dublin at Institute of Art, Design + Technology

12.10.2019
"Dinosaurs and Type" – YouTube ↗

Future Text in Athens at University of West Attica.

28.09.2019
"There’s a face at the end – short story of Laïc: Type Foundry"

Kroje Conference in Warsaw.

13-17.12.2021
Typo Week 2021 at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
"Variable Fonts Basics"

01.11–31.12.2021
Online workshops.
"Lem International Variable Font Design Workshops conducted with Verena Gerlach"

25-29.01.2021
Creativity – Text in Performance Workshop Week at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
"States Of Isolation: The World From The Window of My Room – Workshops conducted with Natalia Łajszczak" Creative use of Graphic Design means part 2.

07–11.12.2020
Scripts Diversity Workshop Week at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
"Variable Type Design: Basics"

20–24.04.2020
Cross–Cultural Workshop week at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
"States Of Isolation: The World From The Window of My Room – Workshops conducted with Natalia Łajszczak and Klaudiusz Ślusarczyk" Creative use of Graphic Design means part 1.

02–06.12.2019
TypoWeek 2019 at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
"(Typo)graphic spot on Warsaw – Workshops conducted with Verena Gerlach"

27.11.2019
Future Text in Dublin at Institute of Art, Design + Technology
"On Variable Type"

24–25.09.2019
Kroje Conference in Warsaw.
"OK, now what?"

06–10.05.2019
International Seminar Week 2019 at Hochschule fur Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmund
"Variable Type Design" conducted with Wojciech Płudowski, Jan Piechota, Jakub Karpoluk.

13–15.06.2018
Elements Talks Conference in Warsaw.
"Variable Fonts"

2018
Workshops Week at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
"Variable Fonts Workshops and Screenprint" conducted with Verena Gerlach.

11 – 15.12.2017
December Typography Workshops at Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology.
"Modular Type Design and Screenprint" conducted with Ewa Satalecka. 

2016
TDC Scholarship

2018
PGDA – Display Typeface– Maruder

2019
PGDA – Distinction (no award) – Retor

2020
PGDA – Display Typeface – Eklektyk

Paintings are like puzzles – almost like love stories or crime scenes – and so much more.
Mine are painted with a sober mind – conscious and unconscious – but never intoxicated or drugged. 
Unless you count coffee and cigarettes.

2008 – 2020. A closed chapter.
Subpage on Street Art
Archive on Facebook

Style... I think about this as the story with Fauvists.

Perhaps it is fluid. Liquid. Like a river.

Great for brain flexing?

How many squirells it took for Leonardo da Vinci to have his brush?
Did they use egg whites to make meringue after using yolks for tempera paint?

The most vibrant one was always Picasso. I grew to love Vincent van Gigh but probably the last true master for me was Gustav Klimt. The Polish art scene is also very impressive.

Then I began to study History of Art and it is not so easy anymore. 
I was never a fan of Salvador Dali.

I was very lucky to meet many great people – teachers, artists and others, who were happy to just spend some time along with me.

But most of all, enormous thank you to my Parents for never-ending support and patience.
Maciej Piotr Juda Tadeusz Gralec Połczyński.