KRYSTYNA DUL
The human being, the mind, the body and my urge to observe and understand… Photography allows me to take notes, make small nuances noticed and draw connections between the observed behavior and its assumed causes. Being interested in psychology, I am reflecting on feelings, people’s energy, their state of mind and their obsessions, digging deeper into their sub-consciousness.
I am fascinated in the body as a physical object and a barrier to the inner life, the mindful micro-cosmos each of us creates. I want to explore this intimate universe hidden inside us, trying to collect traces leading me there - the gestures, mimics, objects and symbols around us.
While wondering about the beauty of the ‘ordinary’, I am letting my photographs slip into dreamy strangeness, where something does not seem right, but we cannot define it. Perhaps the scene turns bizarre by the very act of mindful observation?
I tend not to define beforehand what I am going to photograph. Thoughtful observation plays a major role in my creative process, but also… my dreams and vivid images of my imagination that sometimes dictate what and how to photograph. Some images come to me at night and I cannot help but follow their orders.
My work grew from classical series of portraits to more elaborated psychological portraits of individuals, leaving more space for interpretation and doubt.
Exhibitions, grants and publications
June - September 2023 - group exhibition at Museum StWendel within the SaarArt 2023 programme in StWendel, DE;
May - October 2023 - group exhibition 'Je est un autre' at Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart, LU;
May - June 2023 - group exhibition 'Je suis Moi, je suis Toi' at Centre Culturel de Rencontre
Abbaye de Neumünster, LU;
April - June 2023 - group exhibition 'Fotografie' at Národní dívadlo moravskoslezske in Ostrava, CZ;
June 2022- Wspólna Opawa / Common Opava. Fotofestiwal Lódź. Off Piotrkowska, Lódź, PL;
June 2021 - January 2022 - group exhibition “Universum: Hunted” at the Olomouc Muzeum umění /Museum of Modern Art within the Triennial of Contemporary Central European Art, Olomouc, CZ;
Nov-Dec 2021 - group exhibition “Tři dekády. Institut tvůrčí fotografie FPF Slezské univerzity v Opavě 1990–2020” at Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA/ Gallery of Contemporary Art , Katowice, PL;
October 2021 - group exhibition “Tři dekády. Institut tvůrčí fotografie FPF Slezské univerzity v Opavě 1990–2020” at Dům umění Oko, Opava, CZ;
October 2021 - group exhibition “Quick and Dirty” at private venue, LU;
September 2021 - group exhibition “Tři dekády. Institut tvůrčí fotografie FPF Slezské univerzity v Opavě 1990–2020” at Muzeum Miejskie/City Museum in Zabrze, PL;
July-August 2021 - group exhibition “Brave New World Order” within the 5th Triennale Jeune Création programme, at Casino- Forum d’art contemporain in Luxembourg, LU;
Nov-Dec 2020 - group exhibition “Tři dekády. Institut tvůrčí fotografie FPF Slezské univerzity v Opavě 1990–2020” at Dom umění, Bratislava, SK;
Dec 2020 - group online exhibition “#Klamra” by Pix.house, PL;
September 2020 - group exhibition “Ja, Kobieta” at the Studio BWA Wrocław Gallery within the TIFF Festival programme, Wroclaw, PL;
June-Sept 2020 - group exhibition “Tři dekády. Institut tvůrčí fotografie FPF Slezské univerzity v Opavě 1990–2020” at the Uměleckoprůmyslové museum, Dům U Černé Matky Boží, Prague, CZ;
November 2019 - individual exhibition “Whispers” in Galeria Tvorivô at the Month of Photography in Bratislava, SK;
October 2019 - group exhibition “Luxembourg - Arles - Luxembourg” in municipal galery Cercle Cité, Luxembourg;
July-September 2019 - individual exhibition “Resonance” in Chapelle de la Charité as part of Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles 2019 supported by Lët’z Arles asbl and stART-up de l’Œuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte & nomination for Prix de la Photo Madame Figaro 2019;
June 2019 - publishing photobook “Resonance”;
Jan-March 2019 - group exhibition “Made in Opava”, Muzeum Historii Katowic, Poland;
Jan-March 2019 - group exhibition “Mezicas” in Dům umění, Opava, Czech Republic;
June - Aug 2018 - group exhibition “INT/EXT” in Palais Rihout, Festival Transphotographiques, Lille, France;
June 2018 - group exhibition “SPLOT”, Zofia Weiss Studio, Krakow, Poland;
January - April 2018 - group exhibition “NahSichten” in Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany;
October 2017 – group exhibition “Innere Gebiete” in the Czech Centre in Berlin, Germany;
May-July 2017 – group exhibition “Tender” within the European Month of Photography Luxembourg in Belval University Campus in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg;
October 2017 – receiving ‘la Bourse CNA’ – Aide à la création et diffusion en Photographie;
April 2016 – group exhibition at Prague Photo in Kafkův Dům in Prague, Czech Republic;
January-February 2016 – group exhibition “Institut tvůrčí fotografie FPF SU – Klauzurní a diplomové práce 2015” Dům umění, Opava, Czech Republic;
October 2015 – group exhibition “Intimate spaces” during Interphoto Festival in Bialystok, PL;
September 2014 – March 2015 – group exhibition in Gallerie d’Art Contemporain Am Tunnel & Espace Edward Steichen „Lensmodern. Retrospective 2008-2014“, Luxembourg City;
February – March 2014 – together with Keven Erickson, photography exhibition „Nous sommes. Mir sinn. Estamos.“ in Aalt Stadthaus, Differdange, Luxembourg & book publication under the same title;
March 2010 - “Attributes of acting” in Actors’ Club “Loża” in Krakow in co-operation with Keven Erickson and Association of Polish Theatre Artists ZASP, Poland;