Joanna Gniady is an illustrator based in Wroclaw, Poland. She works with a diverse range of international clients, creating illustrations for editorial, publishing, culture or advertising.
Having over ten years of experience, Jo has worked with Opéra National de Paris, The Guardian, Netflix, IKEA and Sephora, amongst many others.
She's a member of the Association of Graphic Designers (STGU) - an organization that brings together the best graphic designers in Poland. Her work has received a significant recognition from The AOI (shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards 2017) and 3x3 International Illustration Awards, Professional Show (Merit Winner 2015).
Jo has a thing about Italian sculptures, vintage kimonos, India ink and parisian moustaches. Fin de siècle imagery, silver shoes, stargazer lilies and polka dots. Museums, Fleurs du Mal, big dreams, small obsessions and, well, making lists.
SELECTED CLIENTS
Netflix · Opéra National de Paris · IKEA · Sephora · Pyszne.pl / Takeaway.com · Škoda · Inditex · Crédit Agricole · Grohe · Alliance Française · Zieta Studio · Working Not Working · Wirtualna Polska · Wydział Kultury Urzędu Miasta we Wrocławiu · Instytut Kultury Miejskiej Gdańsk · Czesław Śpiewa · Browar Cześć Brat · OTO Coffee Bar · ARTE · Ucla
The Guardian · Review / The Guardian · The Telegraph · Der Spiegel · Variety Magazine · The Village Voice · L'Obs · Les Inrocks · ELLE France · ELLE Italia · ELLE Japan · ELLE Taiwan · ELLE China · L'Officiel Italia · iO Donna · Psychologies France · Psychologies Netherlands · Glamour · Télérama · Marie France · Santé · Popshot Magazine · SHOP Magazine · XXI Magazine · Brigitte Magazin · Freundin · Laviva Magazin · Psychologie Heute · Das Gramm · Psychologie und Leben · STIL Magazine · Stella · Annabelle magazine · Wysokie Obcasy · Wysokie Obcasy Extra · LABEL Magazine · Twój Styl · Zwierciadło · Charaktery · Ruch Muzyczny
Éditions Eyrolles · Éditions 10|18 · Ediciones Era · Payot et Rivages · Arpa Editores · Rizzoli · Kein & Aber Verlag · Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne · Wydawnictwo Wytwórnia · Wydawnictwo Ossolineum · Do Dizajnu · Axel Springer
Leo Burnett Canada · Landor Associates Paris · Heimat Berlin Werbeagentur · Butter Agency · Superunion · Machas · MOTOR Kommunikation · 180heartbeats + JUNG v MATT · Ogilvy China
STUDIO
Place where I work, meet friends, sleep on the desk and work even more.
WORK PROCESS
Everything starts on a blank sheet. Sketching helps me think and my hands like to get dirty. But the ideas I show my clients are usually advanced and colourful. I'm not a work-in-progress-type-of-person.
THE PARK
This park is located five minutes from my studio. And it's one of the most magical places in Wroclaw. This is where my merry inspiration goes around.
THE BEAST
Like in every self-respecting studio, we have a pet. It's not a dog, it's not a seal. It's a panther. I'll tell you the secret. It creates 90% of my illustrations. But please, don't let the cat out of the bag.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Zieta Illustrated / group / LUMAS Gallery / Toronto Canada / 2024 · Zieta Illustrated / group / Warsaw Home fair at PTAK Expo / Warsaw, Poland / 2023 · Sabotate con grazia / group / MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy / 2023 · Quand la presse s’illustre / group / Bibliothéque Oscar Niemeyer / Le Havre, France / 2023 · Paolo Fresu – Around Tŭk / group / Anteo Palazzo del Cinema / Milano, Italy / 2020 · La lotta è FICA / group / Via Indipendienza / Bologna, Italy / 2020 · Label Magazine x Bauhaus / group / Łódź Design Festival; PURO Hotels in Poland; Gallery of the Polish Institute in Vienna / 2019 · Lasso i tusz / solo / Galeria TDK / Tarnobrzeg, Poland / 2018 · Elektryzujmy / solo / Galeria Zamostek / Opole, Poland / 2018 · Wystawa Multimedialna STGU / group / Galeria "Na strychu" / Szczecin, Poland / 2018 · Cross the b/order. Ilustracja bez granic / group / Gdynia Design Days / Gdynia, Poland / 2018 · Noworoczne Postanowienia / group / BWA Dizajn / Wrocław, Poland / 2018 · 26. Wystawa Wrocławskiej Grafiki Użytkowej / group / Recepcja / Wrocław, Poland / 2018 · Uwikłani w tekst. Ilustracja prasowa / group / Galeria Biała / Lublin, Poland / 2018 · Oko Cyklonu / solo / Idea Place / Wrocław, Poland / 2017 · Cross the b/order. Ilustracja bez granic / group / BWA Zielona Góra / Zielona Góra, Poland / 2017 · Placki na papierze / group / Firlej / Wrocław, Poland / 2017 · Across Europe with best fashion illustration / group / Złote Tarasy / Warsaw, Poland / 2017 · 25. Wystawa Wrocławskiej Grafiki Użytkowej / group / Wrocław, Poland / 2016
Photos by Natalia & Ernest Dec / www.piqsell.pl