Jakub Kois is an illustrator from North Poland, now based in Prague. He creates handmade posters and screen prints alongside mixed techniques and materials including oil pastels, inks, and paints.
After growing up in Poland, Jakub decided to move to Czech Republic, where in Prague he became engaged in a collaboration with Martin Atanasov as “MMHMM”. The duo focused on creating illustrations and books amongst other projects, but their main output was printing posters. During this time Jakub started to gather all equipment needed to make a functional printing studio. The result was a small, manual, screen printing operation where the he and Martin were able to produce most of their work.
Today, Jakub focuses on his own projects, predominantly in poster form. He uses screen printing when the work is suitable to the technique, whilst also creating illustrations by hand using analogue methods. Jakub states that he tries to “avoid digital steps” in the printmaking process, preferring to use charcoal on emulsion and traditional printmaking practices. He is also excited by photography and enjoys experimenting with this from time to time.
Jakub’s prints focus on analysing the human condition, whilst keeping the context of nature in mind. He says; “Cells and plant biology are some things that I still try to learn and understand fully, as they seem to hold the key to better interpretation of things and the processes that surround us”.
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