Conceptual nominee

Visual Exercises. A Series of Diptychs (2018).


“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.”

Alice Walker


Human body and nature.
Microcosm and macrocosm.
The human form: irregular, wrinkled, saggy. Imperfect.
Nature: wild, mysterious; sometimes incomprehensible, but always extraordinary.
Abnormalities and perfection.
By re-tracing the unity of formal elements, compositions, lines and shapes in the form of diptychs, the inter-relation of the human body and nature becomes apparent.
This analogy leads to the realisation of the perfection of both.
Estrangement from nature has led to the abuse of the environment and the body. Only through a reconnection with nature can we rediscover self-love and make the imperfect body perfect once more.

Alicja Brodowicz – born in Kraków, currently residing in Bochnia (Poland).
Graduate of the Faculty of English Literature at Universiteit Utrecht (the Netherlands). Translator by profession.
Graduate of the Institute of Creative Photography at the Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic.
Finalist and laureate of multiple photography competitions, e.g. IRIS Award (Australia), Photography Annual Awards (Czech Republic), International Photography Awards (2013, honourable mention), B&W Child Photo Competition, International Photography Awards (2015, honourable mention), 7th Julia Margaret Cameron competition for women photographers (2015), MIFA 2015, (honourable mention)).
Publications in online and print magazines: SHOTS, GUP Magazine, Digital Camera Polska, Lens Culture.
Conceptual Photographer of the Year (2019): Minimalist Awards.


Individual exhibitions:
TIFF Festival Rivers & Roads 2016.
Zgierz, Municipal Cultural Centre, 2018.

Group exhibitions:
Světlo jinak VI, Muzeum umění Olomouc, Czech Republic (September 2016)
Corporealities, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (June 2018)
Elysium Gallery - Esphy Photo Award, Swansea, Wales (June 2019)

Instagram: @alicjabrodowicz