„witness of the present“
www.rafalmilach.com, www.szare.silesia.pl
Rafal Milach dokumentiert urbanen Raum, Land und Menschen, deckt versteckte Gefühle und Emotionen auf, in Features und Essays. Seine Arbeit handelt über Minderheiten, der Sehnsucht nach Freiheit, sozialen Wandel, Trauer, Einsamkeit, Schönheit und die Beziehung des Individuums zum heutigen urbanen Raum.
Rafal Milach wurde 1978 in Gliwice, PL, geboren. Diplom, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Katowice, Polen. 2003 ITF (Institute für Kreative Photographie), Opava, Tschechien. 2000 Ecole Superieure Estienne, Paris, F.
Einzelausstellungen (Auszug)
2000 Rafal Milach Photography, Photogalerie PIK, Gliwice, PL; 2001 Fishermen -113 Galerie, Bialystok, PL; The wedding – Photogalerie PIK, Gliwice, PL; 2002 Neue Arbeiten der Mio Photo Preisträger 2001, Light Garden Gallery, Monat der Photographie, Osaka, Japan; Kalwaria, Kavarna Spolek, Brünn, CZ; The Grey, Photogalerie PF, Kulturzentrum Zamek, Poznan, PL; 2003 The Grey /Gris, Photoespaña 2003, Galería de Arte Gema Lazcano, Madrid, E; The Grey, Pusta Gallery, Cultural Center of Upper Silesia, Katowice, PL; 2004 szare – the grey, Rafal Milach, Fotographie, Serie und Videopräsentation, KulturAXE Projektraum, Wien.
Ausstellungsbeteiligungen und Auszeichnungen (Auszug)
1999 Junge Kunst aus Katowice, Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum Ratingen, D; 2000 I Jurassic Photography Meeting, Czestochowa, PL – 1. Preis; 2001 Polish Press Photo 2001, Warsaw, PL – 2. Preis (picture story in category the world we live in); Mio Photo Auszeichnung 2001, Osaka, Japan, 2. Preis; II Biennale der Photographie To love a man, Oswiecim, PL- Würdigung; 2002 Homeless Gallery, Katowice, PL; 2003 Polish Press Photo 2003, Warsaw, PL – 2. Preis (for picture story in category sport); Agfa B&W Photographie Wettbewerb Leverkusen, D – V Preis; III Biennale der Photographie To love a man – Oswiecim, PL – 1. Preis; Ex oriente lux, III Biennale der Photogaphie Nie-codziennosc, Arsenal Galerie, Poznan, PL; Ex oriente lux, Arsenal Galerie, Bialystok, PL; 2005 Newsweek Poland Photo Award, category culture; B2 WBK Press Photo Auszeichnung.
Projekte
2000 Industrielle Landschaft Oberschlesiens, Projekt für das Oberschlesiche Landesmuseum, Ratingen, D; 2001 Unsere Strassen, Projekt für das Oberschlesiche Landesmuseum Ratingen, D; 2000-2002 The Grey, Langfristiges Dokumentationsprojekt über die Menschen der Industriezone, Oberschlesien, Polen; 2002 Ex oriente lux – www.photodocument.pl Gruppen Dokumentationsprojekt über das Polnisch-Weißrussich- Litauische Grenzland.
Stipendien & workshops
2006 KulturKontakt Stipendium Wien; 2001 Silesian Voivodenship Award for Young Artists; 2000 Socrates-Erasmus Stipendium (Ecole Superiure Estienne) – Paris, F; International Photographic Workshop Summer Photoschool 2000, Poprad, SK; 1999 KulturAXE Sommerakademie WARP ’99, Topolcianky, SK.
„witness of the present“
Rafal Milach documents and captures urban spaces, land and people, unveils hidden feelings and emotions in features and essays. His works speak about minorities, desire for freedom, social change, sadness, loneliness, beauty and the individual’s relation with today’s urban space.
Rafal Milach / 1978 / freelance photojournalist based in Warsaw, Poland
Contact: T: +48 600963328 ; e-mail: info@rafalmilach.com ; website: www.rafalmilach.com
Education/training:
Kulturkontakt artist in residence – Vienna, Austria (2006) www.kulturkontakt.or.at
VII /Altemus – workshop for photojournalists from Eastern Europe, France (2004) www.viiphoto.com
ITF (Institute for Creative Photography) – Opava, Czech Republic (Bc. 2003) www.itf.cz
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice – Poland (MFA 2002) www.aspkat.edu.pl
Ecole Superiure Estienne – Paris, France (2000) www.lyc-estienne.scola.ac-paris.fr
Solo exhibitions:
2003
The Grey – Photoespaña 2003, Galería de Arte Gema Lazcano – Madrid, Spain, www.phedigital.com
2002
New works exhibition by Mio Photo Awardees of 2001- Light Garden Gallery, – Osaka, Japan, www.miophoto.jp
The Grey – Photographic Gallery PF -Culture Center Zamek, Poznan, Poland
Group exhibitions:
2006-2004
Photographs by Next Generation Young Portfolio Acquisitions – Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan, www.kmopa.com
2004
The Grey – part of the „Europa Jetzt“ exhibition at MAK (Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst) Vienna, Austria, www.mak.at
Ex oriente lux – 10th Annual Festival of Professional Photography InterFoto 2004, Moscow, Russia, Month of Photography 2004, Mairie de IV, Paris, France
Awards:
2005
Newsweek Poland photo awards – III prize for picture story in category Culture www.newsweek.pl
Mio Photo Award 2005 – honorary prize, Osaka, Japan, www.miophoto.jp
BZ WBK Press Photo Awards 2005 – II prize for picture story in category News; Poland www.bzwbk.pl
BZ WBK Press Photo Awards 2005 – II prize for picture story in category Portrait
BZ WBK Press Photo Awards 2005 – honorary mention for single picture in category News
2004
Newsweek Poland photo awards – honorary mention for picture story in category People
2003
Polish Press Photo 2003 – II prize for picture story in category Sport
III Biennale of Photography To love a man – I prize for picture story Oswiecim, Poland, www.ock.org.pl
2001
Polish Press Photo 2001 – II prize for picture story in category The world we live in
Mio Photo Award 2001 – honorary prize for picture story, Osaka, Japan, www.miophoto.jp
Silesian Voivodenship Award for Young Artists, Katowice, Poland
Collections:
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art – Japan, www.kmopa.com
Private collections
Publications:
Szare / The grey / Das graue, Frodo, 2002, www.szare.silesia.pl
Agfa B&W Calendar – Agfa, 2004 www.agfa.com
Press Publications:
Courrier International (France), DNA magazine of Diario di Noticias (Portugal), Shots Directory 2006 (UK), PHOTO (France), SestDiena magazine (Latvia), ST/A/R magazine (Austria), Newsweek Poland, Przekroj, Polityka, DF magazine of Gazeta Wyborcza, City Magazine, Ultramaryna, Foyer, Pozytyw (Poland)
Web:
www.szare.silesia.pl, www.lighstalkers.org/rafal, www.photodocument.pl