Jury

Graduate of the London Collage of Communication. His photographs have been featured in many group and individual exhibitions in Poland and Europe. Since 2010 he is a member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers, where he conducts street photography workshops. He is also the originator and founder of the Un-Posed photography group.

Photographer specializing in portraits and documentary photography. Author of more than a dozen photo reportages for the Polish edition of the „National Geographic” magazine. His work was published in newspapers and magazines like „Duży Format”, „Tygodnik Powszechny”, „Polityka”, „Newsweek” and many others. During the last few years he has been focused on personal work. He is most interested in ordinary things taking place on the fringes of main events, but always gives full attention to human issues. Double winner of the scholarship funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Graduate of the Academy of Photography in Kraków and participant in the first Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme in Warsaw. Her work has been awarded in many Polish and international photography contests, such as: „21 New and Emerging Talents” – Lens Culture Student Photography Awards 2013, Leica Street Photo 2013, Slovak Press Photo 2016 and 2017, Grand Press Photo 2018. She was also a finalist of Vienna International Photo Awards 2013, The Miami Street Photography Festival 2013, Kolga Tbilisi Photo 2014, Przetwórnia 2015, Eastreet 2014 and 2017, and other. Her photographs were published in many Polish and international newspapers and magazines like „Polityka”, „Gazeta Wyborcza”, „K MAG”, „6Mois”. Author of the photography book „1001 Bad Deeds”.

Assistant professor at the Painting Faculty of the Jan Długosz University's Art Department. Currently, he is the director of the Institute of Fine Arts. He is focused on painting and promotion of visual arts. He is the originator of the International Biennale of Miniature and curator of the four editions of the International Festival of Art and Music Incident - Accident, as well as many international exhibitions and art symposiums. He had 80 individual exhibitions – in England, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, United States, Germany, Turkey, Belgium, Hungary and other countries; he also participated in more than 200 group exhibitions around the world. His works are in many private collections in Poland and abroad, and exhibited at art fairs: Hanse Art (Lübeck, Oldenburg, Bremen, Hamburg), Artevent expo (Antwerp, Arnhem), Art. Revolution Taipei (Taiwan), Artistes Contemporaines (Lausanne, Geneva).

Currently involved with the Służew Culture House in Warsaw, where she organizes photography classes. Lecturer at the Academy of Photography (History of Photography). An independent curator of photography exhibitions. Author of a blog on photographic culture:
www.miejscefotografii.blogspot.com

A professional painter and photographer. She works as an Assistant Lecturer in the Art Department of the Jana Długosz University in Częstochowa. Since 2012 she is the commisioner of the International Biennale of Miniature. Her works were presented in many Polish and international exhibitions (e.g. in New York, China, Nepal, Taiwan, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Vietnam) and published in Polish and international press.