Bartek Brosz
Bio
Bartek Brosz is an illustrator, author of books for children. He was born in 1974 in Gdańsk. He learned drawing during art classes under the supervision of Mirosława Smerek Bielecka and Tadeusz Piotrowski from Olsztyn. He continued his drawing education while studying architecture at the Gdańsk University of Technology.
He made his debut as an illustrator while still in high school in 1991 in Gazeta Olsztyńska. Later, he collaborated with Dziennik Bałtycki, Gazeta Współczesna, Wirtualna Polska, Onet.pl and Operon publishing house. Currently, he cooperates with the publishing house Adamada, the Gdańsk Educational Publishing House (GWO), Presscom publishing house. Literatura publishing house.
He is the author of books for children and illustrations for dozens of books and school textbooks. As a graphic designer, he participated in the creation of many board and computer games.
Apart from drawing, his passion is music. He composes and writes song lyrics. He is the author of illustrative music for several computer games and for the animated film "Piglets". His first band is the Tri-City band Pomidory. He currently plays with the bands The Waterforge and The Paperbags.
He lives with his family and cat in Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz.
Prizes and awards
Distinction in the competition for a comic strip of the Przekrój quarterly, 2023
2nd prize in the best song category at the 54th Song Exchange, 2021 for the song "Wicher Zerwał Dach", lyrics and music by Bartek Brosz, performed by The Waterforge
Award in the competition "The best tourist publications of 2018" for "7 x Gdańsk, a guide for young explorers" awarded by the Literary Magazine KSIĄŻKI
BOOKS Literary Magazine Award for Bartłomiej Brosz for the book April 2017 "7 x Gdańsk, a guide for young explorers"
3rd place in the satirical competition "Olympic Humor", Festival Cartoonnet, Italy, 2000
Award from the "Cogito" magazine for the lyrics for the Pomidory group, Bazuna Song Festival, Gdynia, 1996.
2nd place in the satirical competition, Galeria Kraniecpolski, Barciany, 1994
Competitions and exhibitions
Festiwalu o'Polski, collective exhibition, BOTO theater, Theme: HUMAN., 2023, Sopot
Festiwalu o'Polski, collective exhibition, BOTO theater, Theme: EARTH., 2022, Sopot
Ilustracje Bartka Brosza, "Ślad" gallery, Ełckie Centrum Kultury, 2022, Ełk, (individual exhibition) Poland
Fraszkoteka, fraszki Marleny Wilbik i rysunki Bartłomieja Brosza, Muzeum Karykatury, 2018, Warszawa, Poland
Il Grande Canale della Pace “Di colomba ce n’è una sola”, 2015, Rzym, Italy;
23 Biennale "Umorismo" 2005, Tolentino, Italy;
Satyrykon 2005, Legnica, Poland;
TELEMAGIA, Muzeum Karykatury, 2005, Warszawa, Poland;
Polaków portret przaśny, Muzeum Karykatury, 2003, Warszawa, Poland;
Z Europy do Europy, Muzeum Karykatury, 2003, Warszawa, Poland;
Satyrykon 2002, Legnica, Poland;
"Sex & Pen" (2001), Italy;
Satyrykon 2000, Legnica, Poland;
12 Biennale Di Caricatura, 2000, Vercelli, Italy;
The Golden Smile 2000, Belgrad, Yugoslavia;
Lov & Ribolov 1999, Varazdin, Croatia;
Muziek 1999, Beringen, Belgium;
Galeria Kraniecpolski 1994, Barciany, Poland ( II miejsce )