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Sylwia Kowalczyk was born in Lublin, Poland and currently lives in Edinburgh where she works as a photographer.

EXHIBITIONS

Solo

2012 Temporal Portraits - Wozownia Art Gallery, Torun, Poland, curated by Krzysztof Jurecki

2007 Chicas - Wozownia Art Gallery, Torun, Poland, curated by Krzysztof Jurecki

2006 Chicas - the Boutographies Photo Festival, Montpellier

2002 Selfprojections - Parnas Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakian Month of Photography

Group

2011 reGeneration2, Galerie Azzedine Alaia, Paris, France

2011 reGeneration2, Caochangdi Festival, PhotoSpring Festival, Beijing, China

2011 reGeneration2, Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico

2011 reGeneration2, Rencontres Internationales de la Photo, Fez, Morocco

2011 reGeneration2, Aperture Foundation, NYC, USA

2010 reGeneration2, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy

2010 reGeneration2, Flash Forward Festival, Toronto Canada

2010 reGeneration2, Fotoweek DC, USA

2010 reGeneration2, Miami Dade College, USA

2010 reGeneration2, Pingyao International Photography festival, China

2010 reGeneration2, Michaelis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa

2010 reGeneration2 at Rencontres d’Arles and Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne

2007 EcoUrbanisme - The French Institute, Edinburgh

2005 Intimacy (Human People) by Completely Naked, Campbell Works Gallery, London

2004 Nova Polska – ‘Contemporary Polish Photography' with Anna Baumgart, Marta Deskur, Wojciech Prazmowski, and Pawel Zak, at Apollonia Foundation Gallery,Strasbourg, subsequently touring to Thessaloniki House of Photography and Zamek Cultural Centre, Szczecin; curated by Anne Laval

2003 3rd Biennale of Polish Contemporary Photography, Arsenal, Poznan

2002 Transphotographiques Festival, Hotel de Ville, Lille

AWARDS

2011 Selected for Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 2011, for The Photographers Gallery, London

2011 Shortlisted by the Scottish Parliament to take an official photo of HM The Queen

2010 Selected for reGeneration2 – Tomorrow’s Photographer’s Today, by Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne

2003 Young Photographer Award of the City of Krakow

2002 Winner, Trzcianka Polish Portrait Competition for the series 'Selfprojections'

2001 Socrates/Erasmus scholarship to study at ESAG (École Supérieure d’Arts Graphiques), Paris

PUBLICATIONS

2011 Fotografia quarterly, Poland No.32/2011

2010 reGeneration2 – Tomorrow’s Photographer’s Today, Thames and Hudson

2007 'Chicas' catalogue text by Krzysztof Jurecki, Wozownia Art Gallery, Torun

2007 ‘EcoUrbanisme’ catalogue, The French Institute, Edinburgh

2006 Fotografia nr 20/2006, 'Chicas', text by Krzysztof Jurecki

2003 3rd Biennal of Polish Contemporary Photography, catalogue, Arsenal Gallery, Poznan

2002 Miesiac Fotografie, general catalogue, publisher: Fotofo Foundation, Bratislava

EDUCATION

2008 – 2010 MFA in Photography, Edinburgh College of Art

1997 - 2002 MA in Photography and Graphic Design, Academy of Fine Art, Krakow

2001 Graphic Design Department, École Supérieure d’Arts Graphiques, Paris