About the Author - Tomasz Grzyb

TOMASZ GRZYB

A photographic artist, member of the Association of Polish Art Photographers (Warsaw District), photographer for the Polish Photographers Agency FORUM, and a member of the ZAiKS Authors’ Association. Co-founder of the Formaty Collective and the Gloria Lucia Visual Arts Foundation, dedicated to promoting photography, and a lecturer at the ZPAF Photography College. He specializes in reportage, architectural, and landscape photography, seeking order, geometry, and harmony in the surrounding world. His works, often created using black-and-white and historical techniques, are characterized by their use of light and mood creation.

He is a laureate of many prestigious national and international awards, including:
• Grand Press Photo 2025 (First prize in the Climate&Responsibility category) in Poland
• International Photography Awards (IPA) in the USA,
• Prix de la Photographie de Paris (PX3) in France
• Monochrome Photography Awards in England

His works have been presented at individual and group exhibitions in Poland.
Tomasz Grzyb’s collectible photographs adorn sophisticated business spaces and private collections in Poland and abroad.

Text by: Małgorzata U. Golińska

Solo Exhibitions:

2025 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, Obok ZPAF Gallery, Warsaw
2025 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, Migawka Gallery at the “Browar B.” Cultural Center, Włocławek
2024 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, Atelier Gallery, Chełm
2024 – “Personal Space”, Idalin Gallery, Radom
2024 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, Pomost Gallery, Lublin
2024 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, Formaty Gallery, Radom
2024 – “Personal Space”, u Strasza Gallery, Kielce
2023 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, MCK Gallery, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
2023 – “Geometries”, OFFO Festival, Jastrzębie Zdrój
2022 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, “Briefly and Concisely” Gallery, Łódź
2022 – “Dissociations or the Nature of Light”, Museum of Radom Village, Radom
2021 – “Definition of Space”, “Fokus” Gallery, Siedlce
2019 – “Definition of Space”, Radio Lublin Gallery, Lublin
2018 – “Definition of Space”, “Otwarta Kolonia” Gallery, Warsaw
2018 – “Touch of Spacetime”, “Idalin” Gallery, Radom
2016 – “Sounds of Emotions”, ZPAF Gallery, Szczecin
2015 – “Sounds of Emotions”, Wola Cultural Center, Warsaw
2014 – “Zone of Silence”, Idalin Gallery, Radom
2014 – “Testimony”, “Działdowska” Gallery, Warsaw
2013 – “Testimony”, Civic Resource Center, Radom
2012 – “Sounds of Emotions”, “Idalin” Gallery, Radom
2010 – “Light in the Space of Shadow”, “Łaźnia” Gallery, Radom
2009 – “Light of the Mountains”, “Idalin” Gallery, Radom
2008 – “At an Angle”, MBP Radom, Radom

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2025 – “Composed Reality”, Old ZPAF Gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
2025 – “Ambassadors of Polish Photography”, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
2025 – “Grand Press Photo 2025”, Warsaw, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Sianów, Poland,
2025 – “Photosensitivity”, FORMATY Gallery, Radom, Poland, 2025 – “Formaty3”, FORMATY Gallery, Radom, Poland,
2024 – “The View is Beautiful”, Old ZPAF Gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
2024 – “Fotoperyferie Festival 2024”, BWA Gallery, Kielce, Poland,
2024 – “PARKour”, Center of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland,
2023 – “Fotoperyferie Festival 2023”, BWA Gallery, Kielce, Poland,
2023 – “Personal Space”, FORMATY Gallery, Radom, Poland,
2020 – “Podlasie Bug River Gorge 2020”, Fokus Gallery, Siedlce, Poland,
2019 – “ART EKO 31/1”, Provincial Public Library, Kielce, Poland,
2018 – “Jazz Free Photo 2017”, Gallery 5, Katowice, Poland,
2018 – “FOTOGENY”, Old ZPAF Gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
2018 – “Jazz Free Photo 2017”, Old Gallery, Warsaw, Poland,
2018 – “FOTOGENY”, Mazovian Center of Contemporary Art “Elektrownia”, Radom, Poland
2017 – “Pavlovka Pinhole” Fest 2017, Kyiv, Ukraine,
2016 – “Black and White”, Libra Gallery, Szczecin, Poland
2016 – “Art Capital Supplement 2015”, BWA Gallery, Kielce, Poland
2012 – “Black and White”, Town Hall Gallery, Zamość, Poland
2011 – “Testimony of Stones”, Town Hall Gallery, Zamość, Poland

Awards and Distinctions:

2025 – First prize in the Grand Press Photo 2025 competition
2020 – Second place and distinction in the “Life in Another Light” competition organized by the American company Kolari Vision
2020 – Grand Prize at the 27th Photography Biennial “Monuments” in Zamość
2019 – FIAP Blue Ribbon and 8 FIAP acceptances in the 5th Wojnicz International Salon Of Photography competition
2019 – Distinction in the Monochrome Photography Awards competition – England
2017 – Nomination in the 12th Annual “Black & White Spider Awards” competition – USA
2016 – Two nominations in the 11th Annual “Black & White Spider Awards” competition – USA
2016 – Two nominations for awards in the International Color Awards 2015 competition – USA
2016 – IAAP Bronze Medal in The International Exhibition of Art Photography MOF 2015 “İbrahim Zaman” – Turkey
2016 – UPI Ribbon Award and 6 FIAP acceptances in The International Exhibition of Art Photography MOF 2015 “İbrahim Zaman” – Turkey
2016 – FIAP Ribbon Award and 19 FIAP acceptances in the Foto Art Super Circuit competition – India
2016 – FIAP Blue Ribbon Award and 8 FIAP acceptances in the “City Soul” competition – Egypt
2016 – FIAP Acceptance at the International Art Photography Competition “Lights of Oman” – Oman
2016 – Six FIAP acceptances at the 2nd International Salon Singidunum 2016 – Serbia
2016 – Four distinctions in the Monochrome Photography Awards competition – England
2016 – Salon Blue Ribbon Award and 6 FIAP acceptances at the 10th Kumanovo International Photographic Salon – Macedonia
2016 – Six FIAP acceptances at PhotoArt Prague – Czech Republic
2016 – FIAP Acceptance in the Click & Shot competition – India
2015 – FIAP Distinction and 6 FIAP acceptances in the “Drina Circuit 2015” competition – Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015 – PSA Distinction and 6 PSA acceptances in the “Drina Circuit 2015” competition – Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015 – ARTFOTO Distinction in the “Drina Circuit 2015” competition – Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015 – Two FIAP acceptances in the Singur Salon competition – India
2015 – PSA Ribbon Award and 8 PSA acceptances in the “View Point 2015” competition – Macedonia
2015 – PSA Ribbon Award and 6 PSA acceptances in the “Photo Motion 2015” competition – Macedonia
2015 – Distinction in the MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards competition – Russia
2015 – Distinction in the IPA International Photography Awards competition – USA
2015 – Distinction in the PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris competition – France
2012 – Grand Prize of the Polish Wrestling Association in the “From the Radom Wrestling Mat” competition – Poland
2012 – “Silver Eye” Award at the 3rd Annual Exhibition of the RP Photoclub Radom Region – Poland
2011 – President of the RP Photoclub Award at the 2nd Annual Exhibition of the RP Photoclub Radom Region – Poland
2010 – Golden Digital Gold Medal and 4 FIAP acceptances in the international competition The Golden Digital – Denmark
2010 – Distinction in the “Foto Nowela” competition of the Radom Photographic Society for “Triptych on the Cultivation of Light” – Poland
2010 – Two FIAP acceptances in the international competition Danish Digital 2010 – Denmark
2010 – FIAP Bronze Medal at the 30th International Photographic Competition named after Jan Sunderland in Nowy Targ – Poland
2010 – Grand Prize and the title “Photo of the Year” in the 15th edition of the “Photo of the Year 2009” Photographic Competition, organized by the Zamość Cultural Center, Zamość Photographic Society, and Zamość Weekly – Poland
2010 – Award in the category “In the Urban Landscape” at the 5th National Photography Biennial Krosno 2009 “City and People – Dynamics” – Poland
2010 – Distinction in the category “Detail” at the 5th National Photography Biennial Krosno 2009 “City and People – Dynamics” – Poland
2009 – Honorable Mention in the ‘Foto Nowela’ competition of the Radom Photographic Society for the series ‘Mamrot Story’ – Poland
2009 – Silver Medal of the Photoclub of the Republic of Poland at the XXIX International Photographic Competition named after Jan Sunderland in Nowy Targ – Poland
2008 – Grand Prize in the 1st National Photographic Competition ‘Golden Digital Eye’ – Poland
2008 – Special Award for Tatra Mountains theme at the XV Mountain Photography Biennial in Jelenia Góra – Poland

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