She displayed her works in various locations: Royal Scottish Academy – New Contemporaries 2019 in Edinburgh, The National Museum in Cracow, 12 Star Gallery in London, ARCHIP in Prague, House For An Art Lovers in Glasgow, Orms in Cape Town, 5&33 Gallery in Amsterdam, Pingyao International Photography Festival in China, The Waterhouse Gallery in Maastricht, Lillie Art Gallery in Milngavie, citizenM
in Glasgow, and more. Natalia received the Female in Focus 2020 award, Adam Bruce Thomson award 2019, the British Journal of Photography Breakthrough award 2017, Debuts 2018, Grand Press Photo 2018, Wena 2012, and she was selected as one of 15 best graduates in creative fields by It’s Nice That in 2018. Natalia Poniatowska grew up in the industrial realm of the Silesian region in the Southern part of Poland (Bytom). After 7 years in Scotland, she moved to Warsaw in 2019. EDUCATION
2014-2018 Fine Art Photography, First Class BA (Hons), The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
2013-2014 B&W Photography Course, The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
2008-2012 Photography Course, MDK Bytom, Poland
AWARDS
2020
winner of Female in Focus, The British Journal of Photography
2019
Adam Bruce Thomson Award, The Royal Scottish Academy
KMAG shortlist, Yes scholarship program
Bronze Winner, Moving Image, for “Fotografia Ożywiona”, Tokyo International Photo Awards
Warsaw Portrait Awards winner, for “Tweed Man”
2018
It’s Nice That Graduate 2018
winner of DEBUTS international award selecting most talented emerging photographers
Photograd, selected graduates 2018
shortlist Athens Photo Festival
finalist Grand Press Photo, category Young Poland
finalist New Talents, Belgrade Photo Month
2017
honorable mention, Głębia Spojrzenia
runner-up in the British Journal of Photography Breakthrough Awards
2012
WENA, winner of the youth cultural award in Bytom, Poland
TALKS
2018
Artist Talk, Edinburgh Napier University
Visiting Artist, Edinburgh College of Art, talk and tutorials with final year photography students
Edinburgh Photobook Club, Natalia Poniatowska about self-publishing, Edinburgh Central Library
Women in the Industry, art photography workshop, WEX, Glasgow
Project Behind, Multiple Proof, Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie
2017
Longing For Belonging, Zine Talk, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
2015
On Fashion Photography, University of Glasgow
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2021
Female In Focus, El Barrio’s Artspace, New York
Going East, Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris
Fotofever, Paris
2020
HUMANATURE, SWG3, Glasgow, Scotland
2018
Moments I Never Showed You, Degree Show, The Glasgow School of Art
Twelve Dying Palm Trees, Project Space 20 Scott Street, Glasgow
In Progress, Richmond GSA, Glasgow
2017
BEHIND, citizenM, Glasgow, Scotland
2015
Koniecpol, Wee Theaters Glasgow, Sloans, Glasgow, Scotland
2010
Fotografie, Galeria Pod Sztrychem, Bytom, Poland
GROUP
UPCOMING
13.11.2020 – 15.11.2020 Fotofever Paris
13.11.2020 – 15.11.2020 Going East, Galerie Joseph Turenne, Image Nation Paris -Paris Photo Off
2019
Street Level Open, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow, Scotland
Yes Poland, Stary Browar, Poznań, Poland
Environment Documenta, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
New Contemporaries 2019, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Where The Digital Becomes Physical, Your Art Beats, Salon Halit Art, Berlin, Germany
Sztuka Teraz, Muzeum Narodowe, The National Museum, Kraków, Poland
Scottish Portrait Awards, Glasgow Art Club, Glasgow, Scotland
Shutter Hub, 5&33 Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
Scottish Portrait Awards, Scottish Art Club, Edinburgh, Scotland
Shutter Hub, The Old Truman Brewery, London Photomonth, London, England
Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
Twelve Dying Palm Trees, Panta Rhei, The Waterhouse Gallery, Maastricht, Netherlands
Debuts, Panstwowa Galeria Sztuki, Sopot, Poland
Futureproof, Street Level Photoworks, Irvine Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, Scotland
Grand Press Photo, Warsaw Spire, Manufactura Lodz, Poland
Debuts 2018, Vienna House, Andel’s Lodz, Poland
Call It Home, GY Open House Arts Festival, Glasgow
Friends of the Fanzine, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Scotland
Multiple Proof, Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING, Orms Cape Town School of Photography, South Africa
Exposure, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Scotland
2017
, Noorderlicht Photography Festival, Groningen, The Netherlands
RSA Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
ATMO 8 / 8, ARCHIP Architectural Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
, Galeria Szara Kamienica, Krakow, Poland
Głębia Spojrzenia, Metaforma Cafe, Krakow, Poland
The World Is Your Lobster, The Art Park, House for an Art Lover, Glasgow, Scotland
420 Sauchiehall, Glasgow Open House Festival, Scotland
Here is the Future, Now, 12 Star Gallery, Westminster, London, England
2016
25% Extra, Laurieston Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
SYZYGY, Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Drying Green Collective, Broadcast, Glasgow, Scotland
2015
Postcards from Home, The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Analogue Exhibition, Scottish Fashion Creative Network, The Biscuit Factory, Edinburgh, Scotland
Wet Denim Trackie, SWG3, Glasgow, Scotland
Fresh From Poland, Pauza, Krakow, Poland
2014
You Build On Mackintosh, The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
2011
Festiwal Sztuki Wysokiej, Elektrocieplownia Szombierki, Bytom, Poland
SCREENINGS
2017
Tomato Soup, Artists Film Screening, Centre For Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
Tomato Soup, 420 Sauchiehall, Glasgow Open House Festival, Scotland
Tomato Soup, Bytom Film Festival, Poland