"Zły" BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS AND GIFs Created By: Karol Banach -

Karol Banach is a Poland-based illustrator and graphics designer.

His list of clients include IKEA Poland, Foreign Policy, The Washington Post, IDEA BANK, Costa Coffee, Miłosław Beer, Pepe Jeans London, Samsung, The New Republic Magazine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, WRAP magazine, KUKBUK, Cwiszn, Zwykle Życie, Duży Format, Przekrój, Twój Styl, Wysokie Obcasy, Cubanisto and Petit Bain, to name a few.

Karol’s excellent artworks has been recognized and won him awards:

2012:
– 1st place at student category in “Warmia Rebelia Kultury” poster contest
– 1st place in “Levi’s for K MAG” graphic contest
– Published in K Mag issue 11/2012
– Honorable Mention in VOX mural contest
2013:
– Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievement.
– Honorable Mention in Debut category in”Project of the Year” (Projekt Roku) organised by STGU
2014:
– Honorable Mention in Illustration Portfolio category in KTR competition.
2015:
– 3×3 Gold Award for illustrations “Bajki” Erna Rosenstein
– Honorable mention in the “Book of the Year 2015” organised by polish section of IBBY/Polish Section of IBBY for “Bajki”
Erny Rosenstein dla Wydawnictwo Warstwy Polska Sekcja
– Scholarship from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education for outstanding achievement.

His artworks were exhibited at:

Individual shows

2013 – Solo Exhibition at Klub Niebo, Toruń, Poland
2014 – Solo Exhibition at Galeria 011, Toruń, Poland
2014 – Solo Exhibition at Hanza Cafe, Toruń, Poland
2014 – Solo Exhibition at POCO Galeria, Wrocław, Poland
2014 – Solo Exhibition in CKiS in Kalisz, Kalisz, Poland
2015 – Solo Exhibition in Landschaft, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Group shows

2013 – Patrons in the Maly Format Cafe: Exhibition of Illustration, Warsaw 2013 – International Student Poster Biennale, Lublin
2013 – Project of The Year project show, Warsaw
2014 – „Nowalijki” Student Group exhibition, Torun, Poland
2014 – International „Ithaca” Poster exhibition, Ithaca, Greece
2014 – Moscow Global Biennale of Graphic Design Golden Bee, Moscow
2015 – o!Galeria nham nham! summer collective, Porto, Portugal
2015 – Salon ilustratorów, Poznań, Poland
2015 – Agrafa, XI International Biennial of Students Graphic Design AGRAFA 2015, Katowice, Poland
2015 – Selected in 48th GOLDEN PEN OF BELGRADE, THE 13th INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF ILLUSTRATION 2015,
Belgrade
2015- Cheltenham Illustration Awards, UK
2015 – ISPB’15 International Student Poster Biennale, Lublin, Poland
2015 – ILLUSTRATED SYDNEY, Illustrate Your LIFE Group – IllustrateYourLIFE.com, Sydney.

We are charmed by his collection and we’re impressed with his work. Karol has lots of amazing creations but we have decided to showcase his Zły Book Illustrations and GIFs created by Leopold Tyrmand. This is his graduation project at Nicolaus Copernicus University. His artistic diploma is an analysis of how illustrations accompanying a literary work gain new meanings and convey new, unexpected content when enhanced with motion in the form of GIF animation.