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MAGDA BIERNAT
b. 1978, Poland
EDUCATION
2009 – 2011
MFA in New Media, Transart Institute, Berlin/New York
1999 – 2002
BA in Photography, Wielkopolska School of Photography, Poznan, Poland
1997 – 2002
MA in Marketing and Management, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
AWARDS
2009
"Too much chocolate" / Kodak Film Grant
2009
Lucie Awards, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA
1st Place, Architecture-Interiors for "Inhabited" project
3rd Place, Architecture-Buildings for “Home” project
2009
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2nd Place – 14th Annual Photo-Op Competition, judged by Jen Bekman
2009
Magenta Foundation
Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers 2009, Honorable Mention
2006
Lucie Awards, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA
2nd Place, Architecture-Interiors for "Lower East Side" project
2002
The Friends of Melina Mercouri Foundation, Thessaloniki, Greece
International Photography Competition: "Distinctive Cultural Identities"
2nd Prize for a single photograph "Love"
2002
“Eco Homo” Photographic Competition, Poznan, Poland
2nd Place
2002
"Zlota Muszla", Koszalin, Poland
V Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries
2001
"Zlota Muszla", Koszalin, Poland
IV Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries
3rd Place for a series “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
“Inhabited”, FXFowle Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming - May)
2010
“Continental Bounce”, Clic Gallery, New York, NY
2009
“On Watch” , Photography Month Festival, Krakow, Poland (May)
2009
“Continental Bounce”, The Half King, New York, NY (Feb.)
2005
Second Street Café, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Paprika, New York, NY
2003
Rose Club Art Show, Seattle, WA
2002
“Others”, Ciemnia Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2002
"The World Meets at One Point”, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Optical Annual Juried Competition, Winners Exhibition, Raandesk Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming - June)
2009
“Recessive Traits–in the absence of the dominant element”, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2009
IPA Best of Show Exhibition, Splashlight Studios, New York, NY (upcoming – Oct.)
2009
Photo-Op, 14th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition, PCNW, Seattle, WA
2009
Group Show No.30, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
2003
"Environmental Elements", Frontier Geosciences, Seattle, WA
2002
"Distinctive Cultural Identities", International Exhibition of Photography, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, Greece
2002
"Zlota Muszla", V Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries, Koszalin, Poland
2001
"Zlota Muszla", IV Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries, Koszalin, Poland
Magda Biernat was born and raised in Poznan, Poland. In 2002, after obtaining her Masters in Marketing and Management from Adam Mickiewicz University and BFA in Photography from Wielkopolska School of Photography, she moved to United States settling down in Seattle, WA. After two years in the North West, she decided to move to New York and started working at Magnum Photos Inc.
Surrounded by great photojournalistic works at Magnum she turned her interests towards something different, and begun photographing architecture and interiors for a living. Besides freelancing for different architecture offices and design studios, she worked as a Picture Editor at Metropolis Magazine. In 2007 she decided to leave her steady life in New York and took off for a year long trip around the world. While traveling to more than17 countries she worked on her personal projects concerning urban landscape and habitat.
Biernat has been exhibited internationally since 2001 with solo exhibitions in Poland, Belgium and United States. She lives and works in New York City.
b. 1978, Poland
EDUCATION
2009 – 2011
MFA in New Media, Transart Institute, Berlin/New York
1999 – 2002
BA in Photography, Wielkopolska School of Photography, Poznan, Poland
1997 – 2002
MA in Marketing and Management, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
AWARDS
2009
"Too much chocolate" / Kodak Film Grant
2009
Lucie Awards, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA
1st Place, Architecture-Interiors for "Inhabited" project
3rd Place, Architecture-Buildings for “Home” project
2009
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2nd Place – 14th Annual Photo-Op Competition, judged by Jen Bekman
2009
Magenta Foundation
Flash Forward – Emerging Photographers 2009, Honorable Mention
2006
Lucie Awards, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA
2nd Place, Architecture-Interiors for "Lower East Side" project
2002
The Friends of Melina Mercouri Foundation, Thessaloniki, Greece
International Photography Competition: "Distinctive Cultural Identities"
2nd Prize for a single photograph "Love"
2002
“Eco Homo” Photographic Competition, Poznan, Poland
2nd Place
2002
"Zlota Muszla", Koszalin, Poland
V Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries
2001
"Zlota Muszla", Koszalin, Poland
IV Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries
3rd Place for a series “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
“Inhabited”, FXFowle Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming - May)
2010
“Continental Bounce”, Clic Gallery, New York, NY
2009
“On Watch” , Photography Month Festival, Krakow, Poland (May)
2009
“Continental Bounce”, The Half King, New York, NY (Feb.)
2005
Second Street Café, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Paprika, New York, NY
2003
Rose Club Art Show, Seattle, WA
2002
“Others”, Ciemnia Gallery, Poznan, Poland
2002
"The World Meets at One Point”, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Optical Annual Juried Competition, Winners Exhibition, Raandesk Gallery, New York, NY (upcoming - June)
2009
“Recessive Traits–in the absence of the dominant element”, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
2009
IPA Best of Show Exhibition, Splashlight Studios, New York, NY (upcoming – Oct.)
2009
Photo-Op, 14th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition, PCNW, Seattle, WA
2009
Group Show No.30, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
2003
"Environmental Elements", Frontier Geosciences, Seattle, WA
2002
"Distinctive Cultural Identities", International Exhibition of Photography, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, Greece
2002
"Zlota Muszla", V Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries, Koszalin, Poland
2001
"Zlota Muszla", IV Photographic Competition of the Baltic Sea Countries, Koszalin, Poland
Magda Biernat was born and raised in Poznan, Poland. In 2002, after obtaining her Masters in Marketing and Management from Adam Mickiewicz University and BFA in Photography from Wielkopolska School of Photography, she moved to United States settling down in Seattle, WA. After two years in the North West, she decided to move to New York and started working at Magnum Photos Inc.
Surrounded by great photojournalistic works at Magnum she turned her interests towards something different, and begun photographing architecture and interiors for a living. Besides freelancing for different architecture offices and design studios, she worked as a Picture Editor at Metropolis Magazine. In 2007 she decided to leave her steady life in New York and took off for a year long trip around the world. While traveling to more than17 countries she worked on her personal projects concerning urban landscape and habitat.
Biernat has been exhibited internationally since 2001 with solo exhibitions in Poland, Belgium and United States. She lives and works in New York City.