My name is Emilia Martin,
I am an artist passionate about storytelling, primarily working with media of photography, sound and writing. In my work I explore topics of myths and reimagining the realities we inhabit.
I believe that imagining, myths and storytelling are tools for weaving liveable futures. I trust that art is an effective tool for questioning and challenging narratives that are the basis for oppressive, patriarchal and damaging approaches. Through my artistic practice I aspire to offer new or alternative perspectives while remaining in the dialogue with what is considered reality.
I grew up in between two radically different realities: a remote, rural farm of my grandmother in Eastern Poland where I spent every school break, and my hometown, Silesia - a heavy industry coal mining region in the Western Poland marked by pragmatism and patriarchy. The landscape of the farm taught me about proximity to nature and what it represents: the unknown, the poetic, interconnected – the values I now embrace and preserve as an artist. A clash between these two realities, the narrative of pragmatism and oppression against the mysticism and sublime formed a place where I felt I belonged and which continues to be a ground that nurtures my artistic practice.
I am one of the founders and an active member of Radio Echo Collective (radioecho.net) - a feminist online radio platform that is dedicated to create spaces for the diversity of voices to thrive, where through the acts of togetherness, we weave the basis for the feminist futures.
I believe in collaborations and encounters based on vulnerability and authenticity and I consider myself and my creative work as a part of a bigger ecosystem. I am passionate about ecological sustainability, coexistence and learning from the natural environments.
2023
“the blue of the far distance” at Korea International Photography Festival (solo)
Seoul, South Korea
2023
“the blue of the far distance” at Pix.house (solo)
Poznań, PL
2023
Solo “the blue of the far distance” at Old Leiden Observatory Open Day
Leiden, NL
2023
Solo "the blue (of the far distance)" at SeeLab - supported by Stroom
The Hague, NL
2023
“the blue of the far distance” at Vintage Photo Festival
Bydgoszcz, PL
2023
Der Greif: Past & Present
Munich, GE
2022
Nida Meeting Photography 2022
Nida
2022
Graduation show 2022
Royal Academy of the Art Den Haag (KABK)
2022
The Holy Art - Clash
2021
Paris Photo Off: GoingEast
Paris
2021
Noorderlicht fotofestival
2020
Sputnik no. 08
Warszawa, Poland
2020
FWD Galeria Centrala
2023
Nowhere Diary
2023
Fish Eye Magazine
2023
Der Greif
2023
Lighthouse Fotodok talent
2023
Pellicola magazine
2022
De Donkere Kamer Leuven
2022
Blind Magazine
2022
TVP.pl interview
2022
Publication Yoghurt Magazine
2022
The Calvert Journal
2022
PHMuseum
2022
BROAD Magazine
2022
Almost Welcome (collectively initiated)
2021
Conceputal Projects
2021
C41 Magazine
2021
Fotofilmic cover / publication
2021
Booooooom Magic Hour Book
2020
Sputnik No. 08
2023
TRACTS University of Leiden: Archival Memories: Image, Sequence, Knowledge
Leiden, Netherlands
2022 - 23
Fotodok Lighthouse Talent
Utrecht, Netherlands
2020 - 22
MA Photography and Society Royal Academy of Art
The Hague, Netherlands
2018 - 2019
Sputnik Mentoring Programme
Warszawa, Poland
2015 - 2017
Photography Academy
Kraków, Poland
2016
Photograpy Course London University of Arts Central Saint Martins
London, England
2012
Erasmus Exchange Programme
Porto, Portugal
2011 - 2013
BA, British and American Literature University of Lodz
Łódz, Poland
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