Hello, I am Emil Kowalczyk, a graphic designer based in Brussels. I am working on visual identities, books, websites and exhibition graphics for institutions and individuals in the cultural field. For a portfolio request, a commission or just a chat feel free get in touch on Instagram or by mail. Merci.
Studio address
Rue de Nancy 9
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Wellingsbütteler Landstr. 67
22337 Hamburg
Germany
Clients & collaborators
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), Alba D’Urbano, Bozar Brussels, Els Silvrants-Barclay, ETH Zurich, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (GfZK), Galerija Miroslav Kraljević Zagreb, It’s a book Leipzig, Johannes Kuczera, Joris Kritis, Jurgen Ots, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Open Book Society, Paula Ábalos, Université de Lausanne, Wiels Brussels
Teaching
2026: Lecture on exhibition graphics at HBK Braunschweig,
2025: Workshop on exhibition design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
1
Bruchstücke. Leerstellen. Blinde Flecken
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2026
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch
2
John Baldessari – Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales
Bozar Brussels, 2025
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: OFFICE KGDVS
3
apariciones.net
Paula Ábalos, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Paulina Mohr
Development: Emil Kowalczyk
4
A Matter of Space
Self-initiated, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch
5
1933–1945HGB
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch, Anna Breit
6
Ma Yansong – Architecture and Emotion
Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, 2025
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: MAD Studio, Beijing
7
Walter Tiemann Prize 2024
open book society e.V., 2024
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch
8
Building Pedagogy
Faculté d’Architecture ULiège, 2023
Design: Joris Kritis and Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: Richard Venlet
9
The Large City
Office KGDVS, 2025
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
10
itsabook.de
Independent Publishing Fair Leipzig, 2021
Design: Anne Dietzsch, Emil Kowalczyk
Development: Wolfgang Schöffel and David Wahrenburg
11
JEF GEYS – Guide Raisonnable
Wiels, Brussels, 2024
Design: Joris Kritis
Development: Emil Kowalczyk
12
Oculus
Heidelberger Kunstverein, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Alexey Malygin
13
Josef Hoffmann – Falling for Beauty
Art & History Museum Brussels, 2023
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: Kris Kimpe
14
Just Fine
Self-initiated, 2023
Design: Emil Kowalczyk