Jan Brykczyński (b. 1979) is a photographer who often focuses on European rural regions in his work as well as on the complex relationship between man and nature. In 2014 he published his first book, Boiko, on rural life in the Ukrainian Carpathian mountains. His work on Icelandic farms led to him being awarded the inaugural Syngenta Photography Award. This allowed him to create The Gardener, a project on urban farming, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in 2015. Jan’s work has been exhibited in collective shows in Deichtorhallen, the Noorderligcht Gallery and in the Musée de l’Elysée. He has been awarded various grants, such as the EPEA, European Cultural Foundation and Visegrad Fund. He is a founding partner of Sputnik Photos, an international collective of photographers that focuses on transformations taking place in Eastern Europe and post-Soviet states.
Education |
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2015 – 2018 |
Institute of Creative Photography, Opava, Czech Republic (Doctoral Studies) |
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2015 |
Institute of Creative Photography, Opava, Czech Republic (M.A. Photography) |
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2005 |
FAMU National Film School, Czech Republic |
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2005 |
PWSFTViT (National School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz), Poland (BSc. Photography) |
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2000 |
University of Warsaw, Department of Social Sciences, Poland |
Awards |
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2015 |
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize / nominated |
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reGenaration / Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne |
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2014 |
Voies Off Prize – finalist / Arles |
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European Photo Exhibition Award / Oslo, Paris, Lucca, Hamburg |
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2013 |
Syngenta Photography Award – The Professional Commission 1st prize winner / London, UK |
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Grand Prix Fotofestiwal – finalist / Lodz, Poland |
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2012 |
European Month of Photography in Bratislava – Winner of the portfolio review / Slovakia |
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Sony World Photography Award – 3rd prize in the Travel category / London, UK |
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Grand Press Photo – 1st prize in the Nature category / Warsaw, Poland |
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Vienna International Photo Awards – finalist / Vienna, Austria |
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Lens Culture International Exposure Award – honorary mention / Paris, France |
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2009 |
Minister of Culture and National Heritage – “Young Poland” award for young artists’ outstanding achievements / Warsaw, Poland |
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2008 |
Visegrad Found – artist’s residency in Kosice, Slovakia |
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2007 |
European Cultural Foundation – grant for Sputnik Photos collective / Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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2007 |
Grand Press Photo – honorary mention, People category, Poland |
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2005 |
Newsweek Poland’s Photo Awards – 3rd prize in the Everyday Life category, Poland |
Solo exhibitions |
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Boiko – Robert Morat Gallery / Hamburg, Germany (2016) Boiko – Latvian Museum of Photography / Riga, Latvia (2014) Boiko – Leica Gallery / Warsaw, Poland (2014) Boiko – Anzenberger Gallery / Vienna, Austria (2013) Boiko – F7 Gallery, European Month of Photography in Bratislava, Slovakia (2013) |
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Selected group Exhibitions |
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2016 |
reGenaration / Boiko, FORMAT Festival, Derby, UK |
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2015 |
reGenaration / Boiko, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico |
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reGenaration / Boiko, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne |
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The New Social EPEA award / Collection, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany |
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Hunter - Sputnik Photos / FORMAT Festival, Derby, UK |
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2014 |
The New Social - EPEA award / Collection, Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian in Paris |
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Distant Place - Festival Circulations, Paris |
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Sputnik Photos retrospective - PhotoDoc, Utrecht, Netherlands |
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2013 |
Stand BY – Sputnik Photos Association, Leica Gallery, Warsaw, Poland |
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Boiko – Grand Prix Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland |
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Stand BY – Sputnik Association, Szara Gallery, Cieszyn, Poland |
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"U" – Sputnik Photos Association, Warsztaty Kultury, Lublin, Poland |
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2012 |
Stand BY – Sputnik Photos Association, at The Borderland Foundation, Sejny, Poland |
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Distant Place – Sputnik Photos Association, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, Poland |
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IS(not) – Sputnik Photos Association, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland |
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"U" – Sputnik Association, National Museum in Gdansk, Poland |
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2011 |
Is (not) – National Museum in Gdansk, Poland |
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Is (not) – Sputnik Photos Association, exhibits in Iceland Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavik LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi Menningarhus, Akureyri |
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Is (not) – Sputnik Photos Association, Photoport Gallery, Slovakia |
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2010 |
"U" - Sputnik Photos Association, Noorderligcht Gallery, Groningen, Holland |
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2009 |
Ukrainian Journey - Sputnik Photos Association, Harvard University, USA |
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Window on Belarus – European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, Poland |
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At The Border – Sputnik Photos Association, Festival Transphotographique, Lille, France |
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Collections |
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Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne |
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Monographs |
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THE GARDENER, Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport 2015 BOIKO, self published, Warsaw 2014 |
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Collective books |
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reGeneration3, Musée de l’Elysée & Skira editore, Lausanne 2015 The new social, European Photo Exhibition Award, Journal, Stockholm 2013 Distant Place, Sputnik Photos, Warsaw 2012 Stand BY, Sputnik Photos, Warsaw 2012 IS (not), Sputnik Photos, Warsaw 2011 "U", Sputnik Photos, Warsaw 2010 |
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Press Publications |
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New York Times International, Die Welt, Cicero, Art, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, The Chicago Tribune, Camera Austria, foto8, Lense Culture, The Independent, Liberation. |
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