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Michał Łuczak
a photographer, visual artist, and curator working on the complex and exploitative relationship of humans with their immediate surroundings and the wider natural environment. He has recently focused on local issues with global relevance, particularly the consequences of coal mining and the economic utilisation of forests. He received a BA in Iberian Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice, and a PhD at the Institute of Creative Photography at Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic. Solo exhibitions of Łuczak's work have been held at MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Kraków, Poland (2018) and the Silesian Museum in Katowice (2019). As a member of the Sputnik Photos collective, he has exhibited at FOTODOK in Utrecht, the Netherlands (2014) and the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw (2016–17). He received an honourable mention in the Magnum Expression Awards (2009), was a winner at the MIO Photo Awards in Osaka, Japan (2010), and has won Polish Photographic Publication of the Year (2013). He has also been a recipient of a grant from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2021). Łuczak is the author of several photo books: Brutal (2012), Koło miejsca / Elementarz (Circle of Places / Primer) with Krzysztof Siwczyk (2016), and 11.41, with Filip Springer (2016). He has been a member of Sputnik Photos since 2010, co-leading its annual documentary photography workshop. He teaches at the Faculty of Art of the Pedagogical University of Kraków.
