Małgorzata Bilicka is a photographer, President of the Pomeranian District of the Union of Polish Art Photographers (ZPAF), and a member of the Gdańsk Photographic Society (GTF). She graduated from the ZPAF School of Photography and the Sputnik Photos Mentorship Programme.
She is the author of solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous group exhibitions. She also collaborates with artists as a curator, organiser of exhibitions, and coordinator of artist talks.
She is a member of the Advisory Council of the Photography Department at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.
Her works have been exhibited, among others, at the Museum of Gdańsk, the Centre for Contemporary Art in Toruń, B&B Gallery, the Centre for the Meeting of Cultures, BWA Gallery in Kielce, the Gdynia Film Centre Gallery, the Old ZPAF Gallery, Obok ZPAF Gallery, GTF Gallery, Rozruch Gallery, Miasto Ogrodów Galleries, Devon Open Studios, and in several European galleries as part of the Jazz World Photo post-competition exhibition.
She advocates the concept of a dynamic creative process based on the tension of “photoconstellations”, in which diverse experiences, despite their different forms, emerge from one another and naturally evolve into their own sequence.
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Now at the Gallery
“REMINISCENCES”
A long-term project currently consisting of several dozen works. The photographs were created using a unique device constructed in Tokyo by the Japanese artist Haruhisa Terasaka. He developed an innovative method of image formation and recording, and then built a camera capable of producing this distinctive visual effect. The first prototype was created for his own artistic practice. Later, he constructed a limited number of smaller models and presented them to selected photographers from several countries, encouraging them to explore the creative potential of this remarkable tool.
The construction consists of a historic lens (in this case, a one-hundred-year-old American projection lens), a hand-crafted ground glass screen, and a digital camera equipped with a second lens. The first lens projects the real image onto the ground glass, while the digital camera records it directly from its surface. All of the artist’s works are created directly on the camera sensor. They are neither collages nor digital graphics, but pure, one-time photographic recordings.
“The Fabric of the Previous Day”
Chemigrams are images created by painting chemicals directly onto photosensitive paper. These abstract, often richly coloured compositions are produced without the use of a camera. The choice of paper, the chemical substances employed, and the temperature of the developing agents all play a crucial role in the final result.
As with photograms, by manipulating light and using masks, it is possible to predict the final effect to a certain extent, although the element of surprise often proves to be the most fascinating part of the process.
In Małgorzata Bilicka’s works, what remains hidden beneath the surface is just as important as what is immediately visible. Form and meaning exist in careful balance, while each series invites the viewer to reflect on a particular theme.
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