Agnieszka Węglarska
- Anna Lilli Garai
- Sep 26
- 2 min read
Agnieszka Węglarska has been shaping visuals for over twenty years, moving between her work as a designer in advertising and her own projects under the name Grafisk. Living between Warsaw and Berlin, she uses her background in commercial design as a counterpoint to a more personal practice where humor, irony, and color come together. Posters are her main stage, and she treats them as a space to test ideas with freedom, always keeping in mind her motto “form follows fun.”
The legacy of the Polish Poster School is present in her work, not as imitation but as a living reference that she reshapes in her own way. Her pieces often play with contradictions, turning sharp subjects into witty or playful images. In “Coexist,” she reduces a complex social question into a striking, simple form that sticks in the memory. Works like “Mar(r)y” and “Death” show her direct sense of irony, while “DAN” explores rhythm and movement with a graphic clarity that feels almost musical.
Her posters have been presented in more than a hundred exhibitions worldwide, from the BICeBé Biennial in Bolivia and the Lahti Poster Triennial in Finland to the Toyama Poster Triennial in Japan. This international recognition goes hand in hand with her active role as a juror in poster competitions, where she brings her perspective on what contemporary graphic design can do today.
Outside of posters, Węglarska often lets her interests in music, architecture, and travel seep into her visuals, creating connections between disciplines. Some of her graphics have even made their way into objects, carrying the same sharp humor into everyday surroundings. What stands out across her practice is a sense of clarity combined with a light touch, a way of working that treats design not as heavy theory but as a space to remain curious, playful, and engaged.
