Kacper Kowalski
Curriculum Vitae
Born in 1977, Kacper Kowalski is a graduate of the Technical University of Gdańsk, where he studied architecture. After having worked in architecture for four years, he devoted himself entirely to flying and photography. Both as a pilot and a photographer, he takes aerial pictures of natural and urban environments of his native Poland.
Awards & Honourable Mentions
GOLD MEDAL in Fine Arts, MIFA 2018 (Moscow Internatioan Foto Awards)
GOLD MEDAL Category EUROPE – BEST REGIONAL, NON-FICTION in IPPY
(2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards Regional and Ebook)
Nomination to the book of the year in GRAND PRESS PHOTO 2018 contest
Grand Press Photo - 1st prize in nature - 'Heads' (2016)
Picture Of the Year (73 POYi) - Autumn - award of excellence (2016)
World Press Photo 2015 - 2nd prize in long term projects - 'Side Effects' (2015)
Picture Of the Year (72 POYi) - Side Effects - finalist in the contest in the books cat. (2015)
PDN Photo Annual 2015 - Side Effects - book category (2015)
Grand Press Photo 2015 - 2nd prize, nature, single (2015)
KTR 2015 - silver medal, photography for calendar PKO BP 2015 / DDB / Tribal (2015)
World Press Photo 2014 - 2nd prize in nature story - 'Toxic Beauty' (2014)
Picture Of the Year (71 POYi) - 3nd prize in nature story 'the Depth of Winter' (2014)
Sony World Photography Awards – 2nd prize in the landsacape for 'the Depth of Winter' (2014)
Sony World Photography Awards – shortlisted for 'China / changing identity' (2014)
Grand Press Photo – 1st prize in nature story for 'Toxic Beauty' (2014)
Grand Press Photo – 1st prize in nature single for 'China' (2014)
BZ WBK Press Photo – 2nd prize / nature / story 'the Depth of Winter' (2014)
Moscow International Foto Awards - 3nd prize / books / nature - Side Effects (2014)
Best of Photojournalism (NPPA) - 3rd prize - feature single (2013)
Grand Press Photo – 1st prize/ sport/single (2013)
Gdańsk Press Photo – honourable mention/ outside the region / single (2013)
Gdańsk Press Photo – 1st prize/ dialy life /single (2013)
Picture Of the Year (69 POYi) - 3nd prize / nature/story (toxic beauty) (2013)
Emirates Photography Competition - 1st prize / Nature / single (2013)
BZ WBK Press Photo – 1st prize / nature/story (toxic beauty) (2013)
Grand Press Photo -2nd prize / nature/story (2013)
Leica Oskar Barnack Award – shortlisted „Flood from the sky – Sandomierz 2010” (2011)
Grand Press Photo – 1st prize/ nature/story (2011)
Gdańsk Press Photo – Grand Prix 2011, (2011)
Gdańsk Press Photo – honourable mention/ category: Outside the region (2011)
BZ WBK Press Photo – 2nd prize / nature/story (2011)
Prasowe Zdjęcie Roku KFP – nomination/single image (2011)
International Photography Award (IPA) – 2nd proze/architecture, (2011)
International Photography Award (IPA) – honourable mention/nature (2010)
Sony World Photography Awards – nomination for “plus minus” (2010)
Sony World Photography Awards – nomination for “toxic beauty” (2010)
Sony World Photography Awards – nomination for “tracklog” (2010)
BZ WBK Press Photo – 1st prize/ category: nature – story (2010)
Gdańsk Press Photo – honourable mention/ category: Outside the region (2010)
Gdańsk Press Photo – 1st prize/ civilisation/ story (2010)
World Press Photo - 2nd prize, Arts and Entertainment- story (2009)
Nikon Photo Contest International —75TH NIKKOR ANNIVERSARY AWARD (2009)
International Photography Awards IPA –Nature Photographer of the Year (2009)
International Photography Awards IPA –1st prize/category: nature (2009)
International Photography Awards IPA –2nd prize/nature (2009)
International Photography Awards IPA –3rd prize/specials (2009)
International Photography Awards IPA –20th – honourable mention (2009)
Grand Press Photo –2nd prize/nature (2009)
Grand Press Photo –3rd prize/nature (2009)
Prasowe Zdjęcie Roku (Press Picture of the Year) KFP – nomination – single (2009)
BZWBK Press Photo –3rd prize/nature (2009)
Gdańsk Press Photo – 1st prize/ civilisation/ story and honourable mention (2009)
Album for Gdańsk – II International Photography Contest - award (2009)
Album for Gdansk – I. International Photography Contest – award for a single picture (2008)
Pilsner Urquell International Photography Awards IPA - 9 honourable mention (2008)
Gdańsk Press Photo – 1st prize/ civilisation/ story and honourable mention (2008)
National Geographic Poland – honourable mention (2007)
Gdansk Press Photo - honourable mention (2007)
BZWBK Press Photo –3rd prize/nature (2006)
Gdańsk Press Photo – 1st prize/ civilisation/ story (2006)
Gdańsk Press Photo – honourable mention (2006) SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Selected Individual Exhibitions
Athens Photo Festival 2018, OVER, photobooks section
OVER exhibition in Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna / Austria. (2017)
OVER exhibition opening in Photo12 Gallery in Paris / France (2017)
OVER exhibition, landskrona festival, Landskrona, Sweden, (2017)
International Biennial of Photography, The National Museum of Photography in Colombia (2017)
Spoleto Festiwal, Charleston, USA (2017)
Herbst & Winter - Arte Giani - Frankfurt / Niemcy (2017)
Artist of The year - The Curator Gallery - New York City / USA (2017)
Artist of the year - The curator Gallery - New York City / USA (2016)
Side Effects / "Zoom on Poland" - Hillerod Art Society in Danemark (2016)
Side Effects - Muzeum Ziemii Chełmińskiej / Poland (2016)
White Out - The curator Gallery - New York City / USA (2016)
SALON ZÜRCHER , Zurcher Gallery, Paris (2016)
Wings of Fantasy" New European Photography - Millennium Monument Beijing / China (2016)
"Zoom on Poland" - group exhibition in Hillerod Art Society / Danemark (2016)
Above and Beyond - The curator Gallery - New York City / USA (2015)
Side Effects - Leica Gallerie Salzburg - Austria (2015)
Side Effects - The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography - Moscow / Russia (2015)
Side Effects - Arte Giani - Frankfurt / Germany (2015)
Side Effects - Muzeum of Gdynia - Gdynia / Poland (2015)
Warsaw Art Photography Festival 2015 - Warsaw / Poland (2015)
over 80 World Press Photo exhibitions arround the World (2015)
Side Effects - Leica Gallery Warsaw / Poland (2014)
Photoville Festival - New York City / USA (2014)
over 80 World Press Photo exhibitions arround the World. (2014)
Polish Patterns – University of Jassach/ Romania (2013)
Materia Prima – Klaipeda / Latvia (2013)
Materia Prima – Munnkerupkus House, Copenhagen / Danemark (2013)
Sea Change, Sexy Peat - Royal Botanics Garden, Edinburgh / Scottland (2013)
Polish Patterns III – Fotofestiwal Łódź / Polska (2012)
Nebenwirkungen – Polish Institute - Dusseldorf / Niemcy (2012)
Polish Patterns – National Bank of Romania, Bucharest / Romania (2012)
At the Other Side of the Baltic Sea – Polish patterns II – House of Europe, Stockholm / Sweden (2011)
Flood From the Sky – Leica Gallery, Warsaw / Poland (2011)
Harsh Winter – Pauza gallery / Kraków (2011)
Flood From the Sky –constance exhibition in Snadomierz / Poland (2011)
Water Impressions – Museo del mare, Genova / Italy (2011)
At the Other Side of the Baltic Sea – Polish patterns II – European Comission, Helsinki / Finland (2011)
Poland Has a LOT to Offer – Polish embassy in the Prague / Czech (2011)
Wzorki Polskie – Klub Pauza, Kraków (2010)
Powódź z nieba – wystawa plenerowa w Sandomierzu (2010)
Materia prima – wystawa fotografii i designu, Galeria BWA, Bielsko-Biała (2010)
Wzorki polskie – Sinfonia Varsovia, Warszawa (2010)
Polska on air – Baltic, Londyn (2010)
Polska on air – Waterfront Hall, Belfast/ Irlandia Półn (2010)
Wzorki polskie – galeria Skene, Jelenia Góra (2010)
Wzorki polskie – Baltic, Londyn/Wielka Brytania (2009)
over 80 World Press Photo exhibitions arround the World (2009)