Joanna_Zastróżna
Joanna Zastróżna
Polish photographer and filmmaker
Joanna Zastróżna (born 1972) is a Polish photographer and filmmaker. She graduated in 1997 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Zastróżna resides in Sopot and in Sidi Ifni.[1]
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Zastróżna was born in Sopot. She started exhibiting in 1999, showing the series "Messenger" which was her graduation project. Two more series, "Condensation" and "Marocco", followed.[2] Her distinctive technique is to paint over negatives, with extensive usage of color. Sometimes she uses negative montage as well. The style has been described as "an ambience of surrealism"[1] and "artificial reality".[3] The subjects are typically human figures, and Zastróżna is not interested in their realistic depiction but rather in psychological analysis.[1]
Zastrozhna participated in a number of major photographical group exhibitions in Poland in the 2000s and the 2010s. Her works are in the collection of The Museum of Art in Łódź.[1]
In 2013, she directed a short film "Molehill".[4] It was presented at the 19th Busan International Film Festival.[5]
Solo exhibitions
- Messenger, Mała Galeria ZPAF, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (1999)
- Buby, Messenger, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury, Gdańsk, Poland (2000)
- NR2, Replica Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden (2000)
- NR3, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2001)
- NR3 Mała Galeria ZPAF, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2001)
- NR3, BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland (2002)
- NR3, FF Gallery, Łódź, Poland (2002)
- NR3, Leigh on Sea, Art Trail, the UK (2003)
- NR3, Druskininkai, Lithuania (2003)
- NR3, Month of Photography, Kraków, Poland (2003)
- Zagęszczanie, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2004)
- Zagęszczanie, Wizytująca Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (2006)
- Zagęszczanie, Photography Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2008)
- MMK, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2010)
- MMK, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2011)[6]
- MMK, Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Galeria PF, Poznań, Poland (2013)
Group exhibitions
- Jutro jest dziś, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto, Japan (1999)
- Relacje, House of Photography, Poprad, Slovakia (1999)
- 7th Courant D’Art, Deauville, France (2000)
- Przenikanie, Month of photography, Bratislava, Slovakia (2000)
- Archipelag, Month of photography, Herten, Germany (2001)
- Fotografia polska lat 90. − "Around Decade− Polish Photography of 90’s", Muzeum Sztuki Łodzi; Galeria FF; Galeria Pusta, Katowice; Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland (2002)
- Cztery Elementy. Ziemia, Galeria DAP OW ZPAP, Warsaw, Poland (2003)
- GlobAll, Woman Kraft Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA (2004)
- XX w. w fotografii polskiej, Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (2006)
- Czas Zapamiętany, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2007)
- Forum Fotografii, wystawa na 25lecie Galerii FF, Łódź, Poland (2008)
- Festiwal Sztuki ARTLOOP 00, "Wypas" instalacja, Sopot, Poland (2011)
- Festiwal Sztuki ARTLOOP 02, "Pralnia Chemiczna" instalacja, Sopot, Poland (2013)
- Jurecki, Krzysztof. "Joanna Zastróżna". Culture.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- Chmyreva, Irina (15 April 2011). "Иоанна Застрожна. Алхимические опыты". Foto & Video (in Russian). Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- Grygiel, Marek. "Joanna Zastrozna - "MESSENGER"". foto Tapeta. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- "Joanna Zastróżna". Culture.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- "Opening doors: A journey between different film horizons". European Film Promotion e.V. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
- Drewa, Anna. "Joanna Zastróżna, fotografia " Moje małe katastrofy"" (in Polish). Portal Regionalny trojmiasto.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2017.