Digital Artist
3D Graphic Designer
New Technology Researcher
Barnaba Mikułowski (alias Vaticinator) is a Wrocław-based digital artist, 3D graphic designer, and new media researcher. He combines an academic background from the Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław with a rich legacy from the technology and gaming industries—serving, among other roles, as a co-founder of HackerSpace: Wrocław and former Art Director at Cat-Astrophe Games. His portfolio encompasses over 80 solo and group exhibitions both in Poland and internationally (including the US, Germany, China, and the UK). In his practice, he utilizes 3D graphics, interactive installations, and artificial intelligence to question the boundaries of human autonomy in a data-driven world, creating works that bridge aesthetic experience with critical reflection on the nature of technological progress.
Individual exhibitions:
2022 - “Checkpoint 2022”, VGA Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2011 - "Elsewhere", Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Poland
2011 - "The 3rd Dimension of Drawing", exhibition of digital printing and animation, Gravity Club, Warsaw
2010 - Graduation Exhibition of Graphic Art, BWA Awangarda, Wrocław, Poland
2009 - Exhibition of Graphic Art, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain
2008 - Exhibition of Graphic Art, Cafe Kafka, Warsaw, Poland
Group Exhibitions:
2026 - Final gala of the Render2Reason festival, Łódzka Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna, Poland
2026 - "Random Check 8 UN-ORGANIC", National Forum of Music, Wroclaw, Poland
2026 - ISCM World New Music Days (WNMD) 2026, Rumunia
2026 - "New Situation", Galerie G18, Univerzita Tomáše Bati, Zlín, Czechy
2026 - "HAPPINESS", Galeria Neon, Wrocław
2025 - "Random Check 7", Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
2025 - "Random Check 7.5", ArtTechScience Conference, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
2025 - Best of O!PLA 2025, U–jazdowski Cinema, Ujazdowski Castle - Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
2025/26 - O!PLA Focus On Poland vol. 13: Tampere (Finland), Izmir (Turkey), Atlanta (Georgia, USA), Athens (Greece), Thessaloniki (Greece), Palos Verdes (California, USA), Rijeka (Croatia), Taichung (Taiwan), Bratislava (Slovakia), Edmore (Michigan, USA), Xiamen (China), Gwacheon (South Korea), Čačak (Serbia), Allentown (Pennsylvania, USA), Brunswick (Germany), Mumbai (India), Pilsen (Czech Republic), Pune (India), La Croisille-sur-Briance (France), Shah Alam (Malaysia), Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Janakpur (Nepal), Alicante (Spain), Oldenburg (Germany), Glasgow (Scotland), Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), 19th Fest Anča 2026 (Žilina, Slovakia), Siamanima (Thailand)
2025 - "Random Check 7: Time Crystals", KAF Digital Space, Krupa Art Foundation, Wroclaw, Poland
2025 - “O!PLA”, 13. Ogólnopolski Niezależny Festiwal Animacji, Poland
2025 - “O!PLA”, 13th National Independent Animation Festival, 96 locations in Poland
2024 - “Małe miejsca, wielkie marzenia”, Bulvary Sztuki, Wrocław, Poland
2024 - “Sztuka AI - Dialogi Przyszłości”, Bulvary Sztuki, Wrocław, Poland
2024 - “Lugano Animation Days 2024”, Studio Foce, Lugano, Switzerland
2024 - “Kinomural”, Nadodrze, Wrocław, Poland
2024 - “Wystawa De Rerum Natura O naturze rzeczy”, Natural History Museum in Cieplice
2024 - “Wszystko Gra”, CK Agora, Wrocław, Poland
2024 - “Zbór Wspólny”, Ewangelik, Ziębice, Poland
2023 - “The Best of – kompilacja”, Zbrojownia Sztuki, ASP Gdańsk, Poland
2023 - “XRossspace Showcase”, NFT2 Foyer & Atrium at BFI Southbank, London, UK
2023 - “Artificial Behaviours”, Hall Gallery, ASP Wrocław, Poland
2022 - “Let’s punk”, Galeria u Agatki, Wrocław, Poland
2022 - “50 Lat - 50 Ekranów”, Double Tree by Hilton Wroclaw, Poland
2022 - “a!symetria 22”, Polska Akademia Umiejętności, Kraków, Poland
2022 - “REWIND”, Hall Gallery, ASP Wrocław, Poland
2022 - "Światłoczuli", Gorzanów Palace, Gorzanów, Poland
2022 - BESTIARIUM – Augmented Reality Exhibition, BEAST International Film Festival, Porto, Portugal
2022 - BESTIARIUM – On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Krakow sculpture of the Wawel Dragon, Krakow city space
2022 - “Persony Narracje Syntezy”, WGS BWA in Wałbrzych, Poland
2021 - “{BETWEEN}”, festival PCD@Coimbra 2021, NEST Collective Downtown, Coimbra, Portugalia
2021 - “Persony”, 25-years of WGiSZM, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw, Poland
2021 - “A! Symetria!”, Sztuka na miejscu, Wroclaw, Poland
2021 - "WZOROWA 21", Galeria Entropia, Wroclaw, Poland
2021 - "Arteria", city space, Patrica, Italy
2020 - "Cyfrowe Konfrontacje - A chromatyka", Savchenko Gallery, Gdansk, Poland
2020 - “Metrum”, Mia Art Gallery, Wrocław
2019 - "The Wrong", Circle / triangle modern art gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2019 - Film screening as part of the "Bass & Beat Festival", DCF, Wrocław, Poland
2019 - "Dar Wrocławia", The main hall of Academy of Fine Art in Gdansk
2019 - "Rozpoznanie", Obornicki Ośrodek Kultury, Oborniki Śląskie
2019 - "Restart", Galeria Kino, DCF Wroclaw, Poland
2018 - "Permeation", TAFA, Tianjin, China
2018 - "Obraz poruszający”, Museum of Prudnik's land, Prudnik, Poland
2017 - The final gala of the "Timecode Akcja Animacja" competition, Warsaw, Poland
2017 - "3D - DER, DIE, DAS", palace in Königshain, Germany
2017 - "72 - 300 Design Inspiration", HBK Gallery, Braunschweig, Germany
2017 - "The Wroclaw School of Printmaking exhibition", Casa Matei Gallery, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2017 - "A Picture Set In Motion", DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Wroclaw
2016 - "Attendance", KINO Gellery, Lower Silesian Film Centre, Wroclaw
2016 - 70-year-anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw
2016 - "Locked in space / Enslaved in time", Divadlo pod Palmovkou, Prague, Czech Republic
2016 - "Coraz ciaśniej w naszej klatce", International Centre for Graphic Arts, Krakow, Poland
2016 - "Z Tarczą", City Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2015 - "Locked in space / Enslaved in time", Polish Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria
2015 - "Ostrale 2015", Dresden, Germany
2014 - "nfcdab" biennale of digital & internet art in Wroclaw, Poland
2014 - "Exhibition of Printmaking, Faculty of Printmaking in Wroclaw", Gdańsk, Poland
2014 - "Survival 12 - Art Review" (as a member of the Kontent art group),Wrocław
2014 - "In Search Of New Printmaking: The Polish Case", ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA/USA
2013 - "Cutting Edge Printmaking", Center for Applied Arts. Center for Innovation Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2013 - "Poland Now 2013", Emporium Gallery, Knoxville, TN/USA
2012 - "The 5th International Drawing Competition", Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland
2012 - "The Wroclaw School of Printmaking", National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Tajwan
2012 - "The Wroclaw School of Printmaking", Galowice, Poland
2012 - "Printmaking and Education. Poland’s Art Universities", Krakow, Poland
2012 - "VROCLAVA - RIGA", Hall of The Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
2012 - "7th International Triennal of Graphic Art Bitola", Bitola, Macedonia
2012 - V National Exhibition of Drawing Student, Coach House Gallery, Torun, Poland
2012 - "Drawing Limits", Municipal Gallery, Rzeszow, Poland
2012 - "Polish Art Exhibition", Australia
2012 - David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA
2011 - "German XVIth International Triennil of Graphic Art Frechen", Frechen, Germany
2011 - "Metropolis Imprint '2011 ', Kubicki's Arcades at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland
2011 - "Secret Art" gallery dos Leões, Porto, Portugal
2011 - "Faces of Graphics", University Art Gallery, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland
2011 - "Between", concept art for games, Wroclaw, Poland
2011 - "Young Art Biennale Wroclaw", ImpArt, Wroclaw, Poland
2011 - Exhibition of Printmaking, Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
2010 - audiovisual show "The picture and sound," Hall of the Academy of Music Theatre, Wroclaw, Poland
2010 - Exhibition of Printmaking, Hotel Radisson, Wrocław, Poland
2010 - Exhibition of Printmaking, Thessaloniki, Greece
2010 - Exhibition of Printmaking, Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
2008 - Animation Show "Clip", Apartment Geppert, Wroclaw, Poland
2007 - Exhibition of Printmaking, Museum of Papermaking in Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
2007 - The exhibition "Images of Rozewicz" in multimedia part, Wroclaw Academy of Fine Arts, Poland
Prizes and Awards:
2026 - Award for the best original vision, Festival Render2Reason, Poland
2025 - Best Soundtrack, Epic ACG Fest, CA, USA ("Challenging Times, New Lives")
2025 - Main prize in the "Formanimy" category, 13th National Animation Festival O!PLA, Poland ("Challenging Times, New Lives")
2022 - The winning 3D dragon project on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Wawel Dragon sculpture ("Cracow Dragon")
2017 - Finalist of the competition Timecode Akcja Animacja ("Ursus samochody przyszłości")
2015 - First audience award at Ostrale '15, Dresden, Germany ("Elementary Compounds")
2014 - Second prize at the ArtBuzz Challenge 2014, max3D.pl ("Shaman of Magor")
2012 - First prize at the Triennale "Drawing Limits" in Rzeszow, Poland ("Internal Migration")
Other achievements:
2014 - The co-founder of the Hacker Space Wrocław
2011 - The co-founder of the Kontent an informal artistic group
1999 - Founding vortal Internet, presenting works by young artists from different fields of art (www.magor.pl)
Participation internships and workshops:
2023 - AI in photography: threats and opportunities - Discussion panel, Sztuka na Miejscu, Wrocław
2014 - Ars Electronica, Linz, Austia
Programs and scholarships:
2008-2009 - Academy of Fine Arts Scholarship awarded for academic performance
2008-2009 - Study abroad under the Erasmus program (Spain, Cuenca)
Works in collections:
David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA