Pawel Opalinski

Paweł Opaliński - born on February 23, 1967 in Kielce (POLAND), visual artist and designer. His research interests include the emotions of the recipient of a visual message - in which, as the creator, he interacts through a specific code, calculated and shaped for a specific purpose. Searching for innovative forms of photographic expression, he uses his own experimental imaging techniques. Artistic works, exhibited both in Poland and abroad, have brought the author a number of awards, including in such prestigious competitions as the MUSE Photography Awards (USA), International Photography Awards (USA), European Photo Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards (Japan), Paris Photography Prize (France), Mountain Photography Biennial (Poland) or International Mountain Photography Competition (Poland). The author has also been awarded the Tatra National Park Award (Poland) twice for popularizing the beauty of Tatra landscapes.

He shares his design practice and artistic activity with scientific and didactic work. Lecturer at the European Academy of Art in Warsaw, the University of Information Technology in Łódź and the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce - where he has been working as a professor since 2018.

Main awards, distinctions:

2000 – National Review of Calendars Vidical '2000 (Poland) – Special Prize of the Chairman of the Jury; National Competition of Advertising Publishers IDEA 5/2000 (Poland) – honorable mention; 3rd National Digital Photography Competition CYBERFOTO 2000 (Poland) – 2nd prize; 2007 – 9th Annual Collage, Digital and Mixed Media International Art Exhibition – Omaha (USA) – 4 distinctions; XVI National Biennale of Photography in Photographic Techniques and Digital Image Processing "REMIS" (Poland) - honorable mention; International Photographer of the Year - Los Angeles (USA) - 2 honorable mentions; 10th International Digital Photography Competition - CYBERFOTO 2007 (Poland) - Grand Prix; XXVII International Photographic Competition "Mountain Landscape" (Poland) - sponsor's award; 10th International Unconventional Photography Competition "Foto Odlot" (Poland) - Gold Plaque of the Minister of Culture and Art. 2008 – International Photographer of the Year 2008 – Los Angeles (USA) – honorable mention; XI International Unconventional Photography Competition "Foto Odlot" (Poland) - bronze medal of the International Federation of Photographic Art FIAP. 2009 – XXIX International Competition of Mountain Photography named after Jan Sunderland (Poland) - Grand Prix and gold medal of the International Federation of Photographic Art FIAP. 2010 – 30th International Competition of Mountain Photography named after Jan Sunderland (Poland) – Award of the Tatra National Park; International Photographer of the Year 2010 – Los Angeles (USA) – 2 honorable mentions; XVI Biennale of Mountain Photography (Poland) – Grand Prix; Świętokrzyska Culture Award 2010 (Poland) – a 2nd degree prize awarded by the Marshal of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship for achievements in the field of artistic creation, dissemination and protection of national heritage. 2011 - Press Competition named after Jana Stepek (Media Regionalne, Poland) - the main prize in the category "Graphic idea of the year"; Kielce Culture Award 2011 (Poland) - 3rd degree award for achievements in the field of artistic creation, dissemination and protection of culture; 31st International Mountain Photography Competition named after Jan Sunderland (Poland) - Grand Prix and FIAP Gold Medal. 2012 – 32nd International Competition of Mountain Photography named after Jana Sunderlanda (Poland) - Blue Ribbon of the International Federation of Art Photographers (FIAP). 2014 – 18th Biennale of Mountain Photography (Poland) – special award of the Tatra National Park for popularizing the beauty of the Tatra landscapes; International Photo Awards 2014 - Los Angeles (USA) - 2 honorable mentions in the Deeper Perspective of the Year category. 2015 - International Black&White Photography: Monochrome Awards (UK) - honorable mention in the category The Best Photographic Portrait; Paris Photography Prize (France) - honorable mention in the category of The Best Photographic Album of the Year; International Photo Awards (USA) - 3 honorable mentions The Best Photographic Album of the Year in the following categories: art, people, documentary; Świętokrzyska Culture Award of the first degree awarded by the Marshal of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship (Poland) for achievements in the field of artistic creation, dissemination and protection of national heritage. 2022: Tokyo International Foto Awards - honorable mention in category Fine Art Photography. 2023 - MUSE Photography Gold Winner 2023 - cat.: Long Exposition Photography, MUSE Photography Silver Winner 2023 - cat.: Fine Art Photography/abstract; Blue Ribbon of International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) - 1st International Salon of Photography Art of Brasilia, Brasil (Brasil), patron. International Association of Art Photographers (IAAP), Federation International de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) oraz Confederacao Brasilera de Fotografia (CONFOTO); International Art Prize - Michelangelo - The Genius of Italy (an award for lifetime achievement, artistic research and contribution to the development of art) - Teatro Italia, Rome (Italy), Scientific Comitee of the Prize: Barbara Romero - art historian and editorial consultant, Francesco Severio Russo - art critic and consultant, Salvatore Russo - curator and critic of avant-garde art, Leonarda Zappulla - art historian, art critic and curator, Licia Oddo - historian and art critic, Serena Carlino - artistic editorial consultant, Nino Argentati - owner and creator of PitturiAmo - the largest network dedicated to contemporary painters present on the Italian website, Rino Lucia - publisher, specialist of the evolution of contemporary art; Paris Photography Prize (PX3) 2023 - honourable mention fine art/abstract (France); European Photography Awards 2023: honourable mentions in Fine Art Photography - abstract; honourable mentions in Special Category - long exposure photography; honourable mentions in German Photography - special effects; honourable mentions in Italy Photography - abstract;

Major qualifying exhibitions:

2007 - The 35th PSNY* International Salon of Color Photography 2007, (*The Photographic Society of New York), New York (USA); XVI National Biennale of Photography in Photographic Techniques and Digital Image Processing REMIS - Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland); 1st Digital Miniature Biennale – BMC 2007, Płock (Poland); 9th Annual Collage, Digital and Mixed Media International Art Exhibition – Omaha, (USA); – International Photo Awards 2007– Los Angeles (USA); 10th International Digital Photography Competition - CYBERFOTO 2007, Rzeszów (Poland); XXVII International Photographic Competition "Mountain Landscape", Nowy Targ (Poland); 3rd International Salon "Still Life in Photography", Częstochowa (Poland); 10th International Photo Competition "Foto Odlot", Rzeszów (Poland). 2008 – XVII International Photo Salon – ZEMSKY RAJ 2008, Turnov (Czech Republic); I International Photographic Salon "Virtual Imaging" 2008, Buenos Aires (Argentina); III International Photographic Salon – Illes Balears 2008, Palma de Mallorca, (Spain); – International Photo Awards 2008 – Los Angeles (USA); – XI International Photography Competition “Foto Odlot”, Rzeszów (Poland); XXVIII International Competition of Mountain Photography them. J. Sunderland, Nowy Targ (Poland); 11th International Digital Photography Competition - CYBERFOTO 2007, Rzeszów (Poland); International Photo Awards - New York (USA). 2009 - The 37th PSNY* International Salon of Color Photography 2009, (*The Photographic Society of New York), New York (USA); XXIX International Competition of Mountain Photography named after J. Sunderland, Nowy Targ (Poland). 2010 - International Photo Awards 2010 - Los Angeles (USA); – XXX International Mountain Photography Competition named after Jan Sunderland - Nowy Targ (Poland); XVI Biennale of Mountain Photography – Jelenia Góra (Poland). 2011 - 31st International Mountain Photography Competition named after Jan Sunderland - Nowy Targ (Poland); 2012 - 32nd International Competition of Mountain Photography named after Jan Sunderland - Nowy Targ (Poland); XVII Biennale of Mountain Photography – Jelenia Góra; Kielce-style land: Jan Szul and guests (Borys, Mądzik, Opaliński, Pierściński) - Świętokrzyska Philharmonic/Kielce (Poland). 2013 - 33rd International Mountain Photography Competition named after Jan Sunderland - Nowy Targ (Poland); Annual exhibition of the Świętokrzyskie District of the Association of Polish Art Photographers - Kielce (Poland). 2014 - Capital of Art: an exhibition of art circles, BWA Kielce (Poland); Together/separately – BWA Busko-Zdrój (Poland); Mensch und Natur - International Digital Photo Awards - Leondig (Austria); Good Light – International Exhibition of Art Photography - National Library Gallery, Kragujevac (Serbia); XXXIII International Mountain Photography Competition named after Jan Sunderland - Nowy Targ (Poland); Lines - International Photographic Art Exhibition - Gezira Art Center (Modern Art Museum), Cairo (Egypt); 18th Biennale of Mountain Photography - Jelenia Góra; International Photo Awards 2014 - Los Angeles (USA); 2nd Cairo International Art Exhibition – Modern Art Museum, Cairo (Egypt); XVI International Landscape Biennale – BWA Kielce (Poland); 4th International Art Exhibition – Cultural Center CACAK, Belgrade (Serbia). 2015 - The Al-Thani Award for Photography 2015 - Doha (Qatar); Capital of Art-Supplement - an exhibition of art circles, BWA Kielce (Poland); Monochrome Photography Awards: post-competition exhibition, London (UK); Paris Photography Prize (France) - post-competition exhibition; 2018 - The touch of technology - exhibition as part of the Alternative Photography Days Festival, Sinfonia Varsovia, Warsaw (Poland); Jazz Free Photo - 2 nationwide exhibitions, ZPAF Gallery, Warsaw (Poland) and Gallery 5, Katowice (Poland). 2022 - "Resume" - International Art Exhibition, Galeria MOK, Dębica (Poland); - "Nowadays" - International curatorial art exhibition, Florence Contemporary Gallery (Italy); - Tokyo International Foto Awards - Gallery of winners (post-competition exh.), Tokyo (Japan). 2023 - "FADO" - International Exhibition of Photography, Lisbon (Portugal); - "6th Rome international Art Fair 2023", Medina Art Gallery, Rome (Italy)"; "Artmosphere" - 2nd edition, Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome (Italy), cur. Joe Hansen; "Traces of Time" - Palmieri Foundation Special Project, Primo Piano Living Gallery, Lecce (Italy), cur. Dores Sacquegna; "1st International Salon of Photography Art of Sao Jose do Rio Preto" - Fotoclube Rio Preto e Branco Gallery, Sao Jose do Rio Preto (Brasil), cur. Paulo Berton, patron. International Association of Art Photographers (IAAP), Federation International de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) oraz Confederacao Brasilera de Fotografia (CONFOTO); "1st International Salon of Photography Art of Brasilia" - Candango Photoclub Gallery, Brasil (Brasil), cur. Joao Rios, patron. International Association of Art Photographers (IAAP), Federation International de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) oraz Confederacao Brasilera de Fotografia (CONFOTO); "3rd International Salon of Photography Art of Ribeirao Preto" - Grupo Amigos da Fotografia Gallery, Ribeirao Preto (Brasil), cur. Elza Rossato, patron. International Association of Art Photographers (IAAP), Federation International de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) oraz Confederacao Brasilera de Fotografia (CONFOTO); "The Abstract Image" - Praxis Gallery/Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis (USA), cur. Ellen Jentzen; "La sfida dell'immaginazione" - Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome (Italy), cur. Joe Hansen; MUSE Photography Awards - Gallery of Winners 2023 (post-competition exh.), International Awards Associate Inc., New York (USA); "Maximalism" - Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome (Italy), cur. Cristina Madini; "International Art Prize Michelangelo - The Genius of Italy" - presentation of the works of the winners and the award ceremony, Teatro Italia, Rome (Italy), fund. Effetto Arte, cur.: Salvatore Russo; XIV Florence Biennale - Fortezza da Basso, Florence (Italy).