Prot Jarnuszkiewicz (b. 1977 in Warsaw) – Professor of arts, visual artist, photographer, lighting designer, and educator. A graduate of the Cinematography and Television Production Faculty at the Leon Schiller National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź, where he studied under renowned artists such as Prof. Witold Sobociński, Prof. Jerzy Wójcik, and Prof. Ewa Braun. From 2016 to 2020, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Media Art, and from 2020 to 2024, as the Vice-Rector for External Cooperation and Promotion at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.

Currently, he leads the Studio of Visual Relations, whose graduates have repeatedly won the title of Best Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. He also lectures at the Warsaw Film School and serves as a tutor in the Gaude Polonia program.

For his contributions to education and academic development, he has been awarded the Rector’s Award at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw five times, including the highest honor, the Pegasus Award.

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His artistic work focuses on two main areas:

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    •    Artistic photography and video forms – Jarnuszkiewicz is the author of numerous photographic projects, such as Family Portrait, The Persistence of Space, Absence, Perfectly Happy People, and For a Moment I Had Everything. His works have been showcased in individual and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including in Miami, Paris, Vilnius, Warsaw, and Wrocław. His works are part of museum and private collections worldwide.

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    •    Lighting design and video projections in theater – Since 2007, he has collaborated with leading Polish theaters, including the National Theater, the TR Warszawa, and the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw. He has completed nearly 50 lighting design projects, working with directors such as Izabella Cywińska, Grzegorz Bral, and Bogusław Linda.

Expert Activities and Awards

From 2017 to 2018, he was a member of the expert team for evaluating research tasks at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and since 2019, he has served as an expert for the Polish Accreditation Committee. For his outstanding contribution to Polish culture, he has been awarded the Bronze and Silver Gloria Artis Medals.

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