Konrad Hamada (b. 1981, Krakow), "Bird Whisperer," 2024

Biography
Painter, director, screenwriter, member of the Association of Polish Artists of the Krakow District. Born in 1981 in Cracow. Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology, diploma 2005, and from the Faculty of Directing at the Cracow School of Film and Audiovisual Communication, diploma 2010. He mainly practices realistic oil painting with large symbolic compositions, in which he refers to the works of Hieronymus Bosch, Gustav Klimt and the Prearafaelites, and sometimes landscape. He also works on a daily basis as a portraitist and illustrator. Works in the collections of institutions and private individuals at home and abroad, in France, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, China, Canada and the USA. Winner of awards and prizes at independent cinema festivals in Poland, including twice first place for the film "The Fourth Sin." Author of thirty solo painting exhibitions.