Dominik Ritszel (b. 1988) active in the area of visual arts. Working with film and video instalations. B.A. Graphics M.A. (2013), doctoral degree (2020) graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Winner of the scholarship Young Poland, listed on the Forbes lists 30 Under 30 Europe, Prize winner of the Trieste Contemporanea Award 2015.
Lives and works in Katowice, Poland.

Education

2015 – 2020 Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, PhD studies

2008 – 2013 Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, Graphic deparment

2009 Student exhange (bridge) Academy of Fine Arts In Poznań

2007 – 2008 Silesian Uniwesity In Cieszyn, Graphic department

Selected individual exhibitions

2023 – Full Contact, Galeria Szara, PL

2022 – Spazmatikon, Gallery ASP Krk, PL

2022 – Lockaut, City Art Gallery in Kalisz, PL

2017 – The Category of force,  CSW Kronika, PL

2016 – Clinch, Baszta Czarownic, PL

2016 – Training, Studio Tommaseo, IT

2015 – Reverb, Grey Hause, PL

2014 – Versus, Project Room Bank Pekao, PL

2013 – Eine kleine Werke, Grey Hause, PL

2012 – See you all, CSW Kronika, PL

Two person exhibition

2022 – Koks story, BWA Tarnów PL

2017 – Pole widzenia [with Piotr Wysocki] , Rondo Sztuki, PL

Selected group exhibitions

2022 – Gypsum Flesh Story, Gallery ASP Krk, PL

2022 – Utopie/ Dystopie. Przyszłość Miasta, Rondo Sztuki, Katowice, PL

2022- Men of Late Patriarchy, Podbrzezie Gallery Krakow, PL

2021- Photographic Memory, Gallery ASP in Krakow, PL

2021- Attempt, City Art Gallery in Kalisz, PL

2018 – Microscripts. Interwentions in space, The Castle Museum in Pszczyna

2018 – imMobilized, Fondacione Hippocrene, FR

2018 – Swag & Threat,  Art Trafostation, PL

2017 – Someone I Have Been Observing for Some Time, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, IT

2017 – Metronomics, Another vacant space, DE

2016 – Parallax, Chelsea College of Art, GB

2016 – Who wants to die?, rk Galerie, DE

2016 –Vulnerability (Rauma Biennale Balticum), Rauma Art Museum, FIN

2015 – The increased Difficulty od Concretation, City Surfer, CZ

2015 – Waiting for better times, Zachęta Project Room, PL

2013 – Milk teeth, Art, Gallery of Contenporary Art in Katowice BWA, PL

2011 – Whoever seen, whoever knows, CSW Kronika, PL

Festivals and Screenings

2022 – Berlin Independent Film Festival, GE

2022 – Glasgow Short Film Festival, SF

2022 – Vancouver International Film Festival, CAN

2022 – Short Waves Festival, PL

2017 – FIVA – Festival Internacional de Videoarte, ARG

2017 – Saison Video / 2016 #41, FR

2016 – 29 édition FIPA (International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes), FR

2016 – Les Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, FR, DE

2015 – Proyector, International Video Art Festival, E, PT, IT

2014 – Les Rencontres Internationales, Gaîté Lyrique, Palais de Tokyo, FR

2013 – ART IST KUKU NU UT: PRADA PRAVDA Contemporary art festival, EST

Awards and scholarships

2022 – Main prize: 14. Short Waves Festival in category Polish Experimental Film Competition

2021 – Main prize: International contest Photographic Memory

2021 – Second prize: Internation contest Attempt 4, City Art Gallery in Kalisz

2017 – Scholarship of the Minitry of Culture in Poland

2017 –Listed on the Forbes lists 30 Under 30 Europe ranking of the most promising young artists in Europe

2016 – Main prize: Trieste Contemporanea Award 2015

2015 – Laureate: Biennale Sztuki Młodych Rybie Oko 8, Baltic Gallery Art

2014 –Grant award Young Poland 2014

2013 – Main prize: 3. edition Grey House Foundation

2013 – laureate: Talenty Trójki in category visual arts

2013 – Showoff Section 2013 (Krakow Photomonth Festival)

2012 – Curators Network 2012