BIO AND CV
BIO
I was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 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 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
- Children animation workshop at International Animated Film Festival ANIMOCJE (April 2023)
- Galeria PATO / Kuusankoski (June 2023)
- Antares Art Centre / Sippola (July 2023)
- LIFT / artist in residence / Toronto / Canada ( 09.-11.2023)
- Galleria Fikka / Porvoon Taidehalli (Autumn 2024)
SOLO PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS
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
2023 ARCHIVE / Live Cinema performance / Alert Live Art. Festival / YÖ gallery; Helsinki
2022 LOW VOLTAGE DYNAMO / animationprojection at Hanko Film Festival / (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 /
AWARDS, PRIZES AND HONORABLE MENTIONS
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
- Filmverkstaden analogue film and photography; Vaasa (February 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