Krzysztof Zieliński born in Wąbrzeźno in 1974. Studied at the Art Photography Department of the Film Academy /FAMU/ in Prague (1996-2001). From 2000 to 2003 worked on Hometown, the long-term project portraying Wąbrzeźno. Unadorned, devoid of sentimentality, his photographs are executed with a great sense of formal composition and rich in aesthetic traits.

Selected solo exhibition:

Cathedral, Velryba Gallery, Prague , 1999
Planespoting, Foundation Linhart, Prague , 2000
Hometown, Galeria Zderzak , Cracow , 2001, 2002
Hometown, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw , 2004
Hometown di Krzysztof Zieliński, Polish Institute, Rome , 2005

Selected group exhibition:

The View from Here: Recent Pictures from Central Europe and The American Midwest, Ludwig Museum, Budapest; Mestska Galerie, Prague; Riffe Gallery Columbus, Ohio, 2002/2003
Peripheries Become the Center, Prague Biennale 1, Veletrzni Palac, Prague , 2003
Art Forum, Berlin , 2003
Nova Polska 70-80 (Les Mondes Paralleles), Lille , 2004
26th International Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo , 2004
El Diablo non es Tan Malo Como se Pinta Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires , 2005

Selected bibliography:

Viktor Kolar, FAMU Photography. Krzysztof Zieliński: Svatovitska katedrala a turiste, "Literarni Noviny", June 28, 2000 , issue 27, pp. 12
Viktor Kolar, Tradicni krasa, "Umelec", issue 5, 2001/3, pp. 78-81
Jan Michalski, Magical Boundary [in] Tribute to Master Mieczys?aw Porębski,The Jagiellonian University History of Art Institute, Cracow 2001, pp. 267-268
Anna Bujnowska, catalogue, Galeria Zderzak, Cracow 2002
Stephan Wackwitz, Ein Unsichtbarer Tennisball. Zu Krzysztof Zielinskis Fotozyklus "Hometown", catalogue, Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw 2004
Dorota Jarecka, Świat przedstawiony, "Gazeta Wyborcza", 02.06.2004, p. 12
Wojciech Wilczyk, Fotograficzna sztuka uników, "Lampa", No 9/2004, pp. 78-79
Jan Michalski, Hometown - The Underground Town, catalogue, 2pr Gallery, Poznań 2004
26a Bienial de Sao Paulo. Artistas Convidados [Invited Artists], catalogue, Sao Paulo 2004, pp. 260-263
http://fototapeta.art.pl/2004/frl.php (press discussion after Zielinski's exhibition at Zachęta Gallery)
Maria Rubersz, Rozmijające się dyskursy ­ o funkcjonowaniu dokumentu fotograficznego, "Sekcja", April 2005, www.sekcja.org