Szymon Stelmaszyk

Since early age I gravitated towards art and technology and tought myself web design while roaming through the early Internet at the turn of the century. I improved my skills with graphics and composition at the High School of Arts which I graduated with diploma in design and photography in 2003. During this time my illustrations and comics were published in various magazines and I co-organised online exhibits featuring many Polish artists known today.

Following that I studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts for a few years before dropping out and moving to London to purse a career in my profession. After working mostly in the interactive design field (the golden age of flash and early days of UX/UI) and collaborating with many acclaimed British and Polish agencies for over a decade I founded SYROP, an independent studio to design visual identity systems and develop treatments for production companies, agencies and advertising directors worldwide.

Time passed and upon turning forty with the increasing realization that modern digital design was no longer something I was passionate about, but an even more template driven, process obsessed and group oriented type of work, I decided to pivot to more enjoyable endeavors that offered me a better opportunity to express my individual creativity - photography and AI concept art.