Adrian Wykrota – photographer, documentalist, lecturer. The originator and co-founder of the PIX.HOUSE gallery. Graduated with honors from the Institute of Creative Photography at the University of Silesia in Opava, Czech Republic, as well as cultural/media studies. PhD student at ITF SU. Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture, ZAIKS, the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region and the city of Poznań. Participant of Magnum Photos workshops in Birmingham and Belfast. In 2014, he was named one of the 30 best photographers under 30 in the world by Magnum Photos. Winner and finalist of the following competitions: IPA, Grand Press Photo, BzWBK Press Photo, Lumix Festival, Leica Street Photo, Photojournalist of the Year. Wykrota presented his works at exhibitions in Poland and around the world. Lives in Poznan – Poland.

Books: 

• NOTHING INTERESTING | PIX.HOUSE | 2022
• NIE / NOT |  PIX.HOUSE | 2018
• Polska i Polacy | Press | 2016
• Wielkopolska / Teraz | ZPAF OW | 2016
• THEY SAID YES | PhotoArt Centrum | 2015

Exhibitions: 

2023

• Między nami dobrze jest – group – Galeria FOTO-GEN – Wrocław

2022 

• Jaka piękna katastrofa – solo – BWA – Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
• Między nami dobrze jest – group – Stary Browar / Słodownia +1 – Poznań
• Wspólna Opawa – group – Fotofesitwal – Łódź
• Jaka piękna katastrofa – solo – Pix.house – Poznań

2019

• Visegrád – 30 lat po upadku Muru Berlińskiego – group-  Festiwal Off Bratysława / Słowacja
• NIE – solo – Białystok Interphoto Festival
• NIE – solo – Galeria FOPA – Żyrardów
• NIE – group – Les Rencontres d’Arles – Arles / Francja
• Institut tvůrčí fotografie – group – Prague Photo / Czechy
• Wolność – Chris Niedenthal i młode pokolenie fotografów – group – Warszawa
• NIE – group – Paperlust Photobook Fest – Kraków
• NIE – group – Athens Photo Festival – Ateny / Grecja
• NIE – group – Rybnicki Festiwal Fotografii – Rybnik
• NIE – solo – Galeria Pix.house – Poznań
• Made in Opava – group – Muzeum Historii Katowic – Katowice

2017

• Niepozowane – UNPOSED – group – Galeria Foto-Gen -Wrocław
• Niepozowane – UNPOSED – group – Leica Gallery Warszawa
• Wielkopolska Press Photo 2016 – group – Poznań

2016

• 5 zmysłów – group – Poznań
• UNPOSED – group – Lublin
• Ekstremalna Droga Krzyżowa – Kaunas Photo – solo – Kowno / Litwa
• Powrót – Kaunas Photo – solo – Kowno / Litwa
• Wielkopolska Teraz – PIX.HOUSE – group – Poznań
• Ekstremalna Droga Krzyżowa – DSH – group – Warszawa

2015

• Wedding, czyli nowoczesne polskie wesele – Galeria Arsenał – solo – Poznań
• Powrót – Slideluck Bangladesz – Dhaka
• Powrót – prezentacja projektu w Izbie Lordów – Londyn – UK
• Modern World – Adrian Wykrota, Damian Chrobak – group – Ney Gallery – Warszawa
• Wielkopolska Press Photo 2014 – group – Poznań
• Powrót – Slideluck Warszawa
• Powrót – solo– Galeria Obserwacja – Warszawa
• Powrót – solo – Poznań

2014

• IV Leica Street Photo – group – Warszawa
• Eastreet II – group – Lublin
• Grand Press Photo 2014 – group
• Lumix Festival For Young Photojournalism 2014 –solo – Hannover
• Top 30 under 30 – Magnum Photos – group – Birmingham
• Miasto Osobiste – solo – Poznań

2013

• Eastreet I – group – Lublin
• Interphoto Photo Festival – group -Białystok
• III Leica Street Photo – group – Leica Gallery Warszawa

2012

• #NaZewnatrz | Street photography – group -Poznań
• OKFS- group – ogólnopolska
• II Leica Street Photo – group – Leica Gallery Warszawa
• Fotodialog – solo – Września
• Moja Wielkopolska 2012 – group – Poznań
• Wielkopolska Press Photo 2012 – group – Poznań

2011

• • Amnesty International Award “Human Rights in the Lens” – group – ogólnopolska
  • Poznań moimi oczami – solo – Poznań

Awards: 

• Polish Photojournalist of the year 2016 – nomination
• Great Poland Press Photo 2016 – main award and 2 honorable awards
• Grand Press Photo 2015 – nomination
• BZWBK PRESS PHOTO – 3rd place in culture
• Great Poland Press Photo 2014 – Grand Prix
• IPA (International Photography Awards) 2014 – tradition and cultures -honorable mention
• Slideluck Warsaw 2014 – finalist, doc! photo magazine award -winner
• IV Leica Street Photo -finalist
• Grand Press Photo 2014 – I place in sets “Daily Life”
• Lumix Festival For Young Photojournalism 2014 – finalist
• Top 30 under 30 – Magnum Photos and the Photography Show- finalist
• Great Poland Press Photo 2013 – 3 honorable awards
• IPA (International Photography Awards) 2013 – DEEPER PERSPECTIVE -honorable mention
• III Leica Street Photo “there is only one moment” – finalist
• Magnum Showcase – honorable mention
• Magnum Professional Practice: Belfast – ideastap.com brief winner
• PUOT EXPO 2013 – honorable mention
• Instax Day FujiFilm Poland -competition – first place
• National Student Photography Competition 2013 – third place in Wielkopolska region, second place at the national stage
• “Discover Europe” Pan European Photo Contest first place in “Citizen of Europe”
• National Student Photography Competition 2012 – first prize in Wielkopolska and second prize in a national stage
• II Leica Street Photo “there is only one moment” – finalist
• Great Poland Press Photo 2012 award in the category of sets
• Amnesty International Award “Human Rights in the Lens”

Experience: 

• Founder of PIX.HOUSE gallery in Poznan
• Staff Photographer at Polska Press (Glos Wielkopolski)
• Staff Photographer, Founder at Wielkopolska Teraz | documentary photography project about Greater Poland region
• Trainer, founder at FaceToFace
• Blogger at Co z tą fotografią? | blog about documentary photography
• Photojournalist freelance at REPORTER POLAND photo agency
• Coordinator / Trainer at Centrum Biznesu i Promocji Kadr| Coordinator / trainer at EU project “Designer“ responsible for the training: “Photography with computer graphics.“
• Photographer, Photojournalist, Founder at Retrofokus photo agency|  commercial photography