Igor CHOŁDA [AQUALOOPA] (b. 1978), Tribal Funk, 2024

mixed technique (acrylic, ink), paper, 50 x 23 cm, framed: 50 x 25 cm, signed l.d.: AQUALOOPA

Born in 1978 in Warsaw, Poland. Illustrator, designer and painter.

Graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, the National Film and Television School in Lodz and the Institute of Process Psychology. Known as the author of murals. He belongs to the group of artists of Polish Digital Graphics. He creates and co-creates music videos and short animations. He is also an active musician, founder of the group Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra. He founded his own design brand. He focuses on corporate illustration, wall design, and clothing prints.

Aqualoopa's inspiration comes from a variety of sources, such as cartoon animation, urban art and the art of Pablo Picasso. He has developed his unique style based on curved lines and vivid colors.

He is the author of the solo painting exhibition "Infection" at 3678 U Artystów gallery (Warsaw 2011), the solo exhibition "Testosterror" at Pragaleria gallery (Warsaw 2015), "Between Us" at "Na Lato" gallery (Warsaw 2016). Winner of the first prize in the Levi's mural competition "Go Forth" (2011), first prize in the competition for a mural dedicated to Maria Curie Skłodowska, realized in the courtyard of the Metro Centrum in Warsaw (2011). Artist of the Street Art Doping festival (2011, 2012), Forty Forty Street Art Festival (2012), Traffic Design (2012). He also has a mural in the office of the Polish headquarters of Facebook. Participant in the nationwide tour "Street Art against GMO" organized by "3 Wave" (2012). He presented his works, among others, as part of the exhibition "KRZY.WE 2. Polish Vector Illustration" (Warsaw, Pragaleria, 2015), Roundabout of Free Tibet (Warsaw, 2012), "Graffiti vs. Street Art" (Lublin, Zachęta, 2011). Author of a mural in Warsaw's Wola at the intersection of Żelazna and Solidarności streets and in Praga Północ at the intersection of Targowa and Ząbkowska streets.