Results of the 45th Edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma

Results of the 45th Edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma

Last Friday, 20 February 2026, we announced the results of the 45th edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma completed in the 2024/2025 academic year.

All nominated diploma projects can be viewed until 8 March at the exhibition held at Stary Browar in Poznan, in the Słodownia space.

This year’s exhibition presents 26 diploma projects and 26 different perspectives on the world. There is energy, diversity, and fresh ideas, but also important questions about how we live and where we are heading. Art does not escape reality, on the contrary, it addresses everyday issues, relationships, urban spaces, technology, and science.

The theme of this year’s edition is COOPERATION, because today it is collaboration, dialogue, and the merging of different perspectives that become the key to creating art with real impact. The projects not only depict the world but attempt to change it drawing attention to what is often overlooked and inviting us to think collectively about the future.

Nominees in the Artistic Category:

Zuzanna Tetera
Piotr Lewandowski
Paulina Płaneta
Oktawia Derybowska
Mikołaj Thiel
Maria Majkowska
Krzysztof Kędzierski
Karolina Piotrowska
Jakub Żwirełło
Gabriel Kryszpiniuk
Cezary Malinkiewicz
Barbara Borysewicz
Anna Myszkowiak
Andrzej Staniek
Agnieszka Olejniczak
Agata Stemerowicz

Nominees in the Design Category:

Zuzanna Kowalska
Zofia Krzyżanowska
Wiktoria Bartczak
Piotr Banaszek
Paulina Talewska
Mikołaj Betka
Maciej Kozłowski
Justyna Wiśniewska
Danuta Kobylacka
Anna Krajewska

Results of the 45th Edition of the Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best UAP Diploma

Grand Prix – Artistic Field: Andrzej Staniek
Grand Prix – Design Field: Justyna Wiśniewska
Special Award of the Rector of UAP: Mikołaj Thiel

Awards funded by:

• Mayor of Poznan – awarded to Barbara Borysewicz
• Poznan City Development Foundation – Agnieszka Olejniczak, Mikołaj Thiel
• Notes na 6 Tygodni – Andrzej Staniek (Artistic Field), Danuta Kobylacka (Design Field)
• Forner – Krzysztof Kędzierski
• Solar – Anna Myszkowiak
• Rebel – Paulina Talewska
• Griltex – Piotr Banaszek (1st Prize), Mikołaj Betka (2nd Prize)
• Webmetric – Gabriel Kryszpiniuk
• Wiele Sztuki – Barbara Borysewicz, Justyna Wiśniewska
• Polskie Meble – Anna Myszkowiak
• Befame – Justyna Wiśniewska
• Tente – Maciej Kozłowski
• STGU – Danuta Kobylacka, Zuzanna Kowalska
• A&B – Piotr Banaszek
• WhiteMad – Maciej Kozłowski
• Contemporary Lynx – Andrzej Staniek
• Wydawnictwo Miejskie Posnania – IKS – Krzysztof Kędzierski, Zuzanna Kowalska