CONTACT //
For commissions and all other inquiries contact Karolina
ABOUT//
Born in Poland, based in Berlin. Graduated from Technical University Berlin in Psychology (M.Sc.). Studied Photography B.A. at Berlin University of Art and Design. Currently works as an independent photographer at Exberliner magazine. In her work she explores radical human experiences of not belonging to the world. Researching and photographing a long-term project called ‘Hotel of Eternal Light‘, a visual investigation into the field of regimes and totalitarian systems during the recent history of Europe. One part of this award-winning work has become a book.
Karolina Spolniewski is member of the academic interdisciplinary communities The Triple-I as well as the SubZero collective.
EXHIBITIONS //
2019 No Supermoons, Cutting Corners, 504 Arch Gallery, London, UK
2018 No Supermoons, Decisive Moment Exhibition, Negar Art Gallery, Teheran, IRN
2017 Hotel of Eternal Light, LeBoudoir2.0, Voies Off, Rencontres d’Arles, FR
Odyssey Later, Visualizing Environmental Change, University of Tampere, FIN, Singapur, Monaco (Curation)
Latent Visions Screening, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, CAN
2016 Hotel of Eternal Light, By The Wall, EMOP, Berlin, GER
Hotel of Eternal Light, Bunker, Rencontres d‘Arles, FR
Odyssey Later, Visualizing Environmental Change, Naturfestival von Kuusamo, Rovaniemi, FIN (Curation)
No Supermoons Screening, Studio Vortex, Arles, FR
2015 Revolution, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto, CAN
Paradise Granted & Fruits of Nature, INTAC, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, GER
Desire, Fruits of Nature, INTAC, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, GER
Revolution, Fruits of Nature, INTAC, Universität der Künste, Osaka, JPN
Open Dictionary, INTAC, Facciola, Berlin, GER
2014 Mitteilungen, EMOP, Berlin, GER
Revolution, Paradise Granted & Fruits of Nature, OFF-Festival, Pratiszce Palace, Bratislava, SLW
Revolution, Fruits of Nature, Backlight Festival of Photography, Tampere, FIN
Revolution, Fruits of Nature, Contact Festival of Photography, Toronto, CAN
Selected Works, Contemporary Istanbul, biq Berlin Istanbul Quartier, TUR
FELLOWSHIPS //RESIDENCIES // AWARDS//
2022 1st prize Blow Up Press Book Award: Hotel of Eternal Light
2021 Grant for Hotel of Eternal Light, German Art Foundation
2016 Art residency Studio Vortex by Antoine D‘Agata, Arles, FR
2016 Interdisciplinary Art Meets Science residency, Subzero, University of the Arctic, Oulanka, FIN
2015 Interdisciplinary Art Meets Science residency, Subzero, University of the Arctic, Oulanka, FIN
2014 Interdisciplinary Art Meets Science residency, Subzero, University of the Arctic, Oulanka, FIN
BOOK PUBLICATIONS //
2024 Hotel of Eternal Light, Monograph, Blow Up Press, PL
2016 Interventions – Visualizing Environmental Change, University of Oulu, FIN