Germany
Markus Katterle | Founder
Meet the founder. Coming out of a youth marked with music street theatre, as well as a budding theatrical special effects career. Markus established the first ever FLASH ART in Bielefeld, Germany, in 1987, giving birth to what is now a global company of experiential visual communication.
Shortly after FLASH ART’s conception Markus and his team revolutionized the concept of music synchronized shows, thus creating a new market for something which had not existed previously. As a designer, he owersaw FIFA World Cup ceremonies, official events for the rulers of Thailand and Monaco, historic moments in our culture like 300 years of St. Petersburg, 20 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall, enlargement of the European Union, and more.
Eva-Maria Encina | Assistant and authorized signatory
Markus' assistant, authorized signatory and the soul of the company. She has been with FLASH ART since 2008 and is responsible for the whole back-office area and the challenging dangerous goods transports to the worldwide FLASH ART shows.
Urs Lange | Senior Project Manager
Our Senior Project Manager and with FLASH ART since 2015. Urs is our Mac Gyver and responsible for all technical challenges and project management. In his field he is a master of technical improvisation and skill. There is almost no technical problem at FLASH ART that Urs can't get solved!
Annemarie Filges | Graphic design
Our graphic designer and with FLASH ART since 2009. She designs wonderful brochures, mailings and animations. Her motto: "No time, but for everything important I take it!"
Dubai
Jakub “Kencho” Skalski | Partner and managing director
Became a pyrotechnician and joined Flash Art in 1997 after several years of music making and graffiti art. Most of his 20+ years of experience in the industry he has spent in the Middle East, starting with co-founding Flash Art’s Dubai Branch, which he is still heading. As a Show Designer, Jakub Skalski produced concepts for over 400 events all over the region including UAE National Day, 1st Islamic Solidarity Games Opening and Closing, FIFA Club World Cup Opening and Closing, and more.
Jakub Michalik | Managing Partner
Guitarist at teen age, became a pyrotechnician in 1997. After four years of working as a technician with Flash Art in Europe, co-founded Flash Art Dubai and has been overseeing its operations since then. As Flash Art Dubai's Managing Partner Jakub Michalik has produced hundreds of successful events in the UAE, KSA, Oman, Qatar, Congo, Turkmenistan, Maledives, Lebanon, and more.
Piotr Szablowski | Creative Director and Senior Project Manager
A member of the Flash Art team since 1996, with countless large-scale projects behind him. Musical and film special effects backgrounds give him a unique edge. Driven by the indirect, yet strong, emotional connection with his audiences.
Andrei Nedelcu | Project Manager and Designer
Has been around professional pyrotechnics since his school years. You will find him digging through electronics, IT, photography, and “allthings-gadget”. Thankfully finds time to design great shows for us.
Gideon Chiam | Project Manager and Designer
Our Singaporean power house. The amount of experience on him can hardly fit in one person. It would be difficult to find someone who has touched so much of every detailed process in our industry. Design comes to him like second nature.
John Cameron | Events Director
JC is as much a name as it is a job description. If you have been a part of the Middle-Eastern events industry, chances are you have met John already. He is the newest member of the Flash Art family, however throughout his long career he has delivered absolutely all shapes and sizes of fireworks displays in every country in the region. We could not be any happier to have him on board.
Anthony Samuel | Technical Director
Tony has joined us recently as Technical Director. If you think of an iconic, internationally recognised fireworks display, he has likely done it once or more. His contribution to our process would be too vast to describe, but “the scientist among us” comes close.
Francis Rubino | Warehouse Manager
Magda Skalska | Administration
Raluca Patrascu | Accounting
Raymond Pelaez | Permits and logistics
Poland
Dariusz Drzazga | Managing Director
He became a pyrotechnician and joined Flash Art Polska in 2006. Throughout all these years, he had the opportunity to implement many interesting and unusual projects for several hundred clients.
Paweł Suchożebrski | Project Manager
He has been working at Flash Art Polska since 1998. For over 20 years, he has been designing spectacular pyrotechnic shows. He specializes in outdoor pyrotechnics, stage pyrotechnics and SXF.
Magdalena Kocjan | Financial Director
She has been working at Flash Art Polska since 2004.