LIGIA POPLAWSKA (PL)
photo by Jef Claes
_Geboren 1994, Polen
Woont en werkt in Antwerpen, België
Ligia Popławska is een Poolse fotografe en kunsthistorica die woont en werkt in Antwerpen, België. Ze is geïnteresseerd in speculatieve verhalen en in de impact van klimaatverandering op onze zintuigen. Haar werk verkent thema's als emotionele toestanden, de impact van de mens op de natuurlijke omgeving, de klimaatcrisis en het Antropoceen. Met een diepe interesse in natuurlijke fenomenen, posthumanistische filosofieën, kunstgeschiedenis en wetenschappen, roept haar op onderzoek gebaseerde werk vragen op over menselijke en meer-dan-menselijke omstandigheden.
Afgestudeerd met MFA en BFA in Fotografie aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen en BA in Kunstgeschiedenis aan de Universiteit van Gdańsk. Ontvanger van Decade of Change 2022 Series Award door 1854 British Journal of Photography, PhMuseum Days 2021 Award en Photography Prize 2020 gefinancierd door de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen. Laureaat van .tiff 2022 en lid van FUTURES Photography genomineerd door FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen. Ontvanger van een beurs voor opkomend talent van de Vlaamse overheid. Popławska exposeerde onder andere in FOMU (Antwerpen), De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam), Helsinki Photo Festival, InCadaques Photo Festival.
Ligia Popławska werkt als fotograaf op het gebied van product-, architectuur-, mode- en portretfotografie. In 2021-2023 was ze gastprofessor fotografie aan de afdeling Juweelontwerp, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen. Ze was medebedenker van het platform Intimate Structures.
_Born 1994, Poland
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
Ligia Popławska is a Polish photographer and art historian based in Antwerp, Belgium. She is interested in speculative storytelling and in the impact of climate change on our senses. Her work explores themes of emotional states, human impact on natural environment, climate crisis and the Anthropocene. With a deep interest in natural phenomena, post-humanist philosophies, art history and sciences, her research-based work rise questions about human and more-than-human conditions.
Graduated with MFA and BFA in Photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and BA in Art History from the University of Gdańsk. Recipient of Decade of Change 2022 Series Award by 1854 British Journal of Photography, PhMuseum Days 2021 Award and Photography Prize 2020 funded by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Laureate of .tiff 2022 and member of FUTURES Photography nominated by FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen. Recipient of a scholarship for Emerging Talents from the Flemish Government. Popławska exhibited at FOMU (Antwerp), De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam), Helsinki Photo Festival, InCadaques Photo Festival, among others.
Ligia Popławska works as a photographer in the field of product, architecture, fashion and portrait photography. In 2021-2023 she was a guest professor teaching photography at the Jewellery Design Department, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. She was co-creating platform Intimate Structures.
_solo exhibitions
2023
Fading Senses, Sensitive Territories, Bienal’23 Fotografia do Porto, theme ACTS OF EMPATHY, organized by Ci.Clo Plataforma Fotografia and Salut au Monde!, Porto, Portugal
2021
Fading Senses, PhMuseum Days 2021 International Photography Festival, Bologna
2020
Fading Senses, St. Vincents, Antwerp
Fading Senses, Marcel Nies Gallery, Antwerp
_selected group exhibitions
2022
Decade of Change, 1854 British Journal of Photography, InCadaqués Photo Festival
.tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography, De Brakke Grond Amsterdam
Believe, Helsinki Photo Festival, The National Museum of Finland
Decade of Change, 1854 British Journal of Photography, Belfast Photo Festival
.tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography, FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp
2021
Rethinking nature slide projection, Foto Wien, European Month of Photography, Vienna
Rethinking nature slide projection, Imago Lisboa, European Month of Photography, Lisbon
XLVI Space, Photo Open Up, Padua
Rethinking nature slide projection, Casino Luxemberg, European Month of Photography
2020
New Talents 2020, B-Part Gallery, Berlin
Masters Expo 2020, hosted by FOMU, Antwerp
Masters Expo 2020, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
The Billboard Project: De Quarantaine Editie, Antwerp
Solo Show (MA), Oude Beurs, Antwerp
2018
Missing Mathilde: On the Representation of Women in Public Space, Antwerp
_awards
2022
Emerging Talents Scholarship, Flemish Government
1st Prize Recipient, Decade of Change Series Award 2022, 1854 British Journal of Photography
Finalist, Helsinki Photo Festival
FUTURES Photography, nominated by FOMU
Selection .tiff 2022, FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen
2021
1st Prize Recipient, PhMuseum Days 2021 Open Call Award
2020
Finalist New Talents, Photographic Exploration Project
Photography Prize, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
_publications
Print
2022
FUTURES Photography ― Futures Annual Publication
FOMU FotoMuseum Antwerp ― .tiff 2022 magazine
Photographic Exploration Project ― New Talents 2020
Online
2022
Velvet Eyes ― Fading Senses by Ligia Popławska (interview)
De Brakke Grond Amsterdam ― Experts Talking: Kaat Somers
De Brakke Grond Amsterdam ― .TIFF 2022
Sound of Life ― 10 Young Photographers To Keep An Eye On
Belfast Photo Festival ― Decade of Change
Helsinki Photo Festival ― Winners Open Call ‘Believe’
1854 British Journal of Photography ― Decade of Change 2022: The Winners
1854 British Journal of Photography ― Winners Decade of Change 2022 Photography Awards
FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen ― .TIFF 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography
PhMuseum ― Ligia Popławska On Exhibiting at the PhMuseum Days
2021
C 41 Magazine ― Ligia Popławska explains solastalgia and sensory deprivation
1854 British Journal of Photography ― Identities, realities, and space: XLVI launches a graduate exhibition
PhMuseum Days ― Fading Senses
PhMuseum ― Fabiola Cedillo, Ligia Poplawska and Samuel Fordham Will Exhibit at PhMuseum Days
PhMuseum ― PhMuseum Days 2021 Open Call Winners Announced
Decalogue Magazine ― Ligia Popławska
2020
PhMuseum ― Picks 2020: PhMuseum Editors’ Top Projects of 2020, PhMuseum
Desired Spaces ― Future Scenarios for an (Un-)Build Environment: Spaces of Seclusion and Collectiveness, Desired Spaces
_lectures & teaching
2021 - 2023
Photography course (1BA - MA) at the Department Jewellery Design & Gold- and silversmithing, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2022
British Journal of Photography 1854, New Narratives. Decade of Change: Documenting the Climate Crisis hosted by Zoe Harrison, online
2021
‘What happens if we lose our senses? Ligia Popławska talks about Solastalgia’, PhMuseum Days 2021, Bologna, Italy (2021)
2020
‘Visual Storytelling Beyond Anthropocene: Geert Goiris and ‘World Without Us’’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium (2020)