Education:

English studies, Russiun studies, degree in Faculty of Multimedia Communication at Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań, scholarship holder of Anderson Ranch Arts Centre in Colorado, USA.

Specialization:

Multimedia photography, installations, video.

www.katarzynamajak.com

Scholarships:

Scholarship holder of Anderson Ranch Arts Centre in Colorado, USA.

Exhibitions, workshops, author’s meetings:

Curator of exhibition of young polish photography Globe-all in Tucson, Arizona. She took part in workshops ran by Kim, a grandson of Edward Weston, in California as well as an assistant of Ansel Adams and of John Sexton in Colorado. As an artist-in-residence she participated in the international project Florida – First Contact in Atlantic Center for the Arts. She was the first in Poland to have taken photographs using the method of Zone Plate.

Activities outside Academy of Photography:

She cooperates with quarterly Fotografia, Fototapeta and Foto.

A few words from me (about myself/my hobbies):

She is fond of yoga and passionate about Butoh dance.

Classes given at Academy of Photography:

Currently she runs a studio of Photography and other media widening possibilities of expression through the use of various media.

A short description of classes given at Academy of Photography:

The classes are aimed at persuading participants of the course to have a wider look at the photography medium and inducing them to experiment with combining photography with other media. The classes on the zone system are in a form of lectures and plain-air workshops. The students get acquainted with one of the most significant systems in photography allowing for the integration of knowledge on the subject of this medium.