Szlaga Michał

Born in 1978 , in Gdańsk/Poland.

Visual artist and documentalist working with photography and film. Graduate of the Department of Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk/Poland. In his artistic practice he is preoccupied with Poland on many levels. His major projects are: *Stocznia Szlaga / Shipyard **Szlaga *(an album based on the photo material gathered within the years 1999-2013) and* Polska – Rzeczywistość* / *Poland **– **Reality* (a growing photographic diary that currently contains over 2,000 images).

Individual Exhibitions :

2014 :
– Documents of Loss Europäischen Monats der Fotografie, Polnisches Institut Berlin
– Szlaga wrócił do szkoły / Kilka odsłon (Szlaga Went Back Into School / Several Editions), Gdańsk City Gallery 2 – Annex
– Aleja Solidarności (Solidarność Avenue), Wieliszew

2013
– Paskudne pocztówki (Ugly Postcards), together with IS Wyspa, Gdańsk

2011
– Stocznia Gdańska (The Gdańsk Shipyard), Transfotografia Północ Festival, PiTiPa Gallery, Gdańsk
– Pikselowe prostytutki (Prostitutes), 1st Photography Festival in Opole, Opole, Poland
– Stocznia Gdańska (The Gdańsk Shipyard), Contenedores de Arte, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
– Stocznia Gdańska (The Gdańsk Shipyard), Transphotographiques Nord Festival, ŕ La Maison de la Photographie, Lille

2010
– Alang/Gdańsk Global Properity, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk

2008
– Stocznia Gdańska (The Gdańsk Shipyard), 7 Łódź Fotofestival

Selected Group Exhibitions :

2014
– Polish Dream,  Galerie für Fotografie, Hannover
– 4th Mediations Biennale, Zamek Culture Centre, Poznań
– Wędrująca biblioteka (Travelling Library), Günter Grass Gallery, Gdańsk
– TYPOPOLO, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
– Blackout, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk

2013
– The Collection. A Fagment, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

2012
– Buildings and Remnants, Fábrica ASA, Guimarăes, Portugal
– ALTERNATIVA, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk
– Missing Documents. Photographs of the Polish Transformation After 1989, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw

2011
– Street Photography Now, Fundacja.DOC, Warsaw
– E.CITE–GDAŃSK, Apollonia Gallery, Strasbourg
– ALTERNATIVA, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk

2008
– Red Eye Effect, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
– Upgrade PL, Photomonth in Kraków
– Renovation Department, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk
– The Impossible Collection, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk

2009
– Over and Over Again, BWA Wrocław
– Game for Freedom, Gdańsk

2007
– Modelarnia, Warszawski Aktyw Artystów
– Model Ad Hoc, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk
– Fotografowie Przekroju (Przekrój’s Photographers), Transfotografia Festival, CSW Łaźnia, Gdańsk

2005
– Poland Now, Photomonth in Kraków
– Strażnicy doków (Guardians of the Docks), IS Wyspa, Gdańsk

2004
– BHP, IS Wyspa, Gdańsk

2003
– Artyści przeciw wojnie (Artists Against War), Kolonia Artystów, Gdańsk

2002
– Znajomi nad morza (Friends from the Seaside), 89a hall, Gdańsk

2001
– Labirynt/The Labirynth, Kłodzko

Awards and Honourable Mentions :

2014
– Pomeranian Arts Award for achievements in 2013
– Splendor Gedanensis – the City of Gdańsk Award in the field of Culture

2013
– The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Creative Grant

2012
– Grand Press Foto, Warsaw, 1st Prize
– BZ WBK Press Foto, Warsaw, 1st Prize

2010
– BZ WBK Press Foto, Warsaw, 3rd Prize

2007
– International Photography Awards, New York, 1st Prize
– Grand Press Foto, Warsaw, 3rd Prize
– Newsreportage, Warsaw, 1st Prize

2006
– Artistic Scholarship from the Marshal of Pomeranian Voivodeship
– Canon Press Photography Contest, Warsaw, 3rd Prize

2005
– BZ WBK Press Foto, Warsaw, Honourable Mention
– Grand Press Photo, Warsaw, Honourable Mention

2004
– Gdańsk Press Photo, Gdańsk, Grand Prix

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WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF :

E.CITY GDANSK : PLEASE, STEP FORWARD TO THE REAR! : 17 October 2011 – 25 November 2011

MICHAL SZLAGA : STOCZNIA GDANSKA, Exposition photographique :08 December 2015 – 30 March 2016