Joanna Zastróżna

Joanna Zastróżna (born in 1972, Sopot) is a Polish photographer and filmmaker. She graduated in 1997 from the Arts Academy (ASP) in Gdańsk. Zastróżna resides in Sopot and in Sidi Ifni.[1]

Zastróżna with Andrzej Chyra , film set, film Las, work in progress

Zastróżna started exhibiting in 1999, showing the series "Messenger" which was her graduation project. Two more series, "Condensation" and "Marocco", followed.[2] Her distinctive technique is to paint over negatives, with extensive usage of color. Sometimes she uses negative montage as well. The style has been described as "an ambience of surrealism"[1] and "artificial reality".[3] The subjects are typically human figures, and Zastróżna is not interested in their realistic depiction but rather in psychological analysis.[1]

Zastrozhna participated in a number of major photographical group exhibitions in Poland in the 2000s and the 2010s. Her works are in the collection of The Museum of Art in Łódź.[1]

In 2013, she directed a short film "Molehill".[4] It was presented at the 19th Busan International Film Festival.[5]

Exhibitions
Personal[4]
  • Messenger, Mała Galeria ZPAF, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (1999)
  • Buby, Messenger, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultury, Gdańsk, Poland (2000)
  • NR2, Replica Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden (2000)
  • NR3, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2001)
  • NR3 Mała Galeria ZPAF, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2001)
  • NR3, BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland (2002)
  • NR3, FF Gallery, Łódź, Poland (2002)
  • NR3, Leigh on Sea, Art Trail, the UK (2003)
  • NR3, Druskininkai, Lithuania (2003)
  • NR3, Month of Photography, Kraków, Poland (2003)
  • Zagęszczanie, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2004)
  • Zagęszczanie, Wizytująca Gallery, Warsaw, Poland (2006)
  • Zagęszczanie, Photography Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia (2008)
  • MMK, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2010)
  • MMK, Państwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland (2011)[6]
  • MMK, Centrum Kultury ZAMEK, Galeria PF, Poznań, Poland (2013)
Collective[4]
  • Jutro jest dziś, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto, Japan (1999)
  • Relacje, House of Photography, Poprad, Slovakia (1999)
  • 7th Courant D’Art, Deauville, France (2000)
  • Przenikanie, Month of photography, Bratislava, Slovakia (2000)
  • Archipelag, Month of photography, Herten, Germany (2001)
  • Fotografia polska lat 90. − "Around Decade− Polish Photography of 90’s", Muzeum Sztuki Łodzi; Galeria FF; Galeria Pusta, Katowice; Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko-Biała, Poland (2002)
  • Cztery Elementy. Ziemia, Galeria DAP OW ZPAP, Warsaw, Poland (2003)
  • GlobAll, Woman Kraft Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA (2004)
  • XX w. w fotografii polskiej, Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (2006)
  • Czas Zapamiętany, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland (2007)
  • Forum Fotografii, wystawa na 25lecie Galerii FF, Łódź, Poland (2008)
  • Festiwal Sztuki ARTLOOP 00, "Wypas" instalacja, Sopot, Poland (2011)
  • Festiwal Sztuki ARTLOOP 02, "Pralnia Chemiczna" instalacja, Sopot, Poland (2013)

References
  1. Jurecki, Krzysztof. "Joanna Zastróżna". culture.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. Chmyreva, Irina (15 April 2011). "Иоанна Застрожна. Алхимические опыты". Foto & Video (in Russian). Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. Grygiel, Marek. "Joanna Zastrozna - "MESSENGER"". foto Tapeta. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. "Joanna Zastróżna" (in Polish). culture.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  5. "Opening doors: A journey between different film horizons". European Film Promotion e.V. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  6. Drewa, Anna. "Joanna Zastróżna, fotografia " Moje małe katastrofy"" (in Polish). Portal Regionalny trojmiasto.pl. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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