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BIO AND CV

 

IN THREE WORDS

I was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland (1987). Recently I'm living, working, having fun, wondering and inventing in Helsinki, Finland.

In my work I’ve been moving in the area of expanded printmaking and photosensitive film.                 

As an artist I position myself in handling simultaneously big size canvases, 16mm films, spatial projections and live cinema performances. I’ve been mostly working with machinery of slide, overhead and various film projectors. Through that optical tools, I'm delivering my print-making actions. I’m fascinated by power of light, analogue technology, relation between camera and subject, distorted images and mesmerizing structures. Me, an artist, I love to stare and I care most about this pure gazing at the world as if I would be using a huge magnifying glass.

My projects are often standing on the borderland of print, theatre and film.

 

 CV

EDUCATION

  • Printmaking  /Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki Kuvataideakatemia / FINLAND / 2012–2015
  • Painting  / Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk / POLAND / 2006–2011
  • High School of Fine Arts  Bydgoszcz / POLAND / 2003 - 2006

 RECEIVED DEGREES

  • Master of Fine Arts / MFA (2015)
  • Master of Fine Arts / MFA (2011)
  • Technician Artist (2006)

 UPCOMING PROJECTS

  • Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä / Performing live-Cinema “Warm Data” at experimental film programme curated by Mika Taanila
  • solo exhibition at Galleria Fikka / Porvoon Taidehalli (Autumn 2024)
  • LUX Galleria / LUX Hellsinki (2026)

 

SOLO PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS

2023      WARM DATA / live-cinema performance / LIFT Liaison of Independent Filmmakers in Toronto / Toronto / Canada

2023      PIECES THAT MATTER / live-cinema performance / Draama-Sali / Vaasa City Library / Finland

2022      KAZIK / Huuto gallery; Helsinki

2021      COMPÔTE – SEKAMEHU / Gallery G; Suomen Taidegraafikot; Helsinki

2018      CENTRAL STATIONS / KESKUASEMIA / Huuto gallery Jätkäsaari; Helsinki

2017      PIP- PRINT OS POWER, OR PRINTMAKING IN 250 WATTS / Myymälä2 gallery in Helsinki; Uudenmankatu 23 / Finland

2016      WŁĄCZNIK / THE POWER BUTTON / Municipal Gallery BWA in Bydgoszcz / Poland

2015      SPACE POCKET / AVARUUSTASKU / Tila Gallery / Helsinki / Finland

2014      MAKING SPACES II / 31st Film Week Festival / City Cinema Lobby / Saarijärvi / Finland

2012      POHJANTÄHDET / Kampus Kino / Jyväskylä / Finland

2011      COMMONNESS, UNIQUENESS / Academy of Fine Arts / Gdańsk / Poland

2010      DRAWINGS / Gdański Archipelag Kultury / Gdańsk / Poland

 

GROUP EXHIBITION AND PROJECTS

2024      SPECTRAL EXPANDED / presenting “Warm Data” Live Cinema performance at WHS Teatteri Union in Helsinki

2024      OPEN HOUSE / Live cinema performance night at Filmverkstaden / Vaasa

2023      Polish Baltic Philharmonic / GDANSK THROUGH THE SOUNDS /Gdansk /PL

2023      PERHOSINITY LIVE ART DAY / “ARCHIVE” Live-Cinema performance at Antares Art Centre / Sippola

2023      ROIHUA RUUKISSA / Pato Galleria / Kuusankoski

2023      Alert Live Art Festival / presenting ARCHIVE Live Cinema performance / YÖ gallery; Helsinki

2022      Hanko Film Festival / LOW VOLTAGE DYNAMO screening / (FIN)

2022      POP THE LIGHT / self-curated group exhibition featuring SUN RAY HUNTER project about power of light and sun in the darkest month of the year in Finland / YÖ gallery; Helsinki

2022      TERRITORY / Granary of ART / Wejherowo palace / Poland

2022      KAKSI VUOTTA / Summer exhibition at Old Tile Factory; Jokela; Finland

2022      Matt & Print / 16mm film workshop by Richard Tuochy and Dianna Barrie (AUS) / Filmverkstaden, Vaasa; Finland

2022      FILM CONTACT / Super 8mm and 16mm films show  / YÖ gallery; Helsinki

2022      LOW VOLTAGE DYNAMO / Animation premiere at International Animated Film Festiwal ANIMOCJE; Bydgoszcz; Polska

2021      LEVYTIE PICTURE SHOW / Levytie artists community winter exhibition at Roihutila gallery; Helsinki

2021      FINAL(E)AFFECT / Live Cinema Event at Kaapelitehdas; Helsinki

2021      ECO-DEVELOPING FILM IN SEAWEED / workshop participation in Final(e)affect event

2021      KARVAT / Live-cinema performance at WHEN THE LIGHT HITS JUST RIGHT festival / Draama-saali / Vaasa; Finland

2021      WHEN THE LIGHT HITS JUST RIGHT / Analogue film and photography festival / participatory in the workshops and talking panels / Vaasa; Finland

2021      THE RAW AND THE COOKED /project installation presented at group exhibition WHEN THE LIGHT HITS JUST RIGHT. Analogue film and photography festival   / Taidehalli  / Vaasa; Finland

2021      TEOS’21 / Printmaking and Sculpture Fair / Kattilahalli / Helsinki

2020      TEOS'20 / Printmaking and Sculpture Fair / Kaapelitehdas / Helsinki

2019      ART FAIR SUOMI 2019 / "Printed Corner" collage projection / Kaapelitehdas / Helsinki

2019      TEOS '19 / Printmaking and Sculpture Fair / Kaapelitehdas / Helsinki

2018      "Wheels Reels 2000" live cinema performance/ Filmverkstaden + Platform / Vaasa / Finland

2018      Granary of art / Exhibition corresponding with the International Night of Arts / Wejherowo /                  Poland

2017      HELLO ANNA / Live cinema performance at Projection Bias 2017 / WHS Teatteri Union in Helsinki

2017      LIGHTS PLAY: WHITE-GRAY-BLACK /Art  Fair Suomi'17/ International Contemporary Art Festival / Cable Factory / Helsinki

2017      TEOS '17 / Printmaking and Sculpture Fair / Cable Factory / Helsinki

2016      GRAPHICALL 2016 / International Printmaking exposium / 4bid gallery / Amsterdam

2016      CHINA GIRL LAND / Live Cinema Performance na THE VISITORS ed.3 / Catalysti - Transcaltural Artist in Finland / Suvilahti, Kattilahalli / Helsinki

2016      ARTSI VANTAA ART MUSUM / PUNK AND PERFROMANCE /Live cinema performance

2015      EUROPEAN ACTION STATION- LEAVE YOUR TRACE / Action in the urban space, dedicated to the city, based on the history of space, people, social groups / Municipal Gallery BWA in Bydgoszcz / Poland

2015      AAVE- ALTERNATIVE AUDIOVISUAL EVENT / Live Cinema Performance "ABSTRACT CITY SIMPHONY" / WHS Teatteri Union

2014      MAKING SPACES II / Space projection at city cinema lobby / 30th Saarijärvi Film Week Festival

2014      KUVAN KEVÄT / Spring exhibition of University of The Arts / Project "MAKING SPACES" / Kuva Tila / Helsinki / Finland

2014      LATERNA MAGICA - WORK IN PROGRESS / Kuva Tila / Helsinki / Finland

2014      ALL ABOUT BLUE / Project presented for JULKAISE - PUBLISH at Exhibition Laboratory / Helsinki / Finland

2013      FONDIA GALLERY WINTER EXHIBITION / Helsinki / Finland

2013      GEPPERT ART EXHIBITION / Young Artists Painting Review / BWA Wrocław Gallery / Poland

2013      UNELMIA TILASTA TILAAN / FANTASIES FROM THE SPACE TO THE SPACE  Suvilahti collage projection "SO WHAT, THAT DE CHIRICO / Ksarminkatu gallery / Helsinki / FINLAND

2013      AND THEN WITH POWERS COMBINED / Collective MFA students exhibition  /  FAFA gallery / FINLAND

2012      METROPOLY IS OK! / Collective group exhibition / Jan Art Centre / Gdańsk / Poland

2012      YOUNG PAINTING / Student's Exhibition Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk / Poland

2011      PROMOTIONS 2011  / 21th National Young Painting Review  / Legnica / Poland

2011      CIRCUMSTANCES / Exchange Student's Exhibition / Helsinki / Finland

2011      YOUNG PAINTING / Graduate Exhibition Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk / National Museum of Gdansk / Poland

2010      International Istanbul Biennial Exhibition / Istanbul /

 

GRANTS, AWARDS, PRIZES AND HONORABLE MENTIONS

2023      Saastamoinen Fundation

2023      Filverkstaden

2022      TAIKE Arts Promotion Centre in Finland

2021      Young Artists Grant / Finnish Art Society

2021      Queen Sonja Print Award. Nomination to Inspirational print award

2021      TAIKE Arts Promotion Centre in Finland

2020      TAIKE Arts Promotion Centre in Finland

2020      TAIKE Arts Promotion Centre in Finland / Artists grant

2018      TAIKE Arts Promotion Centre in Finland / Children's culture grant          

2017      Nominationby Queen Sonja Print Award for the Kjell Nupen Memorial Grant 2017

2015      University of the Arts / Kuvataideakatemia granted scholarship founded by KESKO

2013      Nomination to GEPPERT PRIZE ART EXHIBITION / Young Artists Painting Review / Municipal Gallery BWA in Wroclaw / Poland

2011      Award of the Municipal Gallery BWA in Bydgoszcz/ Poland

2011      2nd Award of the Mayor of the city of Legnica / Poland

2011      Honorable Mention of the ART ATTACK Internet Web Art Portal

2010      Honorable Mention of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk  /participation in International Student Biennial Exhibition, Istanbul / Gdansk / POLAND

2009      Honorable Mention in “Student Graphics of 2008/2009” / Gdańsk / POLAND

2008      Art Scholarship of the Governor of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

 

ART RESIDENCIES

  • LIFT / The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto; Canada (2023)
  • Art residency at Filmverkstaden; Vaasa (2023)

WORKS AT COLLECTIONS

  • Valtion Taideteostoimikunta / Finnish State Art Commission
  • HUS Helsinki University Hospital's Art Collection
  • Legnica Gallery in Poland

 

JOINED GROUPS:

 

FILMVERKSTADEN nalogue film and photography; Vaasa, Finland

https://www.filmverkstaden.fi/

 

MUU Artist Association 

http://www.muu.fi/site/?lang=fi

 

 

The Association of Finnish Printmakers 

https://www.taidegraafikot.fi/

https://www.yory.fi/en/front-page

SUPPORT:

Filmprojection 21 

http://www.filmprojection21.org/category/individuals/?lang=en_us#filmmakers