Adam Kuczek

Adam Kuczek

Freelance concept artist and art director

Senior Concept Artist / 14 yrs

Warsaw, Poland

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Concept Artist

The Sword in the Stone (2024)

Concept Artist

Seam (2017)

Matte Painter

Troy (2015)

Matte Painter

Phoenix 9 (2014)

Concept artist

Jupiter Ascending (2015)

Concept artist

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Concept artist and matte painter

Iron Cloud (2014)

Lead concept artist

CEEK

VFX artsist

95ers: Time Runners

From 2010, I have been working as a freelance concept artist and matte painter for entertainment industry. Feature films (like 'Cloud Atlas' (2012), '95ers: Time Runners' (2013) and 'Jupiter Ascending' (2015), etc.), game environments, game cinematics, advertisements, VR experiences, cover illustrations, stage projections and so on.

My artworks have been featured in art books like Ballistic's 'Exposé 9', 'Exposé 11' and 'Matte Painting 3'.
Work History

  • Art Director

    Platige Image

    April 2021 - March 2022

    Art directing projects for commercials and cinematics.

  • Lead concept artist

    Chainbit

    October 2014 - June 2021
    Warsaw, Poland

    Creating key environments, locations, props, vehicles and characters

  • Art Director

    IDFGlobal

    July 2013 - October 2013
    Chengdu, Sichuan, China

    Creating storyboards for fly-through animations, developing visual styles for renderings, directing the post-production, providing in-house training and implementing additional tools and techniques to the existing pipeline.

  • Matte painting and compositing instructor

    VFX Workshops

    April 2013 - July 2013

    As an instructor for a 6-week online '3D matte painting and composting' workshop. I taught how to go from an initial concept to complete matte painting shot, with camera projections, using Maya and Nuke.

  • Concept artist

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    April 2012 - July 2012

    On 'Jupiter Ascending' (2015), dir. Andy & Lana Wachowski. Responsible for environment, vehicle and prop design.

  • Matte painter and vfx artist

    Space Ace Media

    February 2012 - March 2012
    Shanghai, China

    On '95ers: Time Runners' (2013), dir. Tom Durham. Responsible for concept art, matte painting, vfx, animation and compositing.

  • Concept artist

    Anarchos Productions, Inc.

    March 2011 - August 2011
    Babelsberg Studio, Germany

    On 'Cloud Atlas' (2012), dir. Andy & Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer

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Education

  • Concepting with James Clyne

    Concept Art Workshop

    2016 - 2016

  • CG Society

    2014 - 2014

  • CG Society

    2011 - 2011

  • AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow

    2003 - 2004