An award winning visual artist and mixed media filmmaker
with 20 years of experience in film and advertising industry, who has worked on Oscar winning productions such as Harry Potter, Narnia, Tim Burton's Dark Shadows.
Works as independent visual artist combining analogue media (large scale murals, collages) and digital technology (video, VFX and Augmented Reality).
Directed and produced award wining music videos for critically acclaimed postmodern classical composers.
Bio - longer version if you fancy to know more:
From my early days, ART was a way of escaping for me.
I was born in Poland, in the time when that side of the world was grey and the Berlin Wall was in a very good shape in contrast to the people living near it.
Art seemed to me a way to a spiritual freedom, even if physically we where imprisoned.
And that’s why, as a young girl I decided to go to an art school (from the age of 15 to 20) and the film school PWSRTviT in Lodz (master degree in animation and VFX) and CFT Gobelins in Paris (CG animation).
Having prepared myself like this, I set off on my journey through the world of visual art.
I worked for a few years on FLAME in advertising business in Warsaw and Paris,
Then came game cinematics - I spent a few years as a compositing supervisor in France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, India.
Then I moved onto being a compositing artist NUKE in blockbusters productions in London for a few years (Narnia, Harry Potter, Dark Shadows of Time Burton, Fast and Furious)
And finally I moved towards more decision-making positions in movies: eg Visual Supervisor in
“ Pourquoi je pas mange’ mon pere” , Art Director in the movie “Vic the viking“.
And now I'm working on a pilot of my own feature mixed media animation film "Door To The Woods"
In my spare time I like to pursue my love of images.
I directed and produced independent short films and music videos, which received a handful of awards.
I have yet another passion related to the creation of visuals - large scale paste ups ( from 20m2 up to 200m2), which are visual compositions created with local communities around the world and pasted up on derelict walls.
I hope my passion will keep evolving and I will follow my art journey to infinity and beyond * …
*a private joke for vintage 3D lovers ;-)
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my email: yola(at)yolart.net
my production company -> www.oneeyedpixel.com
my street art -> www.yolart.net
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AWARDS :
for "THEY WENT TO SEA"
- Best Musical Short Film at International Sound Future Award in NY 2022
- Honorable Mention at Paris Film Awards 2022
- Best Experimental Short Film - Florence Film Awards 2022
- Best Experimental Short Film - Hollywood Gold Awards 2022
for 'Empty States'
- Best Experimental Film at Super Shorts Film Festival NewYork 2021
- Best Experimental Film at Obskuur Ghent Film Festival 2021
for "Seedling"
- Golden Reel International Film Festival in Singapore 2021
- BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO AWARD at High Tatras Film & Video Festival in Slovakia 2021
for "Mrs D"
- 3th Award Digital Ars - Digital Poland Foundation - Warsaw 2021
- “Short Film Market Picks” the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2021
- BEST @Home COVID-19 EXPERIMENTAL SHORT - Mindfield Film Festival • Albuquerque 2020 - Diamond Award
- BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - Mindfield Film Festival • Albuquerque 2020 - Diamond Award for Julia Kent
- HONOURABLE MENTION - UK Seasonal Short Film Festivals London 2020
- HONOURABLE MENTION - Around International Film Festival Amsterdam 2020
for “We Are All In The Same Boat”
- FilmArte Festival Berlin 2019 - Jury Special Award
for “Trains”
- BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY in a MUSIC VIDEO - NYC Indie Film Festival - New York 2018
- BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Los Angeles Short Film Festival 2018
- BEST MUSIC CLIP - Best Independents Film Festival - Filmboard Karlsruhe e. V. dec 2017
- GRAND PRIX - Yach Film Festiwal in Opole Poland - 2107
- BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD - Directors Cut Film Festival 2017 in Toronto, 19 Nov 2017
- AWARD of MERIT MUSIC VIDEO - Best Shorts Competition in La Jolla California, July 4, 2017
- PLATINUM WINNER - International Independent Film Awards - Summer Session 2017 in Encino California, June 25, 2017
- BEST SPECIAL STUFF - International Music Video Underground 2017 in Los Angeles, 2017
- JURRY AWARD - Best Music Video - ARFF Paris // Around International Film Festival - 2018
- AWARD of RECOGNITION BEST VIDEOCLIP July 2017, Gold Movie Awards Goddess Nike in London winner of monthly edition
- TMCLFF Award of Recognition - London
- HONORABLE MENTION - Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards - Paramount Studios - Hollywood California
- Best Music Video: Diamond Award - 2017 Mindfield Film Festival - Los Angeles
for “I choose not to”
- AWARD of MERIT: Experimental - Best Shorts Competition - California - 2017
- BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM Play Paris Film Festival - monthly edition - 2017
- BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM - Around International Film Festival Amsterdam - 2017
- HONORABLE MENTION - The Global Shorts - Los Angeles, CA | USA - 2017
