Education
2023 Seminar alumna, Institute for Postnatural Studies, Madrid
2019-2020 MA in Visual Arts, Photography ― Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2016-2019 BA in Visual Arts, Photography ― Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
201 3-2016 BA of Arts, Art History ― University of Gdańsk
Grants / Awards / Honors
2026 Athens Photo Festival ― Shortlist
2025 Antwerp Art Graduation Prize ― Jury Member
2024 PhotoVogue's Global Open Call ‘The Tree of Life: a Love Letter to Nature’ ― Shortlist
2024 Research Project, Art & Ecology Royal Academy of fine Arts Antwerp ― Grantee
2023 Leica Oskar Barnack Award ― Nominee
2022 Emerging Talent Grant, Flemish Government ― Grantee
2022 Decade of Change Series Award 2022, 1854 British Journal of Photography ― 1st Prize Winner
2022 Helsinki Photo Festival Open Call ― Winner
2022 PhMuseum Days 2022 ― Jury Member
2022 FUTURES Photography Talent, nominated by FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen ― Member
2022 Selection .tiff 2022, FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen ― Finalist
2021 PhMuseum Days 2021 Open Call Award ― 1st Prize Winner
2020 New Talents, Photographic Exploration Project ― Finalist
2020 Photography Prize, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp ― Winner
Solo exhibitions
2023 Essay for the Future, Fading Senses ― Encontros da Imagem, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga
2023 Acts of Empathy, Fading Senses, Sensitive Territories ― Bienal’23 Fotografia do Porto, Porto
2021 A New Beginning, Fading Senses ― PhMuseum Days 2021 International Photography Festival, Bologna
2020 Fading Senses ― To Be Antwerp Festival, St. Vincents, Antwerp
2020 Fading Senses ― To Be Antwerp Festival, Marcel Nies Oriental Art Gallery, Antwerp
Duo exhibitions
2024 Rustling Earth ― Ligia Popławska & Babs Decruyenaere, Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp
Group exhibitions
2026 Blooming from Ashes ― De Tempel, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2026 FeedBAck ― Wintertuin, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2022 Decade of Change ― InCadaqués Photo Festival, 1854 British Journal of Photography
2022 .tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography ― Flemish Cultural Center De Brakke Grond Amsterdam
2022 Believe ― Helsinki Photo Festival, The National Museum of Finland
2022 Decade of Change ― Belfast Photo Festival, 1854 British Journal of Photography
2022 .tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography ― FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen
2021 Connected ― De Tempel, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2021 Rethinking nature slide projection ― Foto Wien, European Month of Photography, Vienna
2021 Rethinking nature slide projection ― Imago Lisboa, European Month of Photography, Lisbon
2021 NEXUS, XLVI Space ― Photo Open Up Photo Festival, Padua
2021 Rethinking nature slide projection ― Casino Luxemburg, European Month of Photography
2020 New Talents 2020 ― PEP Photographic Exploration Project, B-Part Gallery, Berlin
2020 Blume! Masters Expo 2020 ― hosted by FOMU, Antwerp
Masters Expo 2020 ― Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2020 The Billboard Project: De Quarantaine Editie ― Antwerp
2020 Solo Show (MA) ― Oude Beurs, Antwerp
2018 Missing Mathilde: On the Representation of Women in Public Space ― Antwerp
Lectures & Talks
2026 ‘Whispers of the Primeval Forest’, Museum (Without) Shelter - Lecture Marathon, M HKA Antwerp
2025 ‘Art & Ecology - Whispers of the Primeval Forest’ - ARIA Seminar on Interdisciplinary Research & the Arts, University of Antwerp
2023 ‘Visual Storytelling Beyond Anthropocene: Geert Goiris and ‘World Without Us’’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2022 British Journal of Photography 1854, New Narratives. Decade of Change: Documenting the Climate Crisis
2021 ‘What happens if we lose our senses? Ligia Popławska talks about Solastalgia’, PhMuseum Days, Bologna
2020 ‘Visual Storytelling Beyond Anthropocene: Geert Goiris and ‘World Without Us’’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Teaching
2025 Masterclass ‘Art & Ecology’ - Articulate Research Festival, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp with Sina Hensel and Delphine Wibaux
2021 - 2023 Photography course at the Department Jewellery Design & Gold- and silversmithing Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Press
Print
2024 KERB Journal of Landscape Architecture, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2023 VOSTOK, article on “Fading Senses”, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Usbek & Rica, article on “Fading Senses”, Paris, France
2022 Futures Annual Publication, FUTURES Photography, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2022 .tiff 2022 magazine, FOMU FotoMuseum Antwerp, Belgium
2020 New Talents 2020, Photographic Exploration Project, Berlin, Germany
Online
2024 Safelight Paper ― In conversation with Ligia Popławska
2023 Fisheye Magazine ― La sélection Instagram #425 : esthétique automnale
2022 Velvet Eyes ― Fading Senses by Ligia Popławska (interview)
2022 De Brakke Grond Amsterdam ― Experts Talking: Kaat Somers
2022 De Brakke Grond Amsterdam ― .TIFF 2022
2022 Sound of Life ― 10 Young Photographers To Keep An Eye On
2022 Belfast Photo Festival ― Decade of Change
2022 Helsinki Photo Festival ― Winners Open Call ‘Believe’
2022 1854 British Journal of Photography ― Decade of Change 2022: The Winners
2022 1854 British Journal of Photography ― Winners Decade of Change 2022 Photography Awards
2022 FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen ― .TIFF 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography
2022 PhMuseum ― Ligia Popławska On Exhibiting at the PhMuseum Days
2021 C 41 Magazine ― Ligia Popławska explains solastalgia and sensory deprivation
2021 1854 British Journal of Photography ― Identities, realities, and space: XLVI launches a graduate exhibition
2021 PhMuseum Days ― Fading Senses
2021 PhMuseum ― Fabiola Cedillo, Ligia Poplawska and Samuel Fordham Will Exhibit at PhMuseum Days 2021
2021 PhMuseum ― PhMuseum Days 2021 Open Call Winners Announced
2021 Decalogue Magazine ― Ligia Popławska
2020 PhMuseum ― Picks 2020: PhMuseum Editors’ Top Projects of 2020, PhMuseum
2020 Desired Spaces ― Future Scenarios for an (Un-)Build Environment: Spaces of Seclusion and Collectiveness
2023 Seminar alumna, Institute for Postnatural Studies, Madrid
2019-2020 MA in Visual Arts, Photography ― Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2016-2019 BA in Visual Arts, Photography ― Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
201 3-2016 BA of Arts, Art History ― University of Gdańsk
Grants / Awards / Honors
2026 Athens Photo Festival ― Shortlist
2025 Antwerp Art Graduation Prize ― Jury Member
2024 PhotoVogue's Global Open Call ‘The Tree of Life: a Love Letter to Nature’ ― Shortlist
2024 Research Project, Art & Ecology Royal Academy of fine Arts Antwerp ― Grantee
2023 Leica Oskar Barnack Award ― Nominee
2022 Emerging Talent Grant, Flemish Government ― Grantee
2022 Decade of Change Series Award 2022, 1854 British Journal of Photography ― 1st Prize Winner
2022 Helsinki Photo Festival Open Call ― Winner
2022 PhMuseum Days 2022 ― Jury Member
2022 FUTURES Photography Talent, nominated by FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen ― Member
2022 Selection .tiff 2022, FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen ― Finalist
2021 PhMuseum Days 2021 Open Call Award ― 1st Prize Winner
2020 New Talents, Photographic Exploration Project ― Finalist
2020 Photography Prize, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp ― Winner
Solo exhibitions
2023 Essay for the Future, Fading Senses ― Encontros da Imagem, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga
2023 Acts of Empathy, Fading Senses, Sensitive Territories ― Bienal’23 Fotografia do Porto, Porto
2021 A New Beginning, Fading Senses ― PhMuseum Days 2021 International Photography Festival, Bologna
2020 Fading Senses ― To Be Antwerp Festival, St. Vincents, Antwerp
2020 Fading Senses ― To Be Antwerp Festival, Marcel Nies Oriental Art Gallery, Antwerp
Duo exhibitions
2024 Rustling Earth ― Ligia Popławska & Babs Decruyenaere, Valerie Traan Gallery, Antwerp
Group exhibitions
2026 Blooming from Ashes ― De Tempel, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2026 FeedBAck ― Wintertuin, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2022 Decade of Change ― InCadaqués Photo Festival, 1854 British Journal of Photography
2022 .tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography ― Flemish Cultural Center De Brakke Grond Amsterdam
2022 Believe ― Helsinki Photo Festival, The National Museum of Finland
2022 Decade of Change ― Belfast Photo Festival, 1854 British Journal of Photography
2022 .tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography ― FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen
2021 Connected ― De Tempel, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2021 Rethinking nature slide projection ― Foto Wien, European Month of Photography, Vienna
2021 Rethinking nature slide projection ― Imago Lisboa, European Month of Photography, Lisbon
2021 NEXUS, XLVI Space ― Photo Open Up Photo Festival, Padua
2021 Rethinking nature slide projection ― Casino Luxemburg, European Month of Photography
2020 New Talents 2020 ― PEP Photographic Exploration Project, B-Part Gallery, Berlin
2020 Blume! Masters Expo 2020 ― hosted by FOMU, Antwerp
Masters Expo 2020 ― Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2020 The Billboard Project: De Quarantaine Editie ― Antwerp
2020 Solo Show (MA) ― Oude Beurs, Antwerp
2018 Missing Mathilde: On the Representation of Women in Public Space ― Antwerp
Lectures & Talks
2026 ‘Whispers of the Primeval Forest’, Museum (Without) Shelter - Lecture Marathon, M HKA Antwerp
2025 ‘Art & Ecology - Whispers of the Primeval Forest’ - ARIA Seminar on Interdisciplinary Research & the Arts, University of Antwerp
2023 ‘Visual Storytelling Beyond Anthropocene: Geert Goiris and ‘World Without Us’’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2022 British Journal of Photography 1854, New Narratives. Decade of Change: Documenting the Climate Crisis
2021 ‘What happens if we lose our senses? Ligia Popławska talks about Solastalgia’, PhMuseum Days, Bologna
2020 ‘Visual Storytelling Beyond Anthropocene: Geert Goiris and ‘World Without Us’’, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Teaching
2025 Masterclass ‘Art & Ecology’ - Articulate Research Festival, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp with Sina Hensel and Delphine Wibaux
2021 - 2023 Photography course at the Department Jewellery Design & Gold- and silversmithing Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
Press
2024 KERB Journal of Landscape Architecture, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
2023 VOSTOK, article on “Fading Senses”, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Usbek & Rica, article on “Fading Senses”, Paris, France
2022 Futures Annual Publication, FUTURES Photography, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2022 .tiff 2022 magazine, FOMU FotoMuseum Antwerp, Belgium
2020 New Talents 2020, Photographic Exploration Project, Berlin, Germany
Online
2024 Safelight Paper ― In conversation with Ligia Popławska
2023 Fisheye Magazine ― La sélection Instagram #425 : esthétique automnale
2022 Velvet Eyes ― Fading Senses by Ligia Popławska (interview)
2022 De Brakke Grond Amsterdam ― Experts Talking: Kaat Somers
2022 De Brakke Grond Amsterdam ― .TIFF 2022
2022 Sound of Life ― 10 Young Photographers To Keep An Eye On
2022 Belfast Photo Festival ― Decade of Change
2022 Helsinki Photo Festival ― Winners Open Call ‘Believe’
2022 1854 British Journal of Photography ― Decade of Change 2022: The Winners
2022 1854 British Journal of Photography ― Winners Decade of Change 2022 Photography Awards
2022 FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen ― .TIFF 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography
2022 PhMuseum ― Ligia Popławska On Exhibiting at the PhMuseum Days
2021 C 41 Magazine ― Ligia Popławska explains solastalgia and sensory deprivation
2021 1854 British Journal of Photography ― Identities, realities, and space: XLVI launches a graduate exhibition
2021 PhMuseum Days ― Fading Senses
2021 PhMuseum ― Fabiola Cedillo, Ligia Poplawska and Samuel Fordham Will Exhibit at PhMuseum Days 2021
2021 PhMuseum ― PhMuseum Days 2021 Open Call Winners Announced
2021 Decalogue Magazine ― Ligia Popławska
2020 PhMuseum ― Picks 2020: PhMuseum Editors’ Top Projects of 2020, PhMuseum
2020 Desired Spaces ― Future Scenarios for an (Un-)Build Environment: Spaces of Seclusion and Collectiveness
Features
1 Granary
British Journal of Photography
AN Magazine
AD Architectural Digest
Art Viewer
C 41 Magazine
Current Obsession
DAMN Magazine
Decalogue Magazine
Design Anthology UK
Desired Spaces
De Standaard
De Witte Raaf
Fisheye Magazine
HART
HYPEBEAST
I-D Vice
Ideat China
Leibal
Milk Decoration
Openhouse Magazine
PhMuseum
RUM
Sight Unseen
Superfuture
The Design Edit
Thisispaper
VOGUE Italia
VOGUE Polska
1 Granary
British Journal of Photography
AN Magazine
AD Architectural Digest
Art Viewer
C 41 Magazine
Current Obsession
DAMN Magazine
Decalogue Magazine
Design Anthology UK
Desired Spaces
De Standaard
De Witte Raaf
Fisheye Magazine
HART
HYPEBEAST
I-D Vice
Ideat China
Leibal
Milk Decoration
Openhouse Magazine
PhMuseum
RUM
Sight Unseen
Superfuture
The Design Edit
Thisispaper
VOGUE Italia
VOGUE Polska
Selected clients
Acrai
Aeduire
Artlover magazine
Bertrand Lejoly
Emairo Marble
fivetimesone
Gent University
Graanmarkt 13
IBASHO
KOJI magazine
Libraryman
MA Festival Brugge
M Leuven
Orient Express
Paf Atelier
St. Vincents
Somekind Studio
The Metamorphoses
Vlaams Architectuurinstituut
Valerie Objects
valerie_traan gallery
Woche
Z33 Hasselt
Acrai
Aeduire
Artlover magazine
Bertrand Lejoly
Emairo Marble
fivetimesone
Gent University
Graanmarkt 13
IBASHO
KOJI magazine
Libraryman
MA Festival Brugge
M Leuven
Orient Express
Paf Atelier
St. Vincents
Somekind Studio
The Metamorphoses
Vlaams Architectuurinstituut
Valerie Objects
valerie_traan gallery
Woche
Z33 Hasselt
