Wiktoria Wojciechowska

Wiktoria Wojciechowska b. 1991 in Lublin, in the green East of Poland. Graduated in faculty of Media Art on Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In her works she uses narration based on borderline of documentary and creation.



Awards:

2015 – 'Short Flashes' Oskar Barnack Leica Newcomer Award 2015;

2015 – 'Sparks' The Griffin Art Space – Lubicz 2015 Prize , Krakow Photomonth, Poland;

2014 – 'Short Flashes', Leica Street Photo contest, exhibition;

2014 – 'Own Place' second prize in 'Projekt Przetwórnia';

2014 – 'Initiation”Jury's Very Favorite in Young-European-Union contest;

2013 – 'Synthesis' First Prize in Poznan Photo Diploma Awards;

2013 – 'Synthesis' The President of Academy of Fine Arts Award;



Exhibitions:



2015 – 'Short Flashes' Oskar Barnack Award Exhibition, solo exhibition, Festival Les Rencontres, Arles, France (upcoming);

2015 – 'String', Non-existent Object – group exhibition, Podgorica, Montenegro;

2015 – 'Sparks', Mimicra - group exhibition, Etnography Muzeum, Warsaw, Poland;

2015 – ‘Aurora portraits’, Onward Photo Compe ’15, Onward Photography Festival in Philadelphia, USA;

2014 – ‘Short Flashes’ Breathlessness, Prom Kultury Saska Kępa, Warsaw, Poland;

2014 – ’Short Flashes’, 50 WORDS exhibition, Month of Photography in Bratislava, Slovakia;

2014 – 'Synthesis' Akomodacja Exhibition, Month of Photography 2014 Mińsk, Belarus;

2014 – ‘Reykiavik’ - “The Pop City” by Karolina Sobel, UCL Urban Center, London, Great Britain;

2014 – 'Aurora Portraits' - 'Twelve Layers Exhibition' Reykjavik, Iceland;

2014 – Short Flashes', exhibition of winners LEICA STREET PHOTO, Leica Gallery, Warsaw;

2014 – Photos from series 'Initiation' and 'Short Flashes', 'DEBUTS’:

– Warsaw Trade Tower, Warsaw, Poland;

– Wejśćiówka Gallery, Toruń, Poland;

– Domek Romański, Wrocław, Poland;

2014 – 'Own Place' Voies Off Festival Screenings, Arles, France;

2014 – 'Own Place' Photonic Moments Festival Screenings, Ljubljana, Slovenia;

2014 – 'Own Place' Project Przetwórnia Exhibition, Pauza Gallery, Krakow, Poland;

2014 – 'Synthesis' Transphotographique(s) Festival, PhotoDiploma, Lille, France;

2014 – 'Hutong Portraits' Small Wall Exhibition, Beijing, China;

2014 – 'Short Flashes' Action!Exhibition!, Beijing, China;

2014 – Photos from series 'Initiation', Young-European-Union Screenings, La Circulation(s) Festival, Paris, France;

2013 – 'Synthesis' Poznan PhotoDiploma Exhibition, Słodownia, Poznań, Poland;

2013 – 'Own Place' Student's Culture Center, Lublin, Poland;

2013 – 'P’tit gestes', 'Roombook 7', XIX Congress of Aesthetics Krakow, Poland;

2013 – 'Synthesis', diploma exhibition, Spokojna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;

2013 – 'Made by Grandma, Worn by Mother, Adopted by Me', 'Family Album' exhibition, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow Photomonth 2013, Poland;

2013 – 'Heterochromia iridum', “Friends forever” exhibition, during Fotofestival Lodz, Poland;

2013 – 'Heterochromia iridum', group exhibition, Spokojna Gallery, Warsaw, Poland;



Residencies, scholarships and grants:

2015 – scholarship from President of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw 2014/2015;

2014 – Polish Association of Authors ZAiKS grant for project 'Aurora portraits';

2014 – SIM Residency Reykjavik, 'Aurora portraits', Reykjavik, Iceland;

2014 – Fine Arts Photographers Residency,'Short Flashes', Global Exchange Center, Beijing, China;

2013 – scholarship from President of Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw 2013/2014;



Shortlists:

2015 – 'Short flashes' selection PH21 Gallery Solo Exhibition Award;

2015 – ’Short Flashes’ selected to Oskar Barnack Leica Newcomer Award 2015;

2014 – 'Own Place' selected to Emergentes DST Prize, Encontros da Imagem Festival, Braga, Portugal;

2014 – 'Own Place' selected to Oskar Barnack Leica Newcomer Award;

2014 – 'Own Place' selected to Voies Off and La Saif Prize;

2014 – 'Own Place' selected to Dhaka Foto Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh;

2013 – 'Synthesis' selected to Poznan Photo Diploma Awards 2013;



Publications:

2015 - ‚Short Flashes’ Culture.pl,
http://culture.pl/pl/artykul/wiktoria-wojciechowska-z-nagroda-im-oskara-...
;

2015 - ‚Sparks’ Culture.pl interview,
http://culture.pl/pl/artykul/portrety-wracajacych-z-frontu-nagrodzone
;

2015 - ’Short Flashes’ LFISPECIAL EDITION / LEICA OSKAR BARNACK AWARD 2015
https://lfi-online.de/ceemes//article/show/1002199
;

2015 – Life Framer Collection,
http://www.life-framer.com/wiktoria-wojciechowska/

2015 – URBANAUTICA, text by Krzysztof Sienkiewicz to project “Own Place”:
http://www.urbanautica.com/post/109677454284/wiktoria-wojciechowska-own-...
;

2015 – doc! photo magazine #29/30, DEBUTS section ;

2014 – L’Oeil de la Photographie,
http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/fr/2014/12/27/l-oeil-des-lecteurs/2...
;

2014 – F-stop Magazine, Interview:
http://www.fstopmagazine.com/blog/2014/12/interview-with-photographer-wi...
;

2014 – 50 WORDS catalogue, Month of Photography in Bratislava, Slovakia;

2014 – Catalogue of Month of Photography in Minsk, Belarus, ISBN: 978-609-95360-7-1

2014 – All About Photo, Emerging Photographers, Portfolio,
http://www.all-about-photo.com/photographer.php?name=Wiktoria+Wojciechow...

2014 – GUP MAGAZINE portfolios: Leica Street Photo Winners,
http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/677-leica-street-photo-winners

2014 – 'Short Flashes' in GUP MAGAZINE porfolios,
http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/654-short-flashes

2014 – 'Debuts' ISBN: 978-83-939917-0-9, BLOW UP PRESS;

2014 – 'Accomodation' ISBN: 978-83-62256-44-0, Auriga Publishing House

2014 – 'Poznań Photo Diploma Award 2013' ISBN: 978-83-936410-3-1, Foundation of The Art University, in Poznań;

2014 – 'Project Przetwórnia 2014', Krakow, Poland;

2014 – 'Own Place' - 'Gente di fotografia' No. 59/ 2014, Italy;

2014 – 'Initiation' in Art Photo Mag No. June 30/ 2014, Czech Republic;

2014 – 'Short Flashes' Beijinger, No. 06/2014, China;

2013 – 'Own Place' ARCHIVOzine, No. 07/2014, Portugal.