Magda Kuca (1993, born in Skarzysko-Kamienna, PL.)
Polish visual artist & fine art photographer based in London, exploring cyclical nature of human rituals using historical photographic techniques in contexts of identity, memory and folklore.
Sharing passion for Victorian and experimental photography also by leading workshops (cyanotype, wet plate collodion, electrophotography, anthotype, mordancage and others) in UK and PL. Collaborated with various institutions and galleries, such as British Museum, University of Arts London, WeTransfer, Kew Gardens, BBC radio.
Holds MA in Photography from University of Arts London (2018) and BA in Photography from University of Arts in Poznan, Poland (2015)
Currently working from studio in Earls Court, West London.
Contact: kucamagda@gmail.com
Exhibitions
SOLO
2022
• Family Tales, Vintage Photography Festival Grand Prix exhibition, Bydgoszcz, PL
2017
• PARC Portraits and The Grandmothers, Photography and Archive Research Centre, London, UK
2016
• Grandmothers, Festival Circulations, Paris, FR
2013
• Second Life of Figures, Photo Festival Labirynt, Słubice-Frankfurt, PL,DE
COLLECTIVE (SELECTED)
2024
Upcoming:
• Royal Photographic Society 165th
International Photography Exhibition, Bristol, UK
• Symbiosis, Hundred Years Gallery, London, UK
2023
• Porous Light, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2021
• Reframing History, Vogue Italia, Base Milano, IT
• VISAGE(S) D’EUROPE, Square de la Tour Saint-Jacques, Institut Polonais Paris, Paris, FR
• Home, Shutterhub & Gallery At Home, Llancayo, Wales, UK
2019
• LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2018 Finalists Exhibition, Aperture Gallery, New York, US
• Pracownia Otwartej Interpretacji sztuki UAP, BWA Pila, PL
2018
• Different Worlds 2018 competition finalists exhibition, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, SL
• University of Arts London graduation show, Bargehouse, London, UK
• Islington Summer Salon 2018, Islington Arts Factory, London, UK
• Trzy Pracownie, BWA Jelenia Góra, PL
2017
• Mirrors and Windows, University of Arts London- High Holborn, UK
• INTER-przestrzenie, Galeria u Jezuitów, Poznan, PL
2016
• Topór, (collective exhibition UAP students), Kolektyw 1a, Poznań,PL
2015
• Uwagi o sztuce:Wystawa Prac Pracowni Twórczej Interpretacji Sztuki, Galeria Profil, Poznań, PL
• What’s old is new again: Alternative Photographic Processes, 136 ½ Gallery, Manchester, US
• Alternative Processes, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, US
• Language of Memory, PhotoVisa Festival, Krasnodar, RU
• Naked Eye - stereophotography Fotoplastikon Arsenał Gallery ,Photographic Biennale 2015, Poznań, PL
• Wystawa Prac Pracowni Twórczej Interpretacji Sztuki, Galeria Sztuki Wozownia, Toruń, PL
2013
• Uniwersity of Arts Poznan studen exhibition Fotofestiwal 2013 To coś, Galeria FF, Łódź, PL
Awards
• Grand Prix 1st Prize at Vintage Photography Festival 2022
• Siobhan Coward Foundation Grant for analogue photography 2019-2021
• Lensculture Art Photography Award 2018
• WeTransfer ‘Your work here’ winner 2018
• Laurent of Debuts edition 2016 contemporary polish photography Doc! Photomagazine+ book launching
• Artscom Scholarship in 2016, UAL, London
• Nominated for ING Unseen Talent Award, 2016
• 2nd place in category People, Self-portrait International Photography Awards IPA 2015
COLLABORATIONS
British Museum
University of Arts London
PhotoVogue/Vogue Italy
Institut Polonais Paris (Polish Institute in Paris)
Kew Gardens
Photography and Archive Research Centre, London
PUBLICATIONS
Black and White Magazine(US), Black+White Magazine (UK), China Life Magazine(CH), LensCulture, The Protagonist Magazine, GUPmagazine, Gente Di Photographia(IT), Wysokie Obscasy(PL), Breathe(UK)