marta kochanek

ABOUT

Marta recently coordinated work on a large, independent archival project for Annie Leibovitz in New York where she was responsible to organize, inventor and archive 40 years of career of the Master. She worked on a strategy and brought it into life.

Marta Kochanek is a portrait photographer. Her photographs has been shown several times in both group and solo exhibitions, including Mall Galleries in London, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery as well as Verge Art Brooklyn in New York.

Marta’s work has appeared in numerous publications, national and international professionals honorably mentioned her works through the most important and prestigious photographic competitions like: Px3 Paris, International Aperture Awards, International Photography Awards, as well as Art Kudos.

Marta chose photography to capture amazing and unique moments that may never be repeated. She became a fully satisfied person who discovered a very important thing – life’s path. Photography allows her to look around more attentively, to see different levels of reality and to understand the world through her passion.

AWARDS

*1 of 100 Finalists: Renaissance 2011
*The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2011 - Storyteller - Honorable Mention
*Winner of The Px3 2010 / Paris. 1st place Music -People's Choice Award
*Winner of The Px3 2010 / Paris. 3rd place Fashion -People's Choice Award
*Finalist of: Hear the World 'Joy of Sound' -March 2010
*Finalist of 30th Annual College Photography Contest -Photographer's Forum 2010 / Santa Barbara/CA.
*International Photography Awards 2009 - IPA Los Angeles –The Honorable Mention in five Categories: Fine Art: Abstract, Fine Art, Self Promotion, Portrait, People: Family.
*International Aperture Awards 2009 -Two Bronze Awards, Categories: People and Portrait, Australia - December 2009
*International Photography Awards 2007 - IPA Los Angeles - The Honorable Mention

EXHIBITIONS

*2nd - 15th May - Over the Hill - group exhibition; Soughtport
*5th - 19th May - Bristol Photography Festival 2012
*27th March - 1st April - Uncensored Exhibition - Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York
*27th Nov - 3rd Dec 2011 - The Queer'ists Project @ The Lock Gallery; Coventry
*03 - 21st November 2011 - GFest London; Group Exhibition
*22 - 25th September 2011 - Oslo Queer Festival - Group Exhibition
*14 - 20th August 2011 1st Annual Queer'ists Art Exhibition; Curator, - follow up show; Coventry; Glass Box
*12 June – 6 Aug 2011 1st Annual Queer'ists Art Exhibition; Curator, Fotofilia, Birmingham, UK
*22-27 June 2011 QUEER’ists Project; The Rag Factory, London
*June 2011 - Guernsey Photography Festival/UK
*24 May - 8 June 2011 QUEER'ists Project - Lanchester Gallery; Coventry/UK
*03-06 March 2011 Brooklyn Art Fair NYC - Group Exhibition
*21-26 March 2011 100 Renaissance Finalists- Group Exhibition; Mall Galleries London
*02-27 February 2011 - The Lightbox, Woking
Group Exhibition including Monika Gorka, Rankin, Mike McCartney, Vanessa Winship, Steve Bloom, Antony Crossfield, Jillian Edelstein.
*24 April - 26 June 2010 - Worcester OPEN 2010 - Contemporary Art Exhibition
*Art Liberation Lives 2009 –Group Exhibition - Mall Galleries London 16-20 December 2009
*Finalist of: 2009 Art Kudos International Exhibition - Los Angeles
*Made in Coventry - Creative Industries of Coventry together in an explosion of live performances, demonstration, exhibitions and workshops - At the Ricoh Arena, 2007.
*The Birmingham OPEN Art Show - Artist talent from around the West Midlands, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Gas Hall, 2007;
*100% Pure - National Photography & Art Exhibition - The Glassbox in Coventry, 2006;
*VI Festival of Art - FORMA - Rawicz / Poland, - National Photography & Art Exhibition, 2006;
*16 Days Against Aggressive - for women health.- Ladies Festival in Wroclaw, Photographic Exhibition, 2005;
*Young Art Festival "Non Stop" in Wroclaw, 2005;
*International Photography Exhibition in Lodz, 2005;
*Individual Photography exhibition - "Retrospection" - ARP Gallery in Wroclaw, 2005;
*International Photography Exhibition "Self-portrait & Staging" (Polish, German and Czech artists), Wroclaw, 2005;
*International Photography Festival, Lodz, 2004;