Untitled 2015 is a part of my ongoing project "City landscapes"
The main thrust of Andrzej Pilichowski-Ragno’s work lies at the intersection of social
documentary photography and street photography. He consciously references classic
twentieth-century photography, all the while maintaining his own highly personal,
individual focus. Rather than fall into discrete projects, the artist’s work forms one
great cycle concentrated on the notion of the urban landscape and the place of humankind
within it. Centered on everyday subject matter, his compositions and the formal solutions
he employs combine to create works that are not meant to shock the viewer, but rather to
induce reflection and introspection.
Education
1991 M.A. Polish Literature, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
1990–1992 Photography Studies, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow
Member, Zwiazek Polskich Artystów Fotografików (Association of Polish Fine Art Photographers)
2012 Present Lecturer, Open Photography Studio, Krakow University of Technology
2006-2007 Lecturer, Fine Art and Commercial Photography, Krakow of School of Art and Fashion Design
1991–1996 Lecturer, Literary Theory, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Paris Photo 2013 – Grand Palais, Paris. Exhibited by Galerie Conrads, Duesseldorf 2013
SwietniCzterdziestoletni – literatura, Konsulart, Gallery of the Consulate General of Germany, Krakow
2012 Magazzino di Cianfrusaglie, illustration exhibition, Palazzo Ducale, Genova
2011 BIB 2011, 23rd Illustrator’s Biennale, Bratislava
2011 City Cultures in Focus, exhibition of photographs taken on the X-change Culture Science Scholarship
in Vienna, CORT Exhibition Space, Krakow
2003 Polska ilustracja dziecieca, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna / Tokyo
2002 Figures Futur, Salon du Livre Jeunesse, Paris
2001 Ele mele dudki, Children’s book illustration, Historical Museum, Krakow
2001 Czterech z trzynastu, Gieraltowski Gallery, Warsaw
2001 Fotografia bez przeszlosci, Museum of the History of Photography, Krakow
1998 Ogólnopolskie Konfrontacje Fotograficzne, Gorzów, Poland
1997 ZPAF Jubilee 1947–1997, Stara Galeria ZPAF, Warsaw
1997 ZPAF Jubilee 1947–1997, Museum of the History of Photography, Krakow
1997 Fotografia ‘97, Palac Sztuki, Krakow
1996 Camera Obscura, Rome
1995 Fax Art, Rome
1995 Galeria Sródmiejskiego Osrodka Kultury, Krakow
1994 Grand Passage, Geneva
1994 Fotoforum’94, Ružomberok, Slovakia
1993 Fotoforum’93, Ružomberok, Slovakia
Selected Solo Exhbitions
2014 ”Polish contemporary photography” Duesseldorf Photo Weekend 2014, Galerie Conrads, Duesseldorf,
Germany
2013 “Magnificent 40years old” Konsulart, Gallery of the Consulate General of Germany, Krakow
2012 Świetni czterdziestoletni, portraits, Olympia Gallery, Krakow
2008 Obrazu ciag dalszy, Pauza Gallery, Krakow
2007 KRK – Ksiazka o Krakowie, outdoor exhibition, Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, Wroclaw, Gdansk
2006 Piekny Pies Club, Krakow
2004 Boutographie, Montpellier, France
2004 Galeria Zwiazku Polskich Artystów Fotografików, Krakow
2003 Pauza Gallery, Krakow
Publications
Photographs and illustrations have appeared in:
Lensculture, Kwerfeldein, Playboy, Elle Decor, Zoom International, Przekrój, Artphoto.
