Igor CHOŁDA /AQUALOOPA/ (b. 1978), The Chicken or the Egg: That’s the Whole Story, 2025

acrylic on canvas, 50 x 40 cm, signed AQUALOOPA

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

A graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, the National Film and Television School in Łódź, and the Institute of Process Psychology. Known as a mural artist. He is a member of the Polish Digital Graphics artists’ group. He creates and co-creates music videos and short animations. He is also an active musician and founder of the Warsaw Afrobeat Orchestra. He has established his own design brand. He focuses on corporate illustration, wall design, and clothing prints.

Aqualoopy’s inspirations come from various sources, such as animated cartoons, urban art, and the art of Pablo Picasso. He has developed his own unique style based on curved lines and vibrant colors.

Author of the solo painting exhibition “Infection” at the 3678 U Artystów gallery (Warsaw 2011), the solo exhibition “Testosterror” at the Pragaleria gallery (Warsaw 2015), “Między nami” at the “Na Lato” gallery (Warsaw 2016). Winner of first prize in the Levi’s “Go Forth” mural competition (2011) and first prize in the mural competition dedicated to Maria Skłodowska-Curie, created in the courtyard of the Centrum metro station in Warsaw (2011). Artist at the Street Art Doping festival (2011, 2012), Forty Forty Street Art Festival (2012), and Traffic Design (2012). He has also created a mural at the Polish headquarters of Facebook. Participant in the nationwide “Street Art Against GMOs” tour organized by “3 Fala” (2012). He has presented his works, among others, as part of the exhibition “KRZY.WE 2. Polish Vector Illustration” (Warsaw, Pragaleria, 2015), Rondo Wolnego Tybetu (Warsaw, 2012), “Graffiti vs. Street Art” (Lublin, Zachęta, 2011). Creator of a mural in Warsaw’s Wola district at the intersection of Żelazna and Solidarności Streets, and in Praga North at the intersection of Targowa and Ząbkowska Streets.