Bartek Warzecha is a photographer and visual artist, a graduate of the Acting Department of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw and the Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme. He works commercially, creates photographs for theatre and opera posters, and has documented several hundred performances in drama, music, and puppet theatres. He collaborates with major cultural institutions in Poland.
His works are included in the collections of public galleries as well as private collectors.
2025
Theatre Memory group photobook published by the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw, Poland
3rd Place in Cover Awarts 2024 contest for Ad Hoc by Expo 2000, Poland
RUST photobook presented at Mine Eyes Bees Deceive exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
Recipient of the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Poland
2024
Reinterpretations masterclass workshop for the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw, Poland
RUST photobook presented at the Bratislava Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
RUST photobook presented at the Paper Photo. Prolog exhibition in Pusta Gallery, Katowice, Poland
Photo Book of the Year 2023 title for RUST photobook at the Grand Press Photo contest, Poland
Troubadour opera poster shortlisted for the Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
2023
KTR Ad Creators' Club Bronze Award for RUST photobook, Poland
KTR Ad Creators' Club Bronze Award for Troubadour opera poster, Poland
RUST photobook published by the Sleńdziński Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2022
Bartek Warzecha | Performances photobook presented at the Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece
Honorable Mention for Bartek Warzecha | Performances photobook at the Photographic Publication of the Year contest, Poland
KTR Ad Creators' Club Silver Award for Bartek Warzecha | Performances photobook, Poland
Honorable Mention (Photo Book of the Year 2021 title) for Bartek Warzecha | Performances photobook at Grand Press Photo contest, Poland
2021
Bartek Warzecha | Performances photobook published by the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw, Poland
2020
RUST solo exhibition, Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2019
IN/OUT solo exhibition, Collegium Nobilium, Warsaw, Poland
Finalist of the PL Music Video Awards contest for the music video Sun by Hania Rani, Poland
Recipient of the Young Poland Scholarship Programme of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Poland
2018
First Dress Rehearsal solo exhibition, Sleńdziński Gallery, Białystok, Poland
2017
Finalist of the 3rd Theatre Photography Contest, Poland
Laureate of the 2nd Theatre Photography Contest, Poland
2016
KTR Ad Creators' Club Bronze Award for Monumental personal project, Poland
Finalist of the 1st Theatre Photography Contest, Poland
Monumental solo exhibition at the Festival of Young Polish Documentary Photography, Baku, Azerbaijan
2014
Laureate of Debuts contest organized by Doc! Magazine, Poland
2014
Participant in the Sputnik Photos Mentoring Programme
2012
Laureate of the 4th International Festival of Photography by the Young, Jarosław, Poland
2008
Photojournalism internship at for Polska The Times, Warsaw, Poland
Selected publications
Interior Design (Taiwan), Mark Magazine (The Netherlands), Mobil: Business (Sweden), Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Switzerland), 2+3D, Art & Business, Take Me, Dom & Wnętrze, Pani, K Mag, Malemen, Teatr, Didaskalia, Wysokie Obcasy, Wysokie Obcasy Extra, Newsweek, Tygodnik Powszechny, Polityka, Przekrój, Wprost, Zwierciadło, Polska The Times, Gazeta Wyborcza
Selected Clients
Nike, Skanska, PORR, LG, Packhelp, Health Labs Care, Mute Design, Orlen, Play, Socialyse, Stand-Up Polska, Nowy Teatr, Grand Theatre – National Opera, Szczecin Opera House, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw Ghetto Museum
Contact
hello@bartekwarzecha.com
0048 692 474 334