Biography
Poland , 1977
Kacper Kowalski (b. 1977, Poland) studied architecture at the Technical University of Gdańsk. Following a short career in architecture, Kowalski has devoted the past two decades exclusively to flying and photography earning international praise and accolades including three World Press Photo awards and four Picture of the Year International awards, among others. Sides Effects was first published in 2014 by Leica Gallery Warsaw, following by the self-published OVER in 2017, both of which have won numerous publishing awards. His prints have been exhibited and collected internationally since 2009. Kowalski lives and works in Gdynia, Poland.
"When I’m flying, I find the forms, features, shapes, symmetry, compositions, and drama—just as I would draw them in blueprints…I see the ground through the architect’s eyes. I see how humans plan, I see how nature reacts to our actions, I see order and oncoming chaos….I like the little moment when people don’t know exactly what’s in front of them. Sometimes the object in the frame may feel somewhat familiar but it’s not immediately recognizable as a bridge or a field or something they’ve actually seen a thousand times."
-Kacper Kowalski
Main Exhibitions:
2018
- Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna / Austria.
2017:
- Photo12 Gallery, Paris / France
- Landskrona festival, Landskrona, Sweden,
- International Biennial of Photography, The National Museum of Photography in Colombia
- Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, USA
- Spoleto Festival, Charleston, USA
- Herbst & Winter - Arte Giani - Frankfurt / Niemcy
2016:
- Fade to White - The Curator Gallery / New York, USA
- Side Effects – "Zoom on Poland" / Hillerød Art Society / Hillerød, Denmark
- Side Effects - Muzeum Ziemi Chełmińskiej / Chełmno, Poland
2015
- Above and Beyond - The Curator Gallery - New York City / USA
- Side Effects - Leica Gallerie, Salzburg - Austria
- Side Effects - The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography - Moscow / Russia
- Side Effects - Arte Giani - Frankfurt / Germany
- Side Effects - Muzeum of Gdynia - Gdynia / Poland
- Warsaw Art Photography Festival 2015 - Warsaw / Poland
2014
- Side Effects - Leica Gallery Warsaw / Poland
- Photoville Festival - New York City / USA
2013
- Polish Patterns – University of Jassach/ Romania
- Materia Prima – Klaipeda / Latvia
- Materia Prima – Munnkerupkus House, Copenhagen / Danemark
- Sea Change, Sexy Peat - Royal Botanics Garden, Edinburgh / Scottland