I’m Jagoda Wiśniewska (b. 1987), I work with photography and video, and I am based between Switzerland and Poland.
My work explores intimate themes: particularly family relationships, and the broader investigations around womanhood and the maternal.
I am fascinated by the performative nature of photography and the layered dynamics of human relationships. Psychology informs much of my research.
Alongside my personal projects, I balance my time with commissioned work, collaborating on editorial and commercial assignments.
Inquires & Prints
+41 766 436 282
Education
- Master in Art Direction (with major in Photography), ECAL/University of Art and Design in Lausanne, 2014-16, Lausanne Switzerland
- Bachelor with Honors in Photography & Film (with major in Photography) 2009-13, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland
Publications
- Eye Mama Poetic Truths of Home and Motherhood, 2023, group publication, by teNeus
- Czarna Madonna, 2016, SP photobook, diploma project ECAL
- We are, 2015, SP photobook
- 700 kg, 2015, group publication, by ECAL
- Cherry Compote, 2013, SP photobook, diploma project Edinburgh Napier University
Exhibitions & Awards
2025
- Mleko, solo exhibition, OKNO Gallery,Edinburgh Scotland
- 05.05.2025: Mleko: Exploorer les laits maternels, solo exhibition, Institut des Humanités en Médecine (IHM), Lausanne
2024
- Mleko: Explorer les laits maternels, solo exhibition, Maternité du CHUV, Lausanne
- Recipient of production grant for Mleko, Canton de Vaud
- Recipient of production grant for Mleko, Ville de Lausanne
- Recipient of production grant for Mleko, Fondation Leenaards
2023
- You went in the water, solo exhibition, PHOTO ELYSÉE, LE SIGNAL L, Lausanne, Suisse
2022
- PHOTOMatch, Lodz Fotofesitval, Poland
2021
- Les Boutographies - Rencontres Photographiques de Montpellier / Main selection
2020
- Weltformat, Home Life Still Life, group exhibition, Luzern
- Riga Photomonth, Projections / Latvia
2019
- MACK'S First Book Award / Shortlisted / London
- Photo London 2019
- The Tokyo Art Book Fair
2018
- Lucie Foundation / Shortlisted: Photo Made Scholarship / USA
- Verzasca Foto Festival / The Inner Forest / Switzerland
- Family of No Man Cosmos / Les Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles / France
- Foto Book Festival Kassel / Shortlisted Dummy Award / Germany
- Zentralbibliothek, Kulturpalast / Dresden
- PhotoIreland Festival / The Library Project / Dublin
- Triennial of Photography / Hamburg / Germany
- IED Istituto Europeo di Design / Madrid / Spain
- Fotoleggendo / Rome / Italy
- Organ Vida Festival / Zagreb / Croatia
- Internationale Photoszene / Köln / Germany
- Photobook Week Aarhus / Denmark
2017
- Photogrvphy Grant Nominee Award / Conceptual
- Belfast Photo Festival / Unseen Book Market / Northern Ireland
- Passages for Panter&Tourron / Ventura Centrale / Salone del Mobile / Milano
2016
- Passages for Panter&Tourron / Zürich
- IAPT Conference / Cyprus
- Unseen Photo Festival / Shortlisted Dummy Award / Amsterdam
- Maribor Fotofestival /Shortlisted Dummy Award / Slovenia
- ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM / Shortlisted Dummy Award / Portugal
- ECAL Diploma Show / Lausanne
2015
- Soirée graphique 8, KOMET / Bern
- 700 kg, ELAC Gallery / Lausanne
2014
- European Views, FotoSPACE, group show / Fife, Scotland
- La Spontan by Yukatan Press / Edinburgh
- Self Publish Riga, ISSP / Latvia
- Photocopy Berlin, Urban Spree Gallery / Berlin
- Zine of the Zone Euro Tour
2013
- Le Photobook Fest / Paris
- Jerwood Encounters: Family Politics / London
- Unfolding Images Contemporary Arts Center / USA
- Jill Todd Photo Award, High Commendation / Glasgow
- Free Range / Truman Brewery Gallery / London
- Degree Show Edinburgh Napier University / Scotland
Press & Articles
- PHMuseum, Mleko by Jagoda Wisniewska, 02.2025
- Invivo Magazine, LES MYSTÈRES DE L'ALLAITEMENT par Jagoda Wisniewska, 12.2024
- BIHM, Vernissage de l’exposition MLEKO: explorer les laits maternels, 10.2024
- Tempslibre.ch, L'exposition MLEKO, met en lumière les représentations multiples du lait maternel à travers les photographies de Jagoda Wisniewska, 10.2024
- Ville de Lausanne, Agenda, Mleko Explorer les laits maternels, 10.2024
- Hebamme, MLEKO: une exposition qui explore les laits maternels, 10. 2024
- Creative Mornings Lausanne, Talk, Jagoda Wisniewska: Reflection on Photography, 09.2024
- Platforme10, Video Feature, Jagoda Wisniewska x Arsenic - You went in the water, 08.2023
- Espaces Contemporains, Espace dédié aux artistes locaux – Jagoda Wisniewska, 07.2023
- 24heures.ch, À Photo Élysée, l’image est dans l’idée, words by Boriss Senff, 07.2023
- Now Village, PHOTO ELYSÉE, THE RENDEZ-VOUS FOR ART LOVERS AND PHOTOGRAPHY ENTHUSIASTS IN LAUSANNE, 07.2023
- Photography Now, Jagoda Wisniewska You went in the water, 07.2023
- Cultura.ch, Jagoda Wisniewska s’intéresse à la perception du corps féminin, Photo Elysée, 06.2023
- Photo Elysée, JAGODA WISNIEWSKA × ARSENIC YOU WENT IN THE WATER, 06.2023
- Arsenic, Jagoda Wisniewska × FIEBRE de Tamara Alegre, 06.2023
- Ladnebebe, Od Matki Boskiej do Instamatki. Niezwykły świat fotografii Jagody Wiśniewskiej, words by Dominika Janik, 07.2022
- C41. Jagoda Wisniewska and the unconditional love of mothers, 02.2022
- Bird In Flight. You’ll Know When You Have One: Honest Photos About Motherhood, Words by Anton Shebetko, 03.2020
- FKMagazine, My Mother is a Hippie, 04.2020
- AnOther, Ten Photographers to Have on Your Radar in 2019, words by Jacob Charles Wilson, 06.2019
- C41. Jagoda Wisniewska brings light to the struggles of ADD patients, 05.2019
- British Journal of Photography, MACK First Book Award shortlist, words by Marigold Warner, 02.2019
- Phases Magazine, Czarna Madonna, 2019
- Fotobook Festivval, Kassel Dummy Award '18, Czarna Madonna, 2018
- WÜL Magazine. I like roughness and honesty in the visual language, words by Nastasia Khmelnitski, 2018
- Fisheye Magazine. Jagoda Wiśniewska : « Czarna Madonna », 08.2017
- Fisheyee Magazine. Les images de la semaine 14.8.17 – 20.8.17, 08.2017
- BJP, The Unseen Dummy Award shortlist announced, Czarna Madonna, words by Tom Seymour, 09.2016
- International Association of Photography and Theory, Photography Books: Photography and the everyday: Czarna Madonna, 2016
- Notes: Letters to Photography / No. 1 / Jagoda Wisniewska, 2016.
- New East Digital Archive, Delights and violences: the Polish photographer tackling the pains of maternal love, words by Liza Premiyak, 11.2016
- Fresh From Poland. We Are by Jagoda Wisniewska, 10.2016
- Der Greif. Guest-Room Selection by Colbergi, Lena crying, Lena laughing, 2016
- Source, Thinking Through Photography, Jagoda Wisniewska Cherry Compote, 2013
- Self Publish Be Happy, Cherry Compote by Jagoda Wisniewska, 2013
- Yet.
- The BOON Magazine.
- The Photocopy Club. Crack In The Road. Source Magazine. NOTES.
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