Rafał Rola moves in the area of broadly understood digital painting. The artist has a characteristic style based on the reproduction of traditional painting methods in digital space. His paintings give the impression that they were created with the help of oil paints or watercolors. Posters and portraits occupy a special place in his work.
Awards
June 2015
Distinction in competition for a poster promoting the 50th anniversary of the STU Theatre in Cracow
December 2015
Honourable Mention in the PosterSpy Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster Contest
December 2015
Honourable Mention in the PosterSpy Star Wars: The Force Awakens Poster Contest
November 2018
Distinction in competition for a minimal movie poster for #CreateAsUs
March 2015
Nominated for the title of The Most Beautiful Book of 2014 in the 55th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers for Tam na hori czereszeńka. Nagrania z badań terenowych profesora Romana Reinfussa.
Nominated for the title of The Most Beautiful Book of 2014 in the 55th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers for Taka muzyka. Wspomnienia o muzykantach i muzyce wiejskiej z okolic Janowa Lubelskiego.
April 2014
Honourable commendation in the 54th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers for the design of Księga miasta Lublina (The Book of the City of Lublin)
Distinction in competition for a minimal movie poster for #CreateAsUs
March 2015
Nominated for the title of The Most Beautiful Book of 2014 in the 55th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers for Tam na hori czereszeńka. Nagrania z badań terenowych profesora Romana Reinfussa.
Nominated for the title of The Most Beautiful Book of 2014 in the 55th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers for Taka muzyka. Wspomnienia o muzykantach i muzyce wiejskiej z okolic Janowa Lubelskiego.
April 2014
Honourable commendation in the 54th Competition of the Polish Association of Book Publishers for the design of Księga miasta Lublina (The Book of the City of Lublin)
Publications: books, blogs and websites
Adobe/New Creatives - Rafał Rola
Fabryka Ludzi/Interview
Awesome Illustration for Movie Posters by Rafal Rola Artspire
Scifinow X Poster Posse: Rafał Rola takes on Phantasm
Poster Spy: Alternative Movie Posters. Plan9 Entertainment, 2016, pp. 178–181.
SciFiNow Magazine, issue 135/2017
SciFiNow Magazine, issue 154/2019
SciFiNow Magazine, issue 164/2019
Star Wars. Tribute. Monsa Publications, 2017, pp. 64–72
The Thing: Artbook, Printed in Blood, 2017, pp. 224, 356
Visions from the Upside Down: Stranger Things Artbook, 2019, pp. 227
Przekrój Magazine | November issue, 2018 Fragment „Pism wszystkich” Bolesława Prusa o medium spirytystycznym
Ghostbusters Artbook, Printed in Blood, 2020, pp. 118
Fabryka Ludzi/Interview
Awesome Illustration for Movie Posters by Rafal Rola Artspire
Scifinow X Poster Posse: Rafał Rola takes on Phantasm
Poster Spy: Alternative Movie Posters. Plan9 Entertainment, 2016, pp. 178–181.
SciFiNow Magazine, issue 135/2017
SciFiNow Magazine, issue 154/2019
SciFiNow Magazine, issue 164/2019
Star Wars. Tribute. Monsa Publications, 2017, pp. 64–72
The Thing: Artbook, Printed in Blood, 2017, pp. 224, 356
Visions from the Upside Down: Stranger Things Artbook, 2019, pp. 227
Przekrój Magazine | November issue, 2018 Fragment „Pism wszystkich” Bolesława Prusa o medium spirytystycznym
Ghostbusters Artbook, Printed in Blood, 2020, pp. 118
Witkacy! nr 9, Instytut Witkacego. 2021
HONG KONG 2010/WhiteSpace Gallery
Illustrative 2015 "Art of Passion”/Berlin
"30×30 1987 Alternative Movie Posters" /London 2017
21st Intl. Reggae Poster Contest exhibition in Liverpool/2018
"Plakaty i portrety", solo exhibition, Centrum Spotkania Kultur w Lublinie, Lublin, Poland 2019
Illustrative 2015 "Art of Passion”/Berlin
"30×30 1987 Alternative Movie Posters" /London 2017
21st Intl. Reggae Poster Contest exhibition in Liverpool/2018
"Plakaty i portrety", solo exhibition, Centrum Spotkania Kultur w Lublinie, Lublin, Poland 2019
Ścieżka filmowa, Zielona Sala Wykładowa, solo exhibition, Fundacja Krajobrazy, Lublin 2021
Clients
