Bio
Łukasz Prus-Niewiadomski (Łukasz Niewiadomski)
(b. 1985, Oran, Algeria) is a visual artist working with photography, video-performance, and installation.
He received his BA in 2010 under Professor Grzegorz Przyborek and his MA in 2012 under Professor Józef Robakowski at the Polish National Film School in Łódź. In 2021, he was awarded a Doctor of Arts degree there (discipline: Film and Theatre Arts).
He lectures at the Institute of Artistic Education in Warsaw and at the Polish National Film School in Łódź, and is a lecturer at the International Winter Academy in Scheersberg (Germany).
His work has been shown at the 15th Media Art Biennale Pioneering Values (Wrocław), CinemaLab at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (Warsaw), Bunkier Sztuki (Kraków), the Gallery of Contemporary Art (Opole), Wozownia Gallery (Toruń), Imaginarium Gallery (Łódź), Studio Gallery (Warsaw), Brotfabrik (Berlin), and The Performance Studio (London), as well as at the CAMERIMAGE Festival and the Two Riversides Film and Art Festival (Kazimierz Dolny / Janowiec on the Vistula).
He has participated in international projects including Shaping Time (PWSFTviT / Flaggfabrikken, Bergen), Hit the Ground with the Swiss artists’ group Relax Studio, and Skraj / Am Rand, a project for artists from Poland and Germany.
Education
PhD (2021)
The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School (PWSFTViT) in Łódź; Cinematography and Television Production Department
MA (2010-2012)
The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School (PWSFTViT) in Łódź; Cinematography and Television Production Department
BA (2007-2010)
The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School (PWSFTViT) in Łódź; Cinematography and Television Production Department
Selected Exhibitions
2026
Skraj/Am Rand; Stara Kotłownia Gallery; Olsztyn (PL) / Group Exhibition
2025
Miśta Setkáni; Stage City Campus; Ostrava (CZ) / Group Exhibition
Chwilówka; Wroclaw Off Gallery Weekend; Entropia Gallery; Wroclaw (PL) / Group Presentation
Skraj/Am Rand; Nowe Miejsce Gallery; Warsaw (PL) / Group Exhibition
2024
Experience for one head; Kyu6u Gallery PJAIT; Warsaw (PL) / Solo Exhibition
Still Life Now; "The Dutch House" Foundation; Warsaw (PL) / Group Exhibition
Open Space; Art Week Krakers; Stakkato Art Space & Music Studio; Cracow (PL) / Group Exhibition
Point of View; Bacalarte Gallery; Warsaw (PL) / Solo Exhibition
2023
Poland in Focus; Vila Vipolze; Dobrovo v Brdih (SLO)
/ Group Exhibition
Open Space; Festival of New Art - Labirynt; Kleist Forum; Frankfurt /O/ (D)
/ Group Exhibition
Skraj/Am Rand. Exhibition in process; Cinema Theater; Michalowice (PL) / Group Exhibition
Festival of Digital Thought CYFROTEKA; OFF Piotrkowska Center; Łódź (PL)
/ Group Exhibition
2022
Gold plantation; The palace in Chrzesne; Chrzesne (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
2021
Reincarnation; Fotofestiwal - International Festival of Photography; Łódź (PL) / Group Exhibition
Gold plantation; Wozownia Art Gallery; Torun (PL) / Solo Exhibition
2020
Point of View; Contemporary Art Gallery; Opole (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
Reviving the Still Life; Defabryka; Warsaw (PL) / Solo Exhibition
Festival of Digital Thought CYFROTEKA; OFF Piotrkowska Center; Łódź (PL)
/ Group Exhibition
2018
Gold plantation; Fotofestiwal - International Festival of Photography;
Palmiarnia Ogrodu Botanicznego; Łódź (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
Spiska 16; Prom Gallery; Warsaw (PL)
/ Group Exhibition
2016
The world is in the game; Imaginarium Gallery; Łódź (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
2015
Polish performance art since the 1980s; The Performance Studio; London (UK)
/ Group Exhibition
Emergency Room; UP Gallery; Berlin (D)
/ Group Exhibition
The world is in the game; Wozownia Art Gallery; Toruń (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
2014
The reins length determines the diameter of the arena; Contemporary Art Gallery; Opole (PL) / Group Exhibition
Cold, Warm and Nonhuman; BWA Sokol Gallery; Nowy Sacz (PL) / Group Exhibition
Darkroom; International Festival of Photography; Art_Inkubator; Łódź (PL)
/ Group Exhibition
Dionizos; City Art Gallery; Czestochowa (PL)
/ Group Exhibition
WRO On Tour; KINO.LAB, Center for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle; Warsaw (PL)
/ Group Presentation
WRO On Tour; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cracow (PL) / Group Presentation
Die Kunst rettet die Welt!; Collegium Polonicum, Słubice (PL)
/ Group Presentation
WRO On Tour; The Arsenal building Kremlin, Nizhny Novgorod, (RU) / Group Presentation
WRO On Tour; Muzeum Sztuki ms2, Łódź (PL)
/ Group Presentation
2013
Taming; Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
WRO On Tour; Aarhus Film Festival; Aarhus (DK)
/ Group Presentation
GREEN AGE; Video Art Festival; Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej; Gorzów Wielkopolski (PL)
/ Group Presentation
WRO On Tour; ArtNastup Festival; Dzyga Gallery; Lviv (UA)
/ Group Presentation
Kap; Bunkier Sztuki - Gallery of Contemporary Art; Cracow (PL) /
Solo Exhibition
WRO Pioneering Values On Tour; Lucania Film Festival, Pisticci (IT) / Group Presentation
WRO Pioneering Values On Tour; The 3rd International Sokolovsko Festival of Ephemeral Art; Sokolvsko (PL)
/ Group Presentation
Polish performances from the WRO Collection; Plateforme Gallery; Paris (Fr)
/ Group Presentation
WRO Pioneering Values On Tour; Isola Tiberina; Polish Institute; Rome (IT) / Group Presentation
Interactions; Night at the Museum; EL Gallery; Elblag (PL)
/ Solo Presentation
Rings of Saturn; 15th Media Art Biennale "Pioneering Values"; Ballestrem Palace; Wroclaw (PL)
Group Exhibition
Dance of Reflexes; International Video Art Festival «Now&After»; Museum of Modern Art; Moscow (Ru)
/ Group Presentation
Interactions; Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej; Gorzów Wielkopolski (PL)
/ Performance
2012
Reviving the Still Life; Pauza; Cracow (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
Mittelphoto; Genova (It)
/ Group Exhibition
Interactions; Imaginarium Gallery; Łódź (PL)
/ Solo Exhibition
In/visible; Photokina Academy; Cologne (D)
/ Group Exhibition
13th Young Art Auction; Desa Unicum; Warsaw (PL)
/ Group Exhibition
Context - Festival of Ephemeral Art; FPSW Foundation/Program Gallery; Warsaw (PL)
/ Group Exhibition