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Katarzyna MAJAK (ur. 1972)

Self-portrait

2004
zone plate photograph, gelatin silver print, 25 x 25 cm,
signature, date and description on the reverse,
edition: 1/1

Majak was the first artist in Poland to use the zone plate. The exposure time was approx. 5 minutes. "A zone plate consists of radially symmetric rings, which alternate between opaque and transparent. It works by blocking rays of light, which diffract around the Fresnel zones and, as a result of the interference, dim parts of the image." (Katarzyna Majak, Zone Plate, Fotografia quarterly 11/2003). The resulting images have the softness of pinhole photography and show a characteristic halo effect.

Visual artist specialising in photography, video and installation. Majak graduated from the Multimedia Communication Department of Poznań Academy of Fine Arts (earning a doctoral title in visual arts in 2011); artist-in-residence of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, Colorado; grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2011). Finalist of Critical Mass in Portland, USA (2011). Artist-in-residence at WomanKraft Gallery Tucson, Arizona; participant in Florida - First Contact, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida (2002). Works selected for Photographers` Network: Selection 2010 in Germany, 31 Women in Art Photography, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery in New York (2012) and The Collector`s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2 (2010). Winner of the Optical: Staged competition, Raandesk Gallery, New York (2011). Her work has been exhibited, e.g., at the Museum of Cinematography in Łódź, Chelsea Art Museum in New York, CCA Elektrownia and the Slovene Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana.

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Nota biograficzna:

MAJAK Katarzyna
Artystka wizualna, autorka tekstów o fotografii, kuratorka wystaw, wykładowczyni. Obroniła doktorat z zakresu fotografii na Wydziale Komunikacji Multimedialnej ASP w Poznaniu. Ukończyła filologię angielską i rosyjską na UAM w Poznaniu. Fotografii uczyła się m.in. od wnuka Edwarda Westona w Kalifornii. Była stypendystką Anderson Ranch Arts Center w Kolorado. Wykłada m.in. na Akademii Fotografii w Warszawie. Miała wiele wystaw indywidualnych i zbiorowych w Europie oraz w Stanach Zjednoczonych.

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