Bart Krezolek /Bartłomiej Krężołek/ b.1977 Poland, now in Cracow. Documentary photographer based in Kraków, currently pursuing a PhD at the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava. Grand Press Photo category winner. Holds an M.A. in Photography from the Institute of Creative Photography, Opava (Czech Republic). Works primarily on long-term documentary projects, with a focus on personal and subjective documentary practices.
individual exhibitions
2025 - ZPAF Gallery, June 2025, Kraków, Poland
2025 - Galeria mg Foto, January 2025, Myślenice, Poland
2024 - Galeria Sztuki Rzeczna, September 2024, Rybnik, Poland
2023 - Mostowa, July 2023, Kraków, Poland
2023 - Galeria Fotografii B&B, March 2023, Bielsko Biała, Poland
2020 - Galeria Fotografii Ratusz, October 2020, Zamość, Poland
2020 - Krakow Photomonth Festival, Show OFF Section, Tytano Gallery, June 2020, Cracow, Poland
2019 - Tarnowskie Centrum Kultury, April 2019, Tarnów, Poland
2018 - Rybnicki Festiwal Fotografii, March 2018, Rybnik, Poland
2017 - Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej SOLVAY, June 2017, Cracow, Poland
2024 - Poleczki.art, Warszawa, Poland
2023 - Photomonth Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2023 - Třiatřicátý rok ITF, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
2022 - Fotofestival, Common Opava, Łódź, Poland
2022 - Photography Publication of the Year, shortlisted, Book Dummy category, Poland
2022 - Kierunki - Krakers Art Week , group exhibition, Cracow, Poland
2022 - Family Unposed Awards, 2nd place, Poland
2021 - BOOKI. Studying Photobooks. Centrum Kultury „Zamek“, Poznań, Poland
2021 - 30+ years of Institut Tvurci Fotografie, Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej w Opolu, Poland
2021 - 30+ years of Institut Tvurci Fotografie, Dum Umeni, Opava, Czech Republic
2021 - Noorderlicht Festival, Student Open Call, exhibition, Groningen, The Netherlands
2021 - L'oeil de la Photographie -The eye of Photography, publication
2021 - Contemporary Lynx magazine, 1(12) 2021, publication
2021 - Riga Photomonth, Open Call Projection, Riga, Lithuania
2020 - Three Decades, The Institute of Creative Photography, Photography Month, Cesky Dum, Bratislava, Slovakia
2020 - TIFF Festival, Publication Section, Ruska 46 Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
2020 - Three Decades, The Institute of Creative Photography, , Prague, Czech Republic
2019 - Made in Opava 2, Bialystok Interphoto Festival, Galeria im. Sleńdzińskich w Białymstoku, Poland
2019 - Krakowski Salon Sztuki, Pałac Sztuki, Kraków, Poland
2017 - Project Show Me Your UFO, Noorderlicht Festival, Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
2017 - Foto Open, Foto Art Festival 2017, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2016 - 8 degrees Celsius, Fort 49 „Krzesławice”, Cracow, Poland
2016 - Street dogs of Poland, Instytut Sztuki Wyspa, Gdańsk; Galeria B&B, Bielsko-Biała; Galeria Nierzeczywista, Rzeszów, Poland
2015 - Bassano Fotografia 15, Palazzo Bonaguro, Bassano del Grappa, Italy
2015 - World around us Cracow Photography Club, Cracow, Poland
2022 - Grand Press Photo, 1st place, Own Vision Category, Poland
2018 - Honorable Mention, People Category, Series, Monovisions Photography Awards 2018, London, UK
2018 - Winner, People Category, Amateur, International Photographer of the Year 2017 IPOTY, London, UK
2017 - Grand Prix and Gold Medal on 27th National Artistic Photography Salon, Żary, Poland
2017 - Finalist, DiasShow, Foto Art Festival 2017, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
2017 - Silver Medal, Just One Photo 2017 FIAP, IAAP Competition, Jarosław, Poland
2017 - Publication, UFO Visual Lab, Zin “Alternative Facts”, Paper Beats Rock, Cracow, Poland
2017 - First Prize, Human and Culture category, Slavangard Festival, Cracow, Poland
2016 - Book publication: “ArchiteXture” Album, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Germany
2016 - First Prize, Contest "Winter time story”, Street dogs of Poland