Joanna Zastróżna Explained

Joanna Zastróżna (born 1972) is a Polish photographer and filmmaker. She graduated in 1997 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Zastróżna resides in Sopot and in Sidi Ifni.^[1]

Life and work

Zastróżna was born in Sopot. She started exhibiting in 1999, showing the series "Messenger" which was her graduation project. Two more series, "Condensation" and "Marocco", followed.^[2] Her distinctive technique is to paint over negatives, with extensive usage of color. Sometimes she uses negative montage as well. The style has been described as "an ambience of surrealism"^[1] and "artificial reality".^[3] The subjects are typically human figures, and Zastróżna is not interested in their realistic depiction but rather in psychological analysis.^[1]

Zastrozhna participated in a number of major photographical group exhibitions in Poland in the 2000s and the 2010s. Her works are in the collection of The Museum of Art in Łódź.^[1]

In 2013, she directed a short film "Molehill". It was presented at the 19th Busan International Film Festival.^[4]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

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• Messenger, Mała Galeria ZPAF, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (1999)
• Buby, Messenger, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury, Gdańsk, Poland (2000)
• NR2, Replica Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden (2000)
• NR3, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2001)
• NR3 Mała Galeria ZPAF, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2001)
• NR3, BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland (2002)
• NR3, FF Gallery, Łódź, Poland (2002)
• NR3, Leigh on Sea, Art Trail, the UK (2003)
• NR3, Druskininkai, Lithuania (2003)
• NR3, Month of Photography, Kraków, Poland (2003)
• Zagęszczanie, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2004)
• Zagęszczanie, Wizytująca Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (2006)
• Zagęszczanie, Photography Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2008)
• MMK, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2010)
• MMK, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2011)^[6]
• MMK, Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Galeria PF, Poznań, Poland (2013)

Group exhibitions

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• Jutro jest dziś, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto, Japan (1999)
• Relacje, House of Photography, Poprad, Slovakia (1999)
• 7th Courant D’Art, Deauville, France (2000)
• Przenikanie, Month of photography, Bratislava, Slovakia (2000)
• Archipelag, Month of photography, Herten, Germany (2001)
• Fotografia polska lat 90. − "Around Decade− Polish Photography of 90’s", Muzeum Sztuki Łodzi; Galeria FF; Galeria Pusta, Katowice; Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland (2002)
• Cztery Elementy. Ziemia, Galeria DAP OW ZPAP, Warsaw, Poland (2003)
• GlobAll, Woman Kraft Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA (2004)
• XX w. w fotografii polskiej, Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (2006)
• Czas Zapamiętany, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2007)
• Forum Fotografii, wystawa na 25lecie Galerii FF, Łódź, Poland (2008)
• Festiwal Sztuki ARTLOOP 00, "Wypas" instalacja, Sopot, Poland (2011)
• Festiwal Sztuki ARTLOOP 02, "Pralnia Chemiczna" instalacja, Sopot, Poland (2013)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joanna Zastróżna. Jurecki. Krzysztof. Culture.pl. 25 January 2017.
2. News: Иоанна Застрожна. Алхимические опыты.. Chmyreva. Irina. 15 April 2011. Foto & Video. Russian. 27 January 2017.
3. Web site: Joanna Zastrozna - "MESSENGER". Grygiel. Marek. foto Tapeta. 27 January 2017.
4. Web site: Opening doors: A journey between different film horizons. 2014. European Film Promotion e.V.. 28 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202044109/http://www.efp-online.com/en/news/2014/2014_09_02_biff.php. 2 February 2017. dead.
5. Web site: Joanna Zastróżna. Culture.pl. Polish. 25 January 2017.
6. Web site: Joanna Zastróżna, fotografia " Moje małe katastrofy". Drewa. Anna. Portal Regionalny trojmiasto.pl. Polish. 25 January 2017.