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EDUCATION

- PhD from the Faculty of Multimedia Communication at University of Fine Arts in Poznan
- graduate of Poznan University – English literature and Russian literature;
- studied photography with Edward Weston’s grandson, Kim, at Carmel, California, USA, and John Sexton, Aspen, Colorado, USA (2002, 2003)

AWARDS RESIDENCIES

- artist-in-residence in ‘Florida - First Contact’ project at Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, USA (2002).
- a scholarship by Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Colorado, USA (2003);
- artist-in-residence in WomanKraft Gallery in Arizona, Tucson, USA, (2004)
- scholarship from The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Poland (2011)
- selected for The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2 (published 2011)
- Critical Mass Finalist - Portland USA (2011)
- with BRUN curatorial collective - a winner of Poznan PhotoBiennial curatorial competition

OTHER ACTIVITIES

- a writer, on regular basis writes for Kwartalnik Fotografia (Fotografia Quarterly),

- cooperation with photomagazines 1000 Words Photography Magazine, “Format", ”Fototapeta”, ”Fotografia”, ”Pozytyw”, ”Labirynt Czwarty”, ”Labirynt Piąty”, “Point of View. Photography of the city. Post-conference publication” (also conference presentation on E.U. Smith’s Pittsburg Project) Museum of History of Photography, Cracow 2004;

- introduction to the 4th Photography Biennial in Poznan (2005), Introduction to LAB EAST - 30 Photographers from Eastern Europe.

- presently runs an invited artist's class at Poznan University of Fine Arts and an intermedia class at Warsaw Academy of Photography,

CURATOR AND COORDINATOR

- exhibition coordinator of a group exhibition ‘Dress’ at Elektrownia Center for Contemporary Art in Radom (2009) and Zamek Center for Contemporary Art in Poznan (2010).

- out of Poland - photography shows e.g. a young Polish photography exhibition ‘Globe-all?’ at WomanKraft Gallery in Arizona, Tucson, USA, (2004);

- MARGINS at Poznan Photography Biennial (with BRUN curatorial collective) (2011) 

- 9 Collector's Photo Auction - pre-auction exhibition at DAP Gallery Warsaw + Auction (2011)