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Welcome! My name is Kaja and I am open for jobs & crazy collabs. Or not so crazy. Depends on you. 
Feel free to contact via email: chmura.elektronowa@gmail.com or dm me on Insta 
(link in right upper corner). Or just enjoy! 
 



             
         
     




Polish photographer based in Silesia district. 

Grants:


Scholarship of Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, 2017

Honors&Awards:


2014-01 – Czytelnia Sztuki Gliwice, Photobook of the year prize

2016-11 – Fisheye magazine, publication

2017-01 – GOMMA GRANT, shortlist

2017-02 – ShowOFF – Krakow Photomonth, finalist

2017-02 – British Journal of Photography, publication

2017-02 – Fotofestival Lodz, slideshow

2017-03 – OSTLOOK, publication

2017-04 – Kolga Photo Award 2017, shortlist

2017-04 – PHMuseum GRANT, honorable mention

2017-05 – Cortona On The Move, finalist

2017-05 – Athens Photo Festival 2017, shortlist

2017-10 – Noordelicht Photofestival, group exhibition #showmeyourufo

2017-11 – Splash and Grab Magazine, interview and publication

2017-12 – Lens Culture Emerging Talent Awards 2017, finalist

2018-01 – British Journal of Photography, publication

2018-02 – XIII Śląski Maraton Fotograficzny, lecture and presentation

2018-03 – LAW Gallery in Warsaw, exhibition

2018-05 – Burn magazine, publication

2018-06 – OFF Triennale Hamburg, exhibition

2018-09 – ZIN kajnikaj, self published with 1991

2018-09 – MWW Muzeum Współczesne we Wrocławiu, kajnikaj exhibition

2019-01 – Made in Opava, Muzeum Historii Katowic, group ehxibition

2019-06 – Fotograficzna Publikacja Roku 2019, finalist

2019-12 – Photolux Festival, exhibition

2019-08 – Critical Mass 2019, finalist

2020-03 – Lenscratch online magazine, publication

2020-10 – WGW Warsaw Gallery Weekend, group exhibition called Skutki pandemii: sny under Serce Exhib.

2021-08 - Critical Mass Top 50 show, exhibition

02-2023 – Doświadczanie miejsca / The Experience of Place, Muzeum Śląskie in Katowice, exhibition

kajnikaj

Tam gdzie mapa kraju staje się już bardzo południowa, płowa od słońca, pociemniała i spalona od pogód lata, jak gruszka dojrzała — tam leży ona, jak kot w słońcu — ta wybrana kraina, ta prowincja osobliwa, to miasto jedyne na świecie. Daremnie mówić o tym profanom! (...) Miasto to i kraina zamknęły się w samowystarczalny mikrokosmos, zainstalowały się na własne ryzyko na samym brzegu wieczności. Ogródki przedmiejskie stoją jakby na krawędzi świata i patrzą poprzez parkany w nieskończoność anonimowej równiny. Tuż za rogatkami mapa kraju staje się bezimienna i kosmiczna, jak Kanaan. Nad tym skrawkiem ziemi wąskim i straconym otworzyło się raz jeszcze niebo głębsze i rozleglejsze niż gdzie indziej, niebo ogromne, jak kopuła, wielopiętrowe i chłonące, pełne niedokończonych fresków i improwizacyj, lecących draperyj i gwałtownych wniebowstąpień

Bruno Schulz, Republika marzeń





In a small town in rural Poland, a photographer grapples with the distinct ordinariness of this place—and devises an atmospheric series that might grant her a means of escape


even impure water
puts out the fire



2018 - 2020 


it was never about my grand-aunt’s asphyxiation



My father died unexpectedly, leaving me as a head of family. Transition into a full grown up took me almost five years in trauma, pain and desperate need for being silly, careless and happy. At first I could not take any photographs at all, but after a year I was reminded of this story about my grand-aunt, who was buried twice and it became my passkey to thinking about death more lightly, without guilt. This way I could explore my feelings and fantasies in a safer manner for my mental health.

Over the course of time idea of dying has ingrained in me, became a natural part of my being and gave me peace.



24–09–2024


laika come back!





Laika was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. This experiment was performed to prove that a living organism could survive being launched into orbit and continue to function under conditions of weakened gravity. In fact Laika died within hours from overheating and the true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002

Sputnik 2 was not designed to be retrievable, and it had always been accepted that Laika would die. The mission sparked a debate across the globe on the mistreatment of animals and animal testing in general to advance science.

Series of photo collages and illustrations were self-published as a zin to draw attention to deceitful relation between the dogs and human kind.