Prof. Anna Kłos
PROFESSOR, WARSAW SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, POLAND
Profile
Born in Warsaw. Graphic artist, academic lecturer, curator of exhibitions.
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She finished her diploma in poster and graduated with honors in 1999 under professor Julian Pałka and professor Mieczysław Wasilewski. In the same year she has begun her didactic work. In 2007 she got her phD degree at Art Faculty of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin for defending her doctoral thesis ‘Dadaist collage as an inspiration for my artwork’.In 2002-2010 she worked with the publishing company Bertelsmann Media where she designed hundreds of book covers and layouts mainly for high-volume titles. She took part in numerous group exhibitions.
Since 2008 she has been teaching graphic design and giving lectures on history of graphic design in Warsaw School of Information Technology. Since 2010 she has acted as proxy of the dean at the Graphic Design faculty, she is also a member of the Senate of the University and of the Faculty Council for the term 2017-21. She is the promoter of over 200 diploma theses at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies. In 2012 she received the Medal of the National Education Commission. She has been in jury of a number of international graphic design contests such as: International Poster Competition ‘Escucha mi Voz’ organized in Mexico under the patronage on UNESCO (2017), international poster contest Ecuador Poster Bienal (2018), International Illustrator Contest for Students SIGNÚ (2019), International Illustration Biennale in Ukraine (2020).
Anna Kłos is the founder and owner of Retroavangarda project, which combines education and art promotion, especially in the international field. As part of the project, Anna Kłos has recently realized several large exhibitions, which she was the curator and organizer of, i.e. Post-Ecuador Poster Bienal, International Collage Exhibition, Contemporary Peruvian Art Exhibition, International Geometry Exhibition and more.
Since 2019 Anna Kłos has also been the curator of WIT Gallery in Warsaw, located in the school’s building. The main goal of WIT Gallery is promoting the art of students and professors and cooperation with other art academies from both Poland and abroad.
Positions
THE CURATOR OF WIT GALLERY IN WARSAW
THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF RETROAVANGARDA PROJECT, POLAND
A MEMBER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND OF THE FACULTY COUNCIL
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She finished her diploma in poster and graduated with honors in 1999 under professor Julian Pałka and professor Mieczysław Wasilewski. In the same year she has begun her didactic work. In 2007 she got her phD degree at Art Faculty of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin for defending her doctoral thesis ‘Dadaist collage as an inspiration for my artwork’.In 2002-2010 she worked with the publishing company Bertelsmann Media where she designed hundreds of book covers and layouts mainly for high-volume titles. She took part in numerous group exhibitions.
Since 2008 she has been teaching graphic design and giving lectures on history of graphic design in Warsaw School of Information Technology. Since 2010 she has acted as proxy of the dean at the Graphic Design faculty, she is also a member of the Senate of the University and of the Faculty Council for the term 2017-21. She is the promoter of over 200 diploma theses at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate studies. In 2012 she received the Medal of the National Education Commission. She has been in jury of a number of international graphic design contests such as: International Poster Competition ‘Escucha mi Voz’ organized in Mexico under the patronage on UNESCO (2017), international poster contest Ecuador Poster Bienal (2018), International Illustrator Contest for Students SIGNÚ (2019), International Illustration Biennale in Ukraine (2020).
Anna Kłos is the founder and owner of Retroavangarda project, which combines education and art promotion, especially in the international field. As part of the project, Anna Kłos has recently realized several large exhibitions, which she was the curator and organizer of, i.e. Post-Ecuador Poster Bienal, International Collage Exhibition, Contemporary Peruvian Art Exhibition, International Geometry Exhibition and more.
Since 2019 Anna Kłos has also been the curator of WIT Gallery in Warsaw, located in the school’s building. The main goal of WIT Gallery is promoting the art of students and professors and cooperation with other art academies from both Poland and abroad.