New Image / New Look 2025 | competition exhibition

New Image / New Look 2025 | competition exhibition

Final exhibition of the 14th edition of the New Image / New Look 2025 competition

Opening: April 28, 2025, 13:00
Finissage and announcement of the competition results, including the awards ceremony: May 10, 2025, 7:00 p.m., as part of the Image Festival 2025
Duration of exhibition: May 10, 2025
Venue: Gallery Słodownia +1, Stary Browar, 42 Półwiejska Str., Poznan

Accompanying event: 
May 10, 2025, 17:00 — From a Young Perspective to the Painting of Tomorrow — a panel discussion accompanying the exhibition of the 14th edition of the New Image / New Look competition — hosted by Dr. Karolina Rosiejka — Słodownia +1 Gallery, Stary Browar (42 Półwiejska Str.)

We invite you to participate in the exhibition presenting the works of the finalists of the 14th edition of the national painting competition New Image / New Look. The competition is addressed to students and graduates of painting at state universities throughout Poland. The exhibition will open on April 28 at 1:00 p.m., while the announcement of the results and the awards ceremony will take place on May 10, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. as part of the Image Festival.

The Image Festival is an artistic event organized by the Faculty of Image and Interdisciplinary Activities of the University of the Arts Poznan. Its first edition will take place between May 8 and 10, 2025. The program includes exhibitions, lectures and guided tours, as well as concerts and a panel discussion related to the New Image / New Look competition. Detailed information is available on the festival website: https://www.woidi.pl/FestiwalObrazu2025

Admission to all events is free.

Finalists of the 14th edition of the New Image / New Gaze 2025 competition:

Jadwiga Cicha | Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
Stanisław Czwartos | Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Amadeusz Długaj | Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
Mateusz Drozdowski | Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan
Maria Gil | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Klara Kaczyńska | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Paulina Karkut | Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan
Mateusz Majchrzak | Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Michalczuk | Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk
Jeremi Nowiński | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Magdalena Palion | Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
Zuzanna Romańska | Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Adam Stępień | Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk
Anna Tymińska | Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Barbara Tymoszuk | Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk

The finalists were selected by a jury composed of:

• dr Martyna Borowiecka | painter
• dr hab. Tomasz Kalitko, prof. UAP | painter, Dean of the Faculty of Image and Interdisciplinary Activities
• dr Anna Kołacka | painter, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan
• dr Grzegorz Kozera | painter, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
• mgr Cristiano Piccinini | painter, co-owner of the Renesans company
• Jarosław Przyborowski | art collector, Signum Foundation
• dr Sonia Ruciak | painter, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Painting and Drawing, Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw
• Piotr Sarzyński | art critic, author of books on culture, journalist of the weekly Polityka
• dr Agnieszka Sowisło – Przybył | painter, chairwoman of the competition committee
• dr hab. Filip Wierzbicki – Nowak, prof. UAP | painter, secretary of the competition committee

Organizer: Faculty of Image and Interdisciplinary Activities, UAP, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of the Arts Poznan

Partners of the competition: Stary Browar, Renesans, Royal Talens, P.P.H.U. ROGAL, Contemporary Lynx, Notes Na 6 Tygodni, Gallery aTAK, Gallery Wiele Sztuki, UAP Municipal Galleries, New Foundation UAP , Poznan City, #poznanwspiera.

Partners of the Image Festival: Galeria Wiele Sztuki, Galeria Pyramida (Robot Gentleman), Galeria Duża Scena UAP, Galerie Miejskie UAP, Galeria Kraska, Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 3cia Strona Baru, Radio UAP, IKS,  Festiwal Artystyczny Młodzieży Akademickiej FAMA, Miasto Poznań.

Media patronage: Radio Afera