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Izabela Nowak is a Polish lens-based visual artist. Her work explores time, memory and impermanence. Drawing on science and the natural world, she reflects on the fragility of life and the boundary between the physical and the metaphysical. Employing diverse methods, including experiment, alternative photographic techniques, archival research, and collage, her practice pushes the boundaries of visual storytelling.
Her work has been internationally awarded and recognized, and presented in numerous group exhibitions and festivals, including Fotofestiwal Łódź, EMOP Berlin, Zrno Skopje, and Foto Art Festival Bielsko-Biała.
She holds a Master’s degree from the Warsaw School of Economics and completed postgraduate studies in Cultural Studies at the University of Warsaw. She is a graduate of the European Academy of Photography. A member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (ZPAF), she lives and works in Warsaw.

Izabela Nowak to polska artystka wizualna pracująca z fotografią. Jej twórczość koncentruje się wokół zagadnień czasu, przemijania i pamięci. Czerpiąc inspirację z nauki i natury, przygląda się kruchości życia oraz granicom między światem fizycznym a metafizycznym. W swojej praktyce wykorzystuje eksperyment, alternatywne techniki fotograficzne, archiwa czy kolaż, poszerzając granice narracji wizualnej.
Jej prace były wielokrotnie nagradzane i prezentowane na międzynarodowych wystawach oraz festiwalach, m.in. podczas Europejskiego Miesiąca Fotografii w Berlinie (EMOP), Fotofestiwalu w Łodzi, festiwalu Zrno w Skopje oraz Foto Art Festival w Bielsku-Białej.
Posiada tytuł magistra Szkoły Głównej Handlowej w Warszawie, ukończyła studia podyplomowe z kulturoznawstwa na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim oraz Europejską Akademię Fotografii. Jest członkinią Związku Polskich Artystów Fotografików (ZPAF), mieszka i pracuje w Warszawie.

Selected exhibitions

2026
There is another Earth called Mars, Obok Zpaf Gallery, solo show, Warsaw, Poland
Residual Forms, group exhibition, BWA Kielce, Poland
Residual Forms, group exhibition, Centre of Contemporary Art in Toruń, Poland

2025
Parallel Realities, PEP – group exhibition, Kommunale Galerie, EMOP, Berlin, Germany
Composed Reality, Art Fair, Old Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw, Poland
Running up that hill – slideshow, Foto Art Festival, Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Dreamers, Przedwiośnie, group exhibition, BWA Gallery, Kielce, Poland
There is another Earth called Mars, LIMBES Gallery, Photobook Exhibition, Saint-Etienne, France
Running up that hill – slideshow, Rzeczna Art Gallery, Rybnik Foto Festiwal, Poland

2024
Dreamers, Festival Grain, National Gallery of Macedonia – Multimedia Center, Skopje, Macedonia
The view is beautiful, Art Fair, Old Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw, Poland
Particles of existence – Tribute to Bogdan Konopka, Mayor’s House Gallery, Gdynia, Poland
Running up that hill – slideshow, Old Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw, Poland

2023
Particles of existence – Tribute to Bogdan Konopka, E. Haneman Photography Gallery, Łódź Fotofestival, Poland
There is another Earth called Mars, The House of Army Gallery, Grain – International festival of alternative photography, Bitola, Macedonia
Particles of existence – Tribute to Bogdan Konopka, Karwacjan’s Manor Art Gallery, Gorlice, Poland
There is another Earth called Mars, Festival Grain, National Gallery of Macedonia – Multimedia Center, Skopje, Macedonia

Awards

2026
Residual Forms, Wystaw się w CSW – laureate, Centre of Contemporary Art, Toruń, Poland

2025
There is another Earth called Mars, Talent Of The Year – laureate, Pix.House, Poznań, Poland
Dreamers, Gold Winner in Fine Art category, Analog Sparks Award
Dreamers, Przedwiośnie, Echo Gallery Award, BWA Gallery, Kielce, Poland
Running up that hill, Dias Show, Foto ArtFestiwal – laureate, Bielsko-Biała, Poland

2018
Running Up That Hill was awarded an Honorable Mention at the Self-Made Book Award at Encontros da Imagem in Braga, Portugal,
and was shortlisted for the Self-Made Book Award in Riga, Latvia.

Publications

2026
Docu Magazine – Special Edition “Running up that hill”

2025
Suboart Magazine #51; Photo Trouvée Magazine #16
 
2024
Revue Macaroni #1 Origins; FLOAT Magazine – Imperfect Poetry; Suboart Magazine #16; Analog Forever Magazine Inscrutable;
Dienacht Magazine; Contemporary Collage Magazine #16; F-Stop Magazine #73; Shots Magazine

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