Szlaga Michał

Né en 1978 , à Gdańsk/Pologne.

Artiste d’art visuel et documentaire travaillant avec la photographie et la vidéo. Diplômé du département de photographie de l’Academy of Fine Arts à Gdańsk/Pologne. Dans sa pratique artistique, il se préoccupe de son pays à tous les niveaux. Ses projets principaux sont : Stocznia Szlaga / Shipyard, Szlaga (un album basé sur des photos rassemblées dans les années 1999-2013)  et * Polska – Rzeczywistość* / *Poland **– **Reality* ( un journal photographique évoluant qui contient actuellement plus de 2000 images).

Expositions personnelles :

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

Expositions collectives :

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

Récompenses :

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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Dans le cadre de :

MICHAL SZLAGA : STOCZNIA GDANSKA, Exposition photographique : 8 décembre 2015 – 30 mars 2016

e.cité – Gdansk : AVANCEZ VERS L’ARRIÈRE ! : 17 octobre 2011 – 25 novembre 2011