Paulina Otylie Surys
Paulina Otylie Surys

Lives & works in London, UK

 

Paulina's interdisciplinary practice manoeuvres effortlessly between art and fashion and often involves the physical manipulation of analogue photographs taken and hand processed by herself - an approach that combines her formal training as a fine art painter with her photographic practice, sculpture and art installation. Embracing the mistakes, mundane and countering the current age of mass production and mass waste she presents us with a series of unique pieces (photographic, mixed media and photo-3D objects) made by a combination of hand crafted photographs, cheap mass manufactured toys, vernacular objects and recycled materials (often hand painted in several layers, collaged or embroidered). The results are grotesque, sublime and illusory.

 

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Biography

Lives & works in London, UK

 

Paulina's interdisciplinary practice manoeuvres effortlessly between art and fashion and often involves the physical manipulation of analogue photographs taken and hand processed by herself - an approach that combines her formal training as a fine art painter with her photographic practice, sculpture and art installation. Embracing the mistakes, mundane and countering the current age of mass production and mass waste she presents us with a series of unique pieces (photographic, mixed media and photo-3D objects) made by a combination of hand crafted photographs, cheap mass manufactured toys, vernacular objects and recycled materials (often hand painted in several layers, collaged or embroidered). The results are grotesque, sublime and illusory.

Education

Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland (painting, fine arts)

Middlesex University, London (photography)

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Prizes and awards

AOP student Awards 2012 shortlisted

ING Unseen Talent Award 2016 long listed (UK)

Conceal/Reveal Open Call - TOP 20, PHOTO OXFORD 2017 curated by Greg Hobson and Tim Clark

 

Press

British Journal of Photography (Archives in 2017, The Ones to Watch in 2013, Portfolio in 2012 issue), Lens Culture, It's Nice That, Culture Box TV, FLAUNT, Contemporary Lynx, ARTFORUM (guide to exhibitions), Photomonitor, SHOTS magazine, AnOther Magazine, VOGUE It , Shortlist magazine (the ones to watch in 2017), I - D x Vice, Interview de., Dazed, FOTOGRAFI (Scandinavia), HARPER'S BAZAAR, Artsy, BLINK, 500 PHOTOGRAPHERS, Numero, L'oeil de La Photographie VISION China, Vogue It, DROME, ARTE+CRONACA, ARTS Libre.be, FeatureShoot, Culture Trip, The National.ae Arts+Life, FPMAGAZINE, ESPOARTE, ArtsLife.com, and more

 

Commisions/Clients/Features

Tori Amos x Universal Records

The British Journal of Photography

AnOther

JALOUSE x La Femme

Another Man x Meadham Kirchoff

Wonderland x Gareth Pugh

Wonderland x CHANEL x Petite Meller

Wonderland x MCQ

Ed Marler x MAC cosmetics

I-D+Vice x strut

Interview de.x strut

Dazed x STRUT London Live Archives

Wonderland x Dan Smith - BASTILLE (cover)

HARPER'S BAZAAR

Numéro

FLAUNT

LULA x Zoe Sidal

VISION China

KINGKONG magazine x Alex Box

Vogue It

NOTION x Rhiannon Styles (portrait commision)

VOLT x PAM HOGG

DROME

CULTUREBOX FranceTV

TREMORS TV

ARTNET

 

Exhibitions

Exhibitions & Festivals

Exhibitions ongoing and upcoming:

9 Sept - 5 Nov 2017 - group exhibition " Home" , IFA gallery, Brussels , Belgium

24.10.2017 -Galeria Sztuki Stalowa, Warsaw, Poland

3–5 November 2017, Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg, group show curated by Chris Neuman

 

Archival exhibitions:

8 - 24 September 2017 - Conceal/Reveal Open Call TOP 20, Photo Oxford, OVADA gallery, Oxford, UK; curated by Tim Clark and Greg Hobson.

5-15.08.2017 - Seoul, Korea - group show curated by Giuseppe Ruffo

27-30.07.2017 - Art Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia - Harper's Bazaar Indonesia , (PHOA)

29.06-2.07.2017 - Art Pampelonne, Saint Tropez, France (PHOA)

31.05-5-5.06.2017 - KunstRAI Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (PHOA)

7-14.05.2017 Art Breda, Breda Museum, The Netherlands (PHOA)

2-5.03.2017 - SCOPE Art, NYC, USA (PHOA)

17-20.02.2017 - AAF Brussels, Belgium (PHOA)

08-12.02.2017 - Rotterdam Contemporary, The Netherlands (PHOA)

9-12.02.2017 - AAF Milan, Italy (PHOA)

27-30.01.2017 - Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy (PHOA)

2016 - "Uncanny Lovers" preview at Slideluck Bydgoszcz as part of Vintage Photo Festival 2016

2016 - Beirut Art Fair 16 REVEALING by SGBL Bank, solo show (IFA)

2016 - “The blurred line”, IFA Gallery, Brussels, group show - with Zane Mellupe, Yulim Song, Jinhwa Jung and Ju Young Ban

2016 - NUE Gallerie, Paris – photographic exhibition featuring photo-light objects and photographs of archival Gareth Pugh's collections

2016 - Paris Art Fair (IFA)

2016 – UNIQUE EDIIONS – IFA Gallery, Brussels branch, duo exhibition with Zane Melupe

2015 – Fotofever Art Fair, Paris (RAWbeauty)

2016 - RPPC Rencontres Parisiennes de la Photographie Contemporaine#7 (NUE)

2015 - Lovers’ Discord, KONTOR Projects – as part of COPENHAGEN ART WEEK – group show with Alasdair Duncan, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Esther Teichmann and Alana Lake, Copenhagen , Denmark

2015 – Group show, Museum of Erotism, Warsaw.

2015 – Elephant Haven Auction,London - with Yoko Ono, Peter Blake, Paula Rego , Polly Morgan, Russel Young, Kate Garner, Corinne Day

2015 - Venice Bienalle - group show (Arts Council England)- Gavin Turk, Cedrick Christie, Hedley Roberts, Alice Herrick

2015 - BIG DEAL No666, pop up gallery, London

2015 - QPark, London- Light and photography Installation

2015 - 8x8 IMPOSSIBLE Polaroid Group Show , Hoxton Gallery, London

2013 - "Tomorrow's People" - Elevator Gallery, London

2013 - 25 Photographers VOGUE ITALIA exhibition, 10 Corso Como, Galeria Carla Sozzani, Milan

2013 - Michael Hoppen Gallery, London - SPLINTER Art Fair (curated by Brad Feuerhelm) - with Cristina de Middel, Tereza Zelankova, Eva Stenram, Alix Marie

2013 - Harlan Levey Projects Space, Brussels “On Paraphotography: Uncertainty, the Occult and the Uncanny”, curated by Brad Feuerhelm - with Joel Peter Witkin, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Tereza Zelankova

2013 - solo show, Richard Young Gallery, London

2012 – LIMBO monographic album launch, Paris Photo via Paulsen

2012 - collaborative project Neutron Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2012 - Group exhibition "London" Galerie Reitz Stephane Biesenbach, Cologne.

2012 - Group exhibition with Vogue Italia and Art+Commerce - 10 Corso Como, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan

2012 - Les Recontres d"Arles Photo, Arles, France - presentation with British Journal of Photography, Space 1

2012 - AOP Student Awards - Hoxton Gallery, London

2012 - Mythologies, group exhibition with Wendy Bevan, Stefan Milev, Bek Andersson and Jordan Sullivan, curated by Marlo Kronberg - Rivington Design House via CLIC Gallery, NYC, USA

2012 - January 2012 Lyon, France - International Festival of Photography