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Rafał Milach

Currently my focus is on visual investigation of the systems of control and manipulation at the interface between the authorities and society. It follows from my long-term interest in the political transformation of the post-Soviet territories. For me, the former Eastern Bloc has become a laboratory in which various models of modern propaganda are tested. A key focal point of my current artistic practice is the clash between non-heroic gestures and ostensibly neutral spaces, which are in fact set against a political background of current events. The oppressive nature of the areas I investigate is reflected in architecture, objects, and suitably formatted social structures.
Rafał Milach

Born in 1978 in Gliwice (Poland). Visual artist, photographer, author of photo books. Professor at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, Poland. His award-winning photo books include The Winners, 7 Rooms, and The First March of Gentlemen. Rafał Milach has received scholarships from the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Magnum Foundation, and European Cultural Foundation. Finalist of the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018 and winner of the World Press Photo competition. Co-founder of the Sputnik Photos collective of photographers and an associate member of Magnum Photos. His works have been widely exhibited in Poland and worldwide, and can be found in the collections of the MoMA Warsaw, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, the ING Polish Art Foundation, Kiyosato, the Museum of Photographic Arts (Japan), and Brandts in Odense (Denmark).

www.rafalmilach.com

COLLECTIONS
NOMUS New Art Museum / National Museum, Gdańsk, Poland
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Poland
Muzeum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
ING Polish Art Foundation, Poland
Museum of Warsaw, Poland
MuFo Museum of Photography, Cracow, Poland
White&Case, Warsaw, Poland
Kiyosato, the Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
Brandts in Odense, Denmark

MONOGRAPHS
2021  Strike JEDNOSTKA Gallery
2021  I am Warning You GOST
2018  Nearly Every Rose on the Barriers in front of the Parliament JEDNOSTKA
2017  PRESSIDENT Szara Gallery, partner: JEDNOSTKA
2017  The First March of GentlemenKolekcja Wrzesińska I ed., GOST II ed. in 2018
2014  The Winners GOST (I+II ed.)
2013  Black Sea of Concrete self-published
2012  In the Car with R Czytelnia Sztuki Gallery
2011  7 Rooms Kehrer Verlag I ed., II ed. in 2013

COLLECTIVE BOOKS
2017  Fruit Garden (LTA 3) Sputnik Photos
2016  Wordbook (LTA 1) Sputnik Photos
2014  Psopplaainnd. Mapping the Blind Spots Sputnik Photos, Nophoto
2014  Contact sheets. The Selected Photos. Vol II Postcart Edizioni
2012  Distant Place Copernicus Science Center
2012  Stand BY Sputnik Photos
2010  Is(not) Sputnik Photos
2010  U Sputnik Photos

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021  Strike Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Jednostka Gallery, Warsaw
2019  Refusal Karlin Studios Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2018  Refusal PGS National Gallery, Sopot, Poland
2018  The Winners Side Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2018  The First March of Gentlemen ISSP Gallery, Riga, Latvia
2017  The First March of Gentlemen Fonderia 20.9 Gallery, Verona, Italy
2017  Refusal Szara Gallery, Katowice, Poland
2017  Refusal Atlas Sztuki Gallery, Łódź, Poland
2014  In the Car with R Fotodepartament, St.Petersburg, Russia
2013  7 Rooms Brandts, Odense, Denmark
2012  7 Rooms C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012  7 Rooms Noorderlicht Photo Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
2012  7 Rooms Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2012  In the car with R Czytelnia Sztuki, Gliwice, Poland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018  Imagined Borders Gwangju Biennale of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea
2018  Lost Territories Archive Riga International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
2018  Deutsche Börse Photography Prize The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK
2017  The Resistance of the Form Teatr Powszechny, Warsaw, Poland
2017  Lost Territories: CONTROL Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
2017  Lost Territories: THE NEW END Arsenal Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2016  Lost Territories: SEDIMENT CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
2014  Sputnik Photos. The Collective Fotodok, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2013  Stand BY Sputnik Photos, Leica Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2012  IS(not) LA Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland
2010  U Noorderlicht Fotogalerie, Groningen,The Netherlands
2010  All creatures great and small Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2008  World Press Photo

AWARDS
2022  Author Book Award winner, Rencontres d’Arles Book Awards 2022, Arles, France
2022  Photo Book of the Year 2021 winner, Grand Press Photo 2022, Poland
2018  Shpilman Photography Award Mention of Honor, Jerusalem, Israel
2018  The Polish Photobook of the Year winner, Fotopublikacja roku, Łódź, PL
2012  POYI  – The best photography book winner, Missouri, USA
2009  Photography Book Now Grand Prize, New York, USA
2009  POYI II prize in category Science, Natural History, Missouri, USA
2008  World Press Photo I prize in category Arts and Entertainment, Amsterdam, NL

SHORTLISTS
2018  Polityka Passports Award
2018  Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
2014  Paris Photo / Aperture Photo Book Award Book of the Year
2014  Oscar Barnack Award
2013  POYI The best photography book
2012  Paris Photo / Aperture Photo Book Award First book

GRANTS
2013  Magnum Emergency Found
2013  Young Poland Polish Ministry of Culture
2009  Young Poland Polish Ministry of Culture
2006  European Cultural Foundation

Book 'The First March of Gentlemen', second edition, published by GOST, 2018
Book 'The First March of Gentlemen', second edition, published by GOST, 2018
Book 'The First March of Gentlemen', second edition, published by GOST, 2018
Book 'The First March of Gentlemen', second edition, published by GOST, 2018
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
'The First March of Gentlemen' series, 2017
Book 'The Winners', published by GOST, 2014
Book 'The Winners', published by GOST, 2014
'The Winners' series, 2010–2013
'The Winners' series, 2010–2013
'The Winners' series, 2010–2013
'The Winners' series, 2010–2013

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