Wojciech Bąkowski (Poland) Graphic artist, illustrator, performer and cartoonist, making alternative music and poetry projects. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in Poznań. In his works, he blends image, sound and text into a coherent, inseparable whole, devoid of redundant elements likely to distort the communicated message. The artist uses minimalistic aesthetic means. His projects address issues related to daily life, they make references to reality and the immediate surroundings. His cartoons have been acknowledged at international festivals in Poland and abroad. He was awarded the prestigious “Spojrzenia” prize (2009) by Deutsche Bank Foundation and Zachęta National Gallery of Art, and a prestigious “Paszport Polityki” prize.