Monika Wanat
Born in 1991 in Warsaw.
Artist, photographer and scientist. PhD in Natural Sciences. Since 2014 she has been taking photos in the “Psyche” and “Diffuse” series. She has photographed in over thirty countries, the most important of which are Namibia, Tanzania, Oman, and Chile. Her artworks were internationally awarded and exhibited as well as published in ELLE, PhotoVogue, FOCUS, and Szeroki Kadr by Nikon.
Owner of the polish brand dedicated to photographic education “Pegazing. The Aesthetic Photography.” Author of the “Artistic Lessons of Photography”, created in cooperation with contemporary artists; photography courses: “Original and consistent photo editing”, “Creative product photography “; and e-book “How to capture a beauty in the frame? A subjective guide to the aesthetics in photography”.
Awards
- Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024: Honorable Mention, category: Nature-Wildlife
- Budapest International Foto Awards 2024: Honorable Mention, category: Nature-Wildlife
- International Photography Awards 2024, Official selection
- P×3 – The Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024: Honorable Mention (2 times), category: Nature
- European Photography Awards 2024, Gold Winner, category: Fine Art/Wildlife
- Finalist of 2nd Photography Exhibition Award for Emerging Artists
- London Photography Awards 2024, Gold Winner, category: Special
- London Photography Awards 2024, Gold Winner, category: Nature
- Muse Photography Awards 2024, Platinum Winner, category Fine Art/Photojournalism
- Muse Photography Awards 2024, Gold Winner, category Fine Art/Wildlife
- New York Photography Awards 2023: Silver Winner, category People/Culture
- Tokyo International Foto Awards 2023: Honorable Mention, category: Fine Art/Portrait
Exhibitions
- Psyche” – individual exhibition planned in September 2025, Warsaw, Poland, art curator: Izabela Rogala
- No Borders Awards exhibition (Galerie FM in Czechia, Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest, The Gallery of Spiš Artists, Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, and University of Bielsko-Biała, Poland)
- Muse Photography Awards 2024 – virtual exhibition of 100 best artists (USA)
- Der Greif, Poetics of Darkness, virtual group exhibition, March 2024, art curators: Tina Campt & Keisha Scarville
- Artshow – Festival of Fine Arts, 2-3 March 2024, art curator: Ewa Mierzejewska
- Etnoklimaty XI – post-competition group exhibition, Ethnographic Museum in Torun, Poland
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