About us

The Kontrast Festival Kontrast out of a need to establish a regular event that would provide an opportunity for the large Polish community of figurine and gaming painters to meet and effectively promote this wonderful hobby. Thanks to our cooperation with the Ursynów District Office of the Capital City of Warsaw and the involvement of the Ursynów Alternative Culture Center from
, we are creating a platform that allows everyone, regardless of skill, age, and experience, to immerse themselves in the world of miniature painting and gaming. Our priority is artistic inspiration, hence the attention to the quality of the works submitted to the competition, practical presentations by renowned miniature painters, meetings with famous artists, painting workshops, and the open format of the festival, where all activities are available to participants free of charge.  With each edition, we are seeing growing interest in the competition among participants from Poland and abroad. During the first edition, 494 works were submitted to the competition, in the second edition 634 works + 64 armies, in the third 1286 works and 75 armies. We are delighted with the huge turnout of visitors; in 2023, the festival was visited by over 6,000 visitors. In 2024, over 1,600 models were exhibited in the competition. Entries submitted to the "Kontrastfigurative painting competition are evaluated in an open system. The main principle of the competition is that participants' works are evaluated on the basis of the skills and artistic value of the submitted works, and not in comparison to the works of other participants. This means that each work is evaluated individually. The jury awards prizes for the value of the work, skill, imagination, concept, and creative potential. Simply put, participants must convince the judges with their work, rather than compete with other participants. Thanks to cooperation with local government units, we are opening up our hobby to the general public. Kontrast is Kontrast a closed event for professionals, but an open presentation of various forms of our hobby to the public. As part of preparing the youngest participants for the festival, we run the Junior Academy, where we train and prepare young painters for their first competition.

Kontrast 2023

Kontrast 2021

Kontrast Academy Kontrast juniors