Adrian Wykrota – photographer, documentalist, lecturer. The co-founder and co-creator of Pix.house gallery in Poznań. He holds degrees in cultural and media studies, English philology, and is a distinguished graduate of the Institute of Creative Photography at the University of Silesia in Opava, Czech Republic, where he is currently pursuing his doctoral studies. He has received scholarships from the Ministry of Culture, ZAIKS, the Marshal of the Wielkopolska Region, and the city of Poznań. Adrian has also participated in workshops organized by Magnum Photos in Birmingham and Belfast. In 2014, he was selected by Magnum Photos as one of the world’s top 30 photographers under the age of thirty. He has won and been a finalist in various competitions, including IPA, Grand Press Photo, BZWBK Press Photo, Lumix Festival, Leica Street Photo, and Fotoreporter Roku. His work has been exhibited in Poland and internationally. His book “NIE – NOT” is part of the Tate Modern collection in London (curated by Martin Parr).
Books:
- Art Beyond Art? Documentary Photography in Poland | PIX.HOUSE | 2023
- 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
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- 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