Maka Cielecka

maka_cielecka@hotmail.com

Education

1995 Computer Design, Dawson College, Montreal

1980 M.A. in Fine Arts (Poster Design), Studio of Maciej Urbaniec, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Poland

1978 Graphics Training Course, Canterbury College of Art, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Professional Experience

2000 - Professional Artist in Moscow, Russia and Bratislava, Slovakia

1995-1998 Contract work for the Royal Tropical Institute, Koninklijke Instituut voor de Tropen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Cover design for the Annual Report 1995
  • Variety of illustrations

Contract work for Kluwer Law International, The Hague, The Netherlands

  • Cover design for “Human Rights and the Administration of Justice”

1985-1995

  • Poster design for “Echo” (play directed by Robert Lepage), Theatre 1776, Montreal
  • Design of video jackets and other publications for the National Film Board of Canada
  • Series of portraits for a book entitled “Québec-Québec” Éditions Art Global, Montreal QC
  • Series of portraits for a book entitled “Les dieux du sport” Éditions logiques, Montreal QC
  • Contract work for Sungraphics
  • Variety of designs for NGOs and community cultural organizations in Montreal (logos, letterheads, press kits, posters, brochures, etc.)

1982

  • Group Exhibition of paintings and drawings--Pauline McGibbons Centre, Toronto ON
  • 21st Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

1981

  • Solo exhibition of drawings and watercolours at Ottawa City Hall

1980

  • Solo exhibition of posters and drawings at the Corps de Garde Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

1979

  • Honorary Prize at the poster competition on the theme of “Motorization and the Urban Environment”, Warsaw, Poland
  • Solo Exhibition at the Laski Institute, Warsaw, Poland