Izabela’s work reflects on a body as a living archive, using personal perspective to approach issues regarding identity, body, memory and health/disease. Izabela is a recipient of Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Award 2021 by International Center of Photography, laureate of Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents 2020 by Luma Arles & ENSP, COCA Center for Contemporary Artists 2020 finalist, and a runner-up in New Delta Review’s Ryan R. Gibbs Photography Contest 2018. Izabela’s photographs have been exhibited in over thirty exhibitions, including the International Center of Photography, ClampArt, Baxter St CCNY, School of Visual Arts Flatiron Gallery, Affirmation Arts in New York and RISD Museum. Her works were presented during such international photography festivals as Unseen Amsterdam (Unseen Dummy Awards), Month of Photography in Bratislava (OFF), TIFF Festival in Wroclaw, 12th Fotofestival in Lodz, 8th Biennale of Photography in Poznan. She was an artist-in-residence at the School of Visual Arts and her works were included in publications by the International Center of Photography, Luma Arles, University of Arts in Poznan, Arsenal Gallery in Poznan and BlackBox Gallery in Portland. Given talks include such venues as Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester and Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Izabela’s work was published, among others, in Lenscratch Magazine, It’s Nice That, Contemporary Lynx, Pupil’s Sphere and Canvas by Saatchi Art. Izabela is a graduate of MFA in Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design. Izabela is currently a lecturer at the University of Arts in Poznan in the Photography Department.
SOLO SHOWS
2016
“Interrupted / Ongoing” @ SoAM Studio, Brooklyn
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
“Peelin’ in The Years” Peel Gallery, Carborro, North Carolina, USA
2020
“I’ll be your Image” Krupa Gallery, TIFF Festival 2020, Wrocław, Poland
“Landskrona Foto & Breadfield Dummy Award 2020” (slideshow), Landskrona, Sweden
“Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents 2020” (online), Les Parc des Ateliers, Luma Arles, France
“Photographic Visions. 2020 Winter”, PH21 Gallery Project Room, Budapest, Hungary
“Blue”, Drive-by Projects, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
2019
“Unseen Dummy Awards”, Unseen Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“In Close Range”, ClampArt, New York, New York, USA
“RISD Grad Show”, Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
“If You Touch, You Might See”, Granoff Center for the Arts, Brown Arts Initiative, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
“Scapes”, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
2018
“Photography / Ceramics”, Waterman Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
“New Photography”, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
2017
“2017 Woods-Gerry Photo Triennial”, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
“The Story of Art. Pequot Library’s 20th Annual Art Show”, Pequot Library, Southport, Connecticut, USA
“Nine of Them”, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
2016
“The Camera Club of New York’s Annual Photo Benefit Auction”, Affirmation Arts, New York, USA
“My World” 2016 Inaugural Video Art Exhibition, Photoworks Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Maryland, USA
“Everything That Gathers Blows Away”, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, USA
“Summer Residency in Photography”, Flatiron Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA
“The Fine Art of Photography. Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition”, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
“Grand Spring Salon Show”, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2015
“Open Call”, Lorimoto, Brooklyn, USA
“Art from the Heart”, The Vanderbilt Republic, Brooklyn, USA
“Photo Shoot”, BlackBox Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
“Tipping Point” Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
2014
“INTERCONNECTIONS 01. New Screenbased and Projection Art from Zurich and Poznan”, MONA Museum of the Newest Art in Poznan, Poland
“On-line. It’s all there”, International Month of Photography in Bratislava (OFF), Slovakia
“Upload – Download”, 2014 Festival of Sciences and Art in Poznan, Poland
2013
“Not obvious 2013”, Aula Gallery, 8th International Biennale of Photography in Poznan, Poland
“FotoOpen”, V International FotoArt Festival, Bielsko – Biala, Poland
“That Something”, Gallery FF, 12th Fotofestival (International Festival of Photography) in Lodz, Poland
“The Origins of the World” BA diploma, University of Arts in Poznan, Poland
2011
Friends of Hope” Polish House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010
“End of Year Exhibition”, University of Arts, Poznan, Poland
2008
“Sociology in a camera view. Emil Durkheim – interpretations” Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland
AWARDS, HONORABLE MENTIONS AND RESIDENCIES
2021
“Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Award 2021” International Center of Photography
2020
“Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents 2020”, Laureate, Dior & ENSP hosted by Luma Arles, Jurors: Viviane Sassen, Rachel Rose, Maja Hoffman, Emma Lavigne, Simon Baker, Jerome Pulis, Helena Christensen
“COCA CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS” Finalist in 2020 Edition
2019
“Unseen Dummy Awards” , Shortlisted, Unseen Amsterdam
“Graduate Commons Grant” Rhode Island School of Design
2018
Runner Up and Finalist, Ryan R. Gibbs Photography Contest by New Delta Review, Juror: Paul Mpagi Sepuya
3 x Honorable mention in International Photography Award
2017–2019
Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Fellowship
Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Assistantship
2016
Summer Residency in Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York
2013
2 x Honorable mention in International Photography Award
2011
Dean’s Scholarship, University of Arts Poznan, Poland
2008–2009
Socrates Erasmus Scholarship, University College Maastricht, The Netherlands
2008
I prize in national competition “Sociology in a camera view. Emil Durkheim – interpretations”organized by Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
PRINTED PUBLICATIONS
2020
Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents 2020. Luma Arles
2019
Body as a Negative. Sensations of Return. Self-Published, Izabela Jurcewicz.
Wiersze Dla Bliskich, A Niekiedy Wszystkich. Fundacja Duży Format, Witold Jurcewicz.
2015
Photo Shoot, BlackBox Gallery
Shift Book vol. 10, International Center of Photography
2014
That Something, III Atelier from University of Arts is Poznan
2013
8th Biennale in Poznan (Passion of Photography), Arsenal Gallery
SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
2021
Contemporary Lynx https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/5-polish-photographers-worth-to-follow
2020
The Pupil Sphere https://www.pupilsphere.co.uk/home/izabela-jurcewicz-body-as-a-negative-sensations-of-return
Lenscratch Magazine http://lenscratch.com/2020/09/izabela-jurcewicz-body-as-a-negative/
Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents https://www.luma-arles.org/dior/2020/?fbclid=IwAR1AjJKdRnZgN0RGZRKuFpdqI1rMQ2GAe_Cxc2Y-dY_xBAcgDb2HF1uaeSU
online catalogue to the Awards:
https://diorpress.com/Parfums/index.html?Page=1&Section=Section1&Lg=En&Slick_Slide=On
Canvas by Saatchi Art https://canvas.saatchiart.com/the-other-art-fair/meet-the-others-izabela-jurcewicz
2019
2018
New Delta Review http://ndrmag.org/uncategorized/2018/12/so-far-yet-so-close/
2017
Begin Magazine https://www.beginmagazine.com/photography-1/2017/4/30/healing-by-izabela-jurcewicz
2016
Personal Interview @ DonDean Blog http://www.dondeanblog.com/post/148624811926/izabela-jurcewicz
2014
“That Something” Exhibition Catalogue http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/Content/345414/TO-COŚ-1.pdf
Crown of Existence @ “INTERCONNECTIONS 01. New Screenbased and Projection Art from Zurich and Poznan” https://cojestgrane.pl/polska/wielkopolskie/poznan/wydarzenie/2mpn/wystawa-poznan-and-zurich-interconnections-01/bylo
2013
The Origins of the World @12th Fotofestival (International Festival of Photography) in Lodz http://fototapeta.art.pl/2013/ffl.ph
The Origins of the World @ 12th Fotofestival (International Festival of Photography) in Lodz http://wydarzenia.o.pl/2013/11/8-biennale-fotografii-pasja-fotografii-poznan/#/
EDUCATION
2019
MFA in Photography, Rhode Island School of Design
2015
General Studies Program at the International Center of Photography
2013
BA in Photography, University of Arts in Poznan
2012
MA in Sociology, Warsaw University
2008–2009
University College Maastricht, The Netherlands
LECTURER
2019–2021
Photography Department, University of Arts in Poznan
INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
2019
“Focusing Inward : Self – Portrait in Photography”, for graduates and undergraduates, all majors, at the Rhode Island School of Design
TEACHING ASSISTANT
2015–2016
General Studies seminar, Abigail Simon’s section, International Center of Photography
2016
“Towards the Philosophy of Photography” with Abigail Simon
“Intimate Portrait” with Jen Davis, International Center of Photography
“Non-silver Printing” with Tricia Rosenkilde, International Center of Photography
“The Fine Art Printing” with Terttu Uibopuu, International Center of Photography
“Photo I: Digital” with Keisha Scarville, International Center of Photography
PRESENTATIONS & TALKS
2020
“Izabela Jurcewicz – Body as a Negative” Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
“I’ll Be Your Image” 1/30 Podcast
2019
“Fresh Perspectives from RISD” Griffin Museum of Photography
“How We See – Photobooks for Women” Museum of Fine Arts Boston
“Photo I Digital” for non-majors, Rhode Island School of Design
2018
“Photo I Digital” for non-majors, Rhode Island School of Design