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BIO

Ligia Popławska is a photographer and art historian based in Antwerp, Belgium. Her work explores themes of disappearance, senses and emotional states concerning memory, climate change and human impact on the natural environment. By incorporating speculative documentary and magical realism into her photographic series, she narrates stories which fuse reality with fiction. With a deep interest in natural phenomena, art history and sciences, her research-based work rises questions about human and non-human conditions.

Ligia graduated with MFA and BFA in Photography from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and a BA in Art History from the University of Gdańsk. She is a recipient of the Decade of Change 2022 series award by British Journal of Photography and Photography Prize by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp. Ligia was selected for .tiff 2022 (FOMU Antwerp) and awarded a solo exhibition at PhMuseum Days 2021 International Festival in Bologna. She exhibited at Helsinki Photo Festival, InCadaques Photo Festival, and De Brakke Grond Amsterdam, among others. In 2022 she received a scholarship for Emerging Talents from Flemish Government. She is a member of Futures Photography nominated by FOMU Antwerp.

She works as a photographer in the field of product, architecture, fashion and portrait photography. She has been co-creating platform
Intimate Structures.


CONTACT

ligiapoplawska@gmail.com
@ligiapoplawska

Prints available at St. Vincents - Kleine Markt 13, 2000 Antwerp or via direct contact. Artistic and commercial portfolio available upon request. 




AWARDS

2022        Flemish Government Scholarship
2022        1854 British Journal of Photography, Decade of Change Series Award, 1st Prize
2022        Helsinki Photo Festival
2022        FUTURES Photography, nominated by FOMU
2022        .tiff 2022, FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerpen
2021        PhMuseum Days 2021, 1st Prize
2020        PEP New Talents
2020        Photography Prize, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp


LECTURES & TEACHING

  • 2021 - 2023: Photography course (1BA - MA) at the Department Jewellery Design & Gold- and silversmithing, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (20212022)

  • 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)




SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming

20 May - 1st July 2023
‘Fading Senses, Sensitive Territories’ (solo)
Salut au Monde!
Bienal'23 Fotografia do Porto, Portugal

Past

Solo

2021     PhMuseum Days 2021 International Photography Festival, Bologna
2020    St. Vincents, Antwerp
2020    Marcel Nies Gallery, Antwerp

Group

2022    Decade of Change, 1854 British Journal of Photography, InCadaqués Photo Festival
2022    .tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography, De Brakke Grond Amsterdam
2022    Helsinki Photo Festival, The National Museum of Finland
2022    Decade of Change, 1854 British Journal of Photography, Belfast Photo Festival
2022    .tiff 2022 Emerging Belgian Photography, FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp
2021     Foto Wien/European Month of Photography, Vienna
2021     Imago Lisboa/European Month of Photography, Lisbon
2021     XLVI Space, Photo Open Up, Padua

2021     Casino Luxemberg, European Month of Photography
2020    New Talents 2020, B-Part Gallery, Berlin
2020    Masters Expo 2020, hosted by FOMU, Antwerp
2020    Masters Expo 2020, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp
2020    The Billboard Project: De Quarantaine Editie, Antwerp
2020    Oude Beurs, Antwerp
2018     Missing Mathilde: On the Representation of Women in Public Space, Antwerp


PUBLICATIONS & PRESS

Print

2022    FUTURES Photography Futures Annual Publication 
2022    FOMU FotoMuseum Antwerp .tiff 2022 magazine
2020    Photographic Exploration Project New Talents 2020

Online

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, Desired Spaces



FEATURES

1 Granary    1854 British Journal of Photography    AD Architectural Digest    Art Viewer    C 41 Magazine    Current Obsession    DAMN Magazine    Decalogue Magazine    Desired Spaces    De Standaard    De Witte Raaf     HART    HYPEBEAST    I-D Vice    Ideat China    Leibal    Milk Decoration    PhMuseum    PhMuseum Days    RUM    Subbacultcha    Superfuture    The Design Edit    VOGUE Italia


SELECTED CLIENTS

Acrai, Aeduire, Base Alpha Gallery, Context, didu, fivetimesone, Gent University, Graanmarkt 13, Libraryman, Orient Express, Paf Atelier, St.Vincents, Somekind Studio, Valerie Objects, Valerie Traan Gallery, Woche, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture

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