TomaszKawecki is a photographer. He completed courses at the Faculty of Architecture at the Cracow University of Technology. He is currently writing a bachelor's thesis on paranormal phenomena in photography at the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava. His works have been exhibited and published internationally, recognised by photography awards in the US, Poland, Japan and Italy among others. He has recently started teaching courses in photography.
Tomasz'swork is inspired by various manifestations of nature. Using elements of performance and installation, Kaweckiโs practice explores the intersections of fiction and reality, resulting in quasi-documentary outcome. He applies universal symbols that are archetypes of societyโs collective thinking, whilst the dualism present in nature and man is a leitmotif in his work. He explores man-made beliefs that have their origins in the natural world as well as the notion of place memory.
education:
- 2019 ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ Institute of Creative Photography in Opava, Faculty of Philiosophy and Science, University of Silesia in Opava (CZ)
- 2015 ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture (PL)
residencies& programs:
upcoming exibithions:
- ๐ผ๐ผ 2023, 02.23 - 03.23 ๐ผ๐ผ The Biodegradable Spaceโ IndustraArt, Brno (CZ)
individual exibithions:
- 2022 ๐ผ a Lair ๐ผ Verzasca Foto Festival ๐ผ Brione (CH)
- 2021 ๐ผ The Biodegradable Space ๐ผ KRAKERS- Cracow Art Week, Krakรณw (PL)
- 2021 ๐ผ a Lair ๐ผ ShowOFF- Krakow Photomonth ๐ผNoลna Foundation, Krakรณw (PL)
- 2021 ๐ผ God, bless that family ๐ผ Gwar artistic space, Katowice (PL)
group exibithions:
- 2023 ๐ผ PEP: New Talents 2022 ๐ผ gallery 254Forest, Brussels (BE)
- 2022 ๐ผ Photo Vogue Festival: Voice NFT collection ๐ผ BASE Milano, Milan (IT)
- 2022 ๐ผ Indian Photo Festival ๐ผ State Art Gallery, Hyderabad (IN)
- 2022 ๐ผ Sopot Photography Festival ๐ผ State Art Gallery in Sopot (PL)
- 2022 ๐ผ Helsinki Photo Festival ๐ผ Nationam Musem in Finland, Helsinki (FI)
- 2022 ๐ผ FOTOFESTIWAL: Common Opava ๐ผ OFF Piotrkowska, ลรณdลบ (PL)
- 2021 ๐ผ LensCulture ๐ผ Caelum Gallery, New York (US)
- 2021 ๐ผ Rybnik Foto Festival ๐ผ Rybnik (PL)
- 2021 ๐ผ Photo Vogue Festival: Reframing History ๐ผ BASE Milano, Milan (IT)
- 2021 ๐ผ VI Piotrkowskie Biennale of art: Return from the stars ๐ผ Piotrkรณw Trybunalski (PL)
- 2021 ๐ผ On the egdes of space ๐ผ NAGA gallery, Krakow (PL)
- 2021 ๐ผ Houseworks ๐ผ Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Pracownia Wschodnia, Warszawa (PL)
- 2021 ๐ผ Blood is thicker than a water ๐ผ OFF Bratislava (SK)
- 2020 ๐ผ KAFE collective: In search of identity ๐ผ performans online
- 2019 ๐ผ Leeway ๐ผ Serce Czลowieka LAW gallery, Warszawa (PL)
- 2019 ๐ผ Instalacja ๐ผ Teatr Powszechny, Strfea Wolnosลowa, Warszawa (PL)
- 2019 ๐ผ SZRON conteporary art fair, Warszawa (PL)
awards:
press:
lectures and talks:
- 2022 ๐ผ State Gallery of Art ๐ผ Sopot (PL)
- 2022 ๐ผ Castello Marcacci ๐ผ Brione (CH)
- 2021 ๐ผ Tadeusz Kantor's Centre for Documentation Cricoteka ๐ผ Krakรณw (PL)
work in collection:
- State Gallery of Art ๐ผ Public Art Collection, Sopot, PL
- Private Collections ๐ผ in Poland, France, Belgium, Germany, United States, Italy