Ola Niepsuj is an internationally recognized and award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and art director. Her work bridges the worlds of commercial and fine art and has been published by some of the world’s leading brands, newspapers, magazines, and publishers.

Clients

  • Adam Mickiewicz Institute
  • Adidas
  • Admind
  • Agora
  • Alla Carta (IT)
  • Apple
  • Art & Business
  • Autor rooms
  • Babel Festival (CHE)
  • Biedronka
  • Braun (IT)
  • Centre Pompidou (FR)
  • Chylak
  • Converse
  • Czarne
  • Disney
  • Elementy Wear
  • Etana Editions (FIN)
  • Gedeon Richter
  • Ginza (JP)
  • Goethe-Institut Polen
  • Guimarães Jazz Festival (PT)
  • Harper’s Bazaar
  • HBO
  • IKEA
  • K Mag
  • Karakter
  • KFC
  • Kukbuk
  • Lemniscaat (NL)
  • Levi’s
  • Lodz Design Festival
  • Lukullus Pâtisserie
  • Maisonette (USA)
  • Maki Magazine (NL)
  • Marginesy
  • Melissa
  • Milimbo Libros (ESP)
  • Minsk Watch Plant (BLR)
  • Mirror Universe Tapes (USA)
  • Mundin Publishing
  • National Center for Culture
  • National Film School Lodz
  • National Museum in Warsaw
  • Nature Magazine (GB)
  • New York Times (USA)
  • Next Media
  • Nike
  • O2 (GB)
  • Pan Tu Nie Stal
  • Panasonic
  • Pig Magazine (Italy)
  • PKP Polish State Railways
  • Podróże
  • Przekrój
  • Puro Hotels
  • Put an egg on it (USA)
  • Pyré (Slovakia)
  • Rimowa
  • Saks Fifth Avenue (USA)
  • Showmax
  • Showroom.pl
  • Sixteen Tambourines (JP)
  • Skanska
  • Smak
  • Snow and Gold
  • Stripe (USA)
  • Tannen Records (Italy)
  • Taschen
  • Thames and Hudson
  • The Loop (UK)
  • The New York Times
  • The Polish Bar Council
  • The Wall Street Journal (USA)
  • Undergroundzero (USA)
  • Visegrad Insight
  • WAB
  • Wajda School & Studio
  • Warner Music
  • Watchout Productions
  • Wprost
  • WWF
  • Wysokie obcasy
  • Wytwórnia
  • Zwierciadło
  • Zwykłe życie

AWARDS

Exhibitions

  • Graphic Design Archive

    Lodz, Poland, 2023

  • When Everything Matters

    Kyiv, Ukraine, 2023

  • Reinterpretation. Contemporary Polish Poster Art / 展示会:再解釈 ポーランドの現代ポスター芸術

    Nagoya, Japan, 2022

  • Spotkania (Meetings)

    Gdańsk, Poland, 2022

  • Plakat Wisi

    Poznan, Poland, 2022

  • Ola Niepsuj – La meraviglia nel quotidiano

    Torino, Italy, 2022

  • Vive le graphisme!

    Paris, France, 2022

  • Seom Tada, Sseom Tada. The International Exhibition of Professional Artists

    Jeju-do, South Korea, 2022

  • International Graphic Festival in Hungary: GRAPHICPÉCS

    Pécs, Hungary, 2022

  • Movie posters speaking

    Koszalin, Poland, 2022

  • Ukrainian Dictionary

    Lodz, Poland, 2022

  • Only Ola Niepsuj

    Lodz, Poland, 2022

  • Jackets off. Annual Best Book Covers Exhibition

    Bolognia, Italy, 2022

  • Poster Fest

    Budapest, Hungary, 2022

  • Generation 2.0 What’s Left After Polish School of Posters

    West Virginia, USA, 2022

  • Houshold Objects (Przedmioty domowe)

    Lodz, Poland, 2021

  • Illustradays

    Athens, Greece, 2021

  • Generation 2.0 What’s Left After Polish School of Poster?

    Kielce, Poland, 2021

  • The Dictionary of Lodz / Human Culture

    Łódź, Poland, 2021

  • Houshold Objects (Przedmioty domowe)

    Kielce, Poland, 2021

  • Le immagini della fantasia 37

    Monza, Italy, 2021

  • Neue polnische Illustrationskunst

    Berlin, Germany, 2021

  • Spain Inspires

    Warsaw, Poland, 2021

  • Spain Inspires

    Cracow, Poland, 2021

  • Le immagini della fantasia 37

    Tolmezzo, Italy, 2020

  • Golden Bee 14th Global Biennale of Graphic Design / Bauhaus 100

    Moscow, Russia, 2020

  • A dictionary of Lodz / Modern Phrases

    Łódź, Poland, 2020

  • As much as it takes. Solo poster Exhibition.

    Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2020

  • Ola Niepsuj – PLakátok – Lengyel Plakátművészet

    Budapeszt, Hungary, 2020

  • No Planet no Fun

    Tokio, Japan, 2020

  • The Pavilion of Reverberations

    Logroño, Spain, 2020

  • No Planet no Fun

    Barcelona, Spain, 2019

  • Figure and Texture (Figura i tekstura)

    Opole, Poland, 2019

  • Gwangju Design Biennale

    Gwangju City, South Korea, 2019

  • Identity. 100 years of architecture

    Katowice, Poland, 2019

  • Label x Bauhaus100

    Cracow, Poland, 2019

  • 100 Years of Bauhaus

    Warsaw, Poland, 2019

  • Label x Bauhaus100

    Wrocław, Poland, 2019

  • My Freedom

    Gdańsk, Poland, 2019

  • 100 Years of Bauhaus

    Gdańsk, Poland, 2019

  • Modern Polish Poster from the Golden Era of the 50s till now

    Kioto, Japan, 2019

  • 100 Years of Bauhaus

    Warsaw, Poland, 2019

  • Thirty Years of Freedom

    Gdańsk, Poland, 2019

  • From Dwurnik to Sasnal – TNF Poster Creators

    Tarnów, Poland, 2019

  • “Gumowe Ucho”

    Warsaw, Poland, 2019

  • Jeszcze nie ma wszystkich

    Tarnów, Poland, 2019

  • Bauhaus100

    Łódź, Poland, 2019

  • Polish Illustrators Interpret Works by Karol Śliwka (Jak Śliwka w kompot)

    Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2019

  • La Nouvelle Vague, Affiches Polonaises

    Lyon, France, 2019

  • Śliwka w kompot

    Kielce, Poland, 2019

  • EL – Wystawa łódzkiego plakatu typograficzno-geometrycznego z kręgu ASP im. W. Strzemińskiego w Łodzi

    Szczecin, Poland, 2019

  • Sztuka teraz

    Kraków, Poland, 2019

  • L’affiche polonaise.1952-2018. Une révolution graphique

    Echirolles, France, 2019

  • Mickey90

    Wrocław, Poland, 2018

  • TYPE + TEXT | DXB

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2018

  • Polish Illustrators Interpret Works by Karol Śliwka (Jak Śliwka w kompot)

    Wrocław, Poland, 2018

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design | Patterns of Europe

    Lublin, Poland, 2018

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design | Vienna Design Week

    Vienna, Austria, 2018

  • Eigensinnige Vielfalt. Polnische Plakate

    Cottbus, Germany, 2018

  • Imaging Poland – Polish Film Poster

    Hong Kong, China, 2018

  • TYPE + TEXT | Cracowia — Typo Poster Exhibition

    Cracow, Poland, 2018

  • Jak śliwka w kompot

    Gdynia, Poland, 2018

  • New Polish Poster Exhibition

    Glasgow, Scotland, 2018

  • A Bunch of Stories: International Illustration Exhibition (Декілька історій: міжнародна виставка ілюстрації)

    Kyiv, Ukraine, 2018

  • Gedeon Richter „Kobiece sprawy”

    Warsaw, Poland, 2018

  • Ola Niepsuj TŁOK

    Gdynia, Poland, 2017/2018

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design

    Poznań, Poland, 2017

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design | Targi Rzeczy Ładnych

    Warsaw, Poland, 2017

  • Nie ma się co obrażać | Tbilisi Book Days

    Tibilisi, Georgia, 2017

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design | Berlin

    Berlin, Germany, 2017

  • Illustrated Democracy | Gdansk Democracy Week

    Gdańsk, Poland, 2017

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design | Gdynia Design Days

    Gdynia, Poland, 2017

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design | Budapest Design Week

    Budapest, Hungary, 2017

  • Ola Niepsuj Ола Непсуй

    Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017

  • Komunikat LDZ

    Warsaw, Poland, 2017

  • Eye on Poland. New Graphic Design from Poland. Olhar Polônia

    São Paulo, Brazil, 2017

  • TYPE + TEXT | Year of Avant-garde

    Łódź, Poland, 2017

  • TYPE + TEXT – Typographic Poster Exhibition

    Lublin, Poland, 2017

  • Exhibition Eye on Poland Presented for the Third Time in Korea

    Osan, South Korea, 2017

  • Society of Illustrators 59 Annual Exhibition

    New York, USA, 2017

  • Places of Origin

    Rejkjavik, Iceland, 2016

  • Eye on Poland. New Graphic Design from Poland

    Mumbai, India, 2016

  • The ABC’s of Polish Design

    Bangkok, Thailand, 2016

  • Snakes, daggers and rose petals

    Cracow, Poland, 2016

  • Design Special Poland – New Polish Posters in Tehran

    Teheran, Iran, 2016

  • Typoplakat (Typographic poster)

    Łódź, Poland, 2016

  • Type+Text – International Festival of Typography

    Guilin, China, 2016

  • Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design

    Moscow, Russia, 2016

  • Eye on Poland

    Tokyo, Japan, 2016

  • 1+( ) Global Network Illustration Fair

    Seul, South Korea, 2016

  • Auction For The House

    Poznan, Poland, 2016

  • Inside Out. Polish graphic design in the making

    New York, USA, 2015

  • Eye on Poland. New Graphic Design from Poland

    Seul, South Korea, 2015

  • Eye on Poland. New Graphic Design from Poland

    Setouchi , Japan, 2015

  • Eye on Poland. New Graphic Design from Poland

    New Delhi, India, 2015

  • Film Festival for Kids, Stacja Muranów, Warsaw

    Warsaw, Poland, 2015

  • Graphic Design. Continuation, Galeria Pod Baranami, Kraków, Poland

    Cracow, Poland, 2015

  • Posters from City of Łódź

    Brno, Czech Republic, 2015

  • Typoplakat

    Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic, 2015

  • TYPOPOLO – Typography Exhibition

    Warsaw, Poland, 2014

  • Mask’s Exhibition, Bar Studio, Warsaw, Poland

    Warsaw, Poland, 2014

  • (plus 48) SOCIAL CLUB, Polish Design Exhibition, Vacant, Tokyo, Japan

    Tokyo, Japan, 2014

  • Sto Disegnando/Rysuję!!!

    Warsaw, Poland, 2014

  • Typoplagát (Typographic poster)

    Bratislava, Slovakia, 2014

  • TypoAktywni (TypoActive)

    Wrocław, Poland, 2014

  • Posters from the Fine Art Academy in Łódź Archive

    Łódź, Poland, 2014

  • Ola Niepsuj. Illustration Exhibition

    Wrocław, Poland, 2014

  • Posters Exhibition

    Kielce, Poland, 2014

  • DESIGNING Poland – DESIGN in Poland

    London, England, 2014

  • Elementarz (ABC) Illustration Exhibition

    Haapsalu, Estonia, 2014

  • Elementarz (ABC), Illustration Exhibition

    Tartu, Estonia, 2014

  • Elementarz (ABC), Illustration Exhibition

    Pärnu Keskraamatukogu, Estonia, 2014

  • La Fête du graphisme 2014

    Paris, France, 2014

  • Typoplagát (Typo poster)

    Zlín, Czech Republic, 2013

  • Enfant terrible. La nouvelle Affiche Polonaise (The New Polish Poster)

    Brussels, Belgium, 2013

  • Painters of Illustrations, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Warsaw, Poland, 2013

  • El cartel polaco, de ahora en adelante (The Polish poster, hereafter)

    Havana, Cuba, 2013

  • DMY BERLIN, Polish Design Focus

    Berlin, Germany, 2013

  • Posters from City of Łódź

    Warsaw, Poland, 2013

  • Art Yard Sale

    Warsaw, Poland, 2013

  • Elementarz (ABC), Illustration Exhibition

    Tallin, Estonia, 2013

  • BERLAYMONT SUMMA ARTIS II

    Brussels, Belgium, 2013

  • Re:format Ola Niepsuj

    Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2013

  • Where I come from. Polish Illustration Focus

    Berlin, Germany, 2013

  • BICeBé, Biennial of Poster Bolivia

    La Paz, Bolivia, 2013

  • Typoplakat

    Cieszyn, Poland, 2012

  • Polish and Cuban Graphic Design yesterday and today

    Havana, Cuba, 2012

  • Design of the Year – Polish Graphic Design at Design Week

    Sofia, Bulgaria, 2012

  • Design of the Year, Skopje Design Week

    Skopje, Macedonia, 2012

  • 23rd International Poster Biennale

    Warsaw, Poland, 2012

  • Elementarz (ABC) Łódź Design Festival

    Łódź, Poland, 2012

  • Art Yard Sale

    Warsaw, Poland, 2012

  • OUT OF STH 3, Re: Urban Space Design

    Wrocław, Poland, 2012

  • Graphic Designers from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź

    Łódź, Poland, 2012

  • TYPO-ŁÓDŹ, Typographic Poster Exhibition

    Łódź, Poland, 2012

  • Graphic Designers from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź

    Łódź, Poland, 2012

  • Ilustracja PL2012: O-KUPOWAĆ (Illustration PL2012: OCCUBY)

    Warsaw, Poland, 2012

  • Euroart, Football Art Biennale

    Warsaw, Poland, 2012

  • Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź

    Łódź, Poland, 2012

  • Gumowe Ucho. Zwykłe Życie (Snooper, Ordinary Life) Illustrators Exhibition

    Toruń, Poland, 2012

  • Gumowe Ucho. Zwykłe Życie (Snooper, Ordinary Life) Illustrators Exhibition

    Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2012

  • DŁUG/DEBT, Contemporary Polish Poster and Illustration on the subject of Debt

    New York, USA, 2012

  • Design for Freedom – Freedom in Design Exhibition. Graphic Design in Poland 1981-2011

    Stockholm, Sweden, 2011

  • Design for Freedom – Freedom in Design Exhibition. Graphic Design in Poland 1981-2011

    Baku, Azerbaijan, 2011

  • Design for Freedom – Freedom in Design Exhibition. Graphic Design in Poland 1981-2011

    Tokyo, Japan, 2011

  • Das Plakat – Hier und Jezt (Poster – Here and Now)

    Dortmund, Germany, 2011

  • Legends of Wawel, Illustration Exhibition

    Cracow, Poland, 2011

  • Project of the Year – Polish Graphic Competition, Exhibition

    Warsaw, Poland, 2011

  • O rety! Portrety (Gosh! Portraits), Young Portraitists Exhibition

    Bytom, Poland, 2011

  • Nowy Chaos (New Chaos), Illustration Exhibition

    Katowice, Poland, 2011

  • Litera w Literze (Letter in a Letter), Ola Niepsuj – Typographic works.

    Łódź, Poland, 2011

  • Re:format Ola Niepsuj, Graphic Design in Poland series

    Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2011

  • Exhibition of Graphic Design and Illustration

    Poznań, Poland, 2011

  • Zwykłe życie (Ordinary Life), Young Polish Illustrators Exhibition

    Warsaw, Poland, 2011

  • Kalejdoskop (Kaleidoscope)

    Warsaw, Poland, 2011

  • ALL PLAY & WORK, Polish contemporary illustration exhibition

    Berlin, Germany, 2010

  • Design for Freedom – Freedom in Design Exhibition, Graphic Design in Poland 1981-2011

    Berlin, Germany, 2010

  • Re:Format, Graphic Design in Poland

    Katowice, Poland, 2010

  • Das Plakat – Hier und Jezt (Poster – Here and Now)

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • Szkoła Wajdy – Szkoła Plakatu (Wajda School – School of Poster)

    Gdynia, Poland, 2010

  • Faith Hope Struggle – video, poster, painting, graphic exhibition

    Warsaw, Poland, 2010

  • Plakat – Student Poster Exhibition

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • BESTRONA 5th B-day, Graphic Design in Poland

    Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2010

  • Class 2010 – the best graduates exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • Composition

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • 21st Władysław Strzemiński Competition – PROJECT 2010 Prize-winners

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • Klubowe, Poster Exhibition

    Warsaw, Poland, 2010

  • Well designed Book. Let’s Begin with Kids

    Jastrzębie Zdrój, Poland, 2010

  • 27th Władysław Strzemiński Competition – Fine Arts

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • Książka Dobrze Zaprojektowana Zacznijmy od Dzieci (Well designed Book. Let us begin with the Kids)

    Katowice, Poland, 2010

  • Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • AGRAFA: International Biennial of Graphic Design

    Łódź, Poland, 2010

  • AGRAFA: International Biennial of Graphic Design

    Katowice, Poland, 2010

  • GOOD 50×70, International Poster Exhibition

    Milan, Italy, 2010

  • Ilustrações de viagem (Illustration Exhibition), Galeria de Paris, Porto, Portugal

    Porto, Portugal, 2009

  • Ola Niepsuj – Screenprints

    Łódź, Poland, 2008

  • PROJECT 2008 Władysław Strzemiński Competition Winners

    Łódź, Poland, 2008

  • Serigraphy form the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź

    Miechów, Poland, 2008

  • Exhibition of Faculty Graphics and Painting Students

    Łódź, Poland, 2008

  • EKO DESIGN. Winners Exibition

    Łódź, Poland, 2008

  • Graphic Design from ASP Łódź

    Katowice, Poland, 2008

  • 25th Władysław Strzemiński Competition

    Łódź, Poland, 2008

  • L’esprit de Saint Tropez, Painting Exhibition

    Łódź, Poland, 2008

  • Atelier fur Malerei

    Dünen, Germany, 2007

  • Art Objects Festival – Academies of Fine Arts in Poland

    Poznań, Poland, 2007

  • JA, TU I TERAZ, Wystawa Multimediów (ME, HERE & NOW – Multimedia Exhibition)

    Łódź, Poland, 2007

  • Landscape, Outdoor Paintings Exhibiton

    Łódź, Poland, 2007

Albums

INTERVIEWS

NOIZZ
Only Ola Niepsuj, 2022

JOURNAL
Illustrator’s tasks, 2021

KAL
I like to have the bigger picture, 2021

Hygge
Like a kiddo, 2020

CONTEMPORARY LYNX
For your Eyes Only: Ola Niepsuj, 2020

NEWSWEEK
Fashion for posters, 2019

Label
How to put an elephant on a bicycle, 2019

Kobieta
It’s good to be picky in life, 2019

GLAMOUR
Up and coming, 2017

WYBORCZA
Polish drawings in New York, 2016

Dpi 設計插畫誌 MAGAZINE (TW)
A portrait of Ola Niepsuj, 2016

FORBES
Career: illustrator, 2015

DESIGN&PAPER
Meet Ola Niepsuj, 2014

OBJECTS – Journal of Applied Arts (DE)
Neue Polnische Schule, 2013

PAGE (DE)
Junge polnische Illustration, 2013

PRZEKRÓJ
Pictures from the exhibition, 2013

NEWSWEEK
Childhood memories, 2013

GLAMOUR
Polish design afloat, 2012

NOIZZ
Only Ola Niepsuj, 2022

JOURNAL
Illustrator’s tasks, 2021

KAL
I like to have the bigger picture
, 2021

Hygge
Like a kiddo, 2020

CONTEMPORARY LYNX
For your Eyes Only: Ola Niepsuj, 2020

NEWSWEEK
Fashion for posters, 2019

Label
How to put an elephant on a bicycle, 2019

Kobieta
It’s good to be picky in life, 2019

GLAMOUR
Up and coming, 2017

WYBORCZA
Polish drawings in New York, 2016

Dpi 設計插畫誌 MAGAZINE (TW)
A portrait of Ola Niepsuj, 2016

FORBES
Career: illustrator, 2015

DESIGN&PAPER
Meet Ola Niepsuj, 2014

OBJECTS – Journal of Applied Arts (DE)
Neue Polnische Schule, 2013

PAGE (DE)
Junge polnische Illustration, 2013

PRZEKRÓJ
Pictures from the exhibition, 2013

NEWSWEEK
Childhood memories, 2013

GLAMOUR
Polish design afloat, 2012

Workshops

Lectures

Collage art in graphic design and illustration
Tokio, Japan, 2022

Collage in illustration イラストレーションにおけるデジタルとアナログのコラージュ
Tokio, Japan, 2022

Shapes, Textures, Composition
Tokio, Japan, 2022

Polish Graphic Design Talks
Cracow, Poland,2022

Polish Graphic Design Talks. Practical career advice for creative types
Warsaw, Poland, 2022

Break My Art IV. Thoughts on Polish Avant-garde
Lodz, Poland, 2019

Kopublikacja. Economy of Illustration Market
Wrocław, Poland, 2018

Tbilisi Book Days – How to be an illustrator როგორ გახდე ილუსტრატორი
Tibilisi, Georgia, 2017

Conversations on Publishing and Design
Riga, Latvia, 2019

Combine Creativity With Practicality
Riga, Latvia, 2019

September Design Days. Creative Evolution
Warsaw, Poland, 2016

Polish Poster, Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design
Moscow, Russia, 2016

Kopublikacja. Career in illustration
Wrocław, Poland, 2015

Polish Design Week Conference
Bezalel, Israel, 2015

Plus 48 Social Club on Polish Illustration
Tokio, Japan,2014

Collage art in graphic design and illustration
Tokio, Japan,2022

Collage in illustration イラストレーションにおけるデジタルとアナログのコラージュ
Tokio, Japan, 2022

Shapes, Textures, Composition
Tokio, Japan, 2022

Polish Graphic Design Talks
Cracow, Poland, 2022

Polish Graphic Design Talks. Practical career advice for creative types
Warsaw, Poland, 2022

Break My Art IV. Thoughts on Polish Avant-garde
Lodz, Poland, 2019

Kopublikacja. Economy of Illustration Market
Wrocław, Poland, 2018

Tbilisi Book Days – How to be an illustrator როგორ გახდე ილუსტრატორი,
Tibilisi, Georgia, 2017

Combine Creativity With Practicality
Riga, Latvia, 2019

Conversations on Publishing and Design
Riga, Latvia, 2019

September Design Days. Creative Evolution
Warsaw, Poland, 2016

Polish Poster, Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design
Moscow, Russia, 2016

Kopublikacja. Career in illustration
Wrocław, Poland, 2015

Polish Design Week Conference
Bezalel, Israel, 2015

Plus 48 Social Club on Polish Illustration
Tokio, Japan, 2014

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