8-24 April 2016
vernissage: Friday, 8 April, 6pm

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An exhibition featuring some of the most famous photographic series by the artist: Solar Symphony, War Games, Parallax, Travel, Periphery, Manele. 

Waldemar Jama was born in 1942 in Praszka. He studied at the Faculty of Multimedia Communications at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and obtained a degree under Professor Stefan Wojnecki in 1999. His photographic pursuits began in the early 1960s. Also in the ‘60s. he became a member of the Photographic Society in Katowice, and joined the Association of Polish Art Photographers in 1973. He taught photography for many years at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice and Gdańsk, currently working at the Technical University in Katowice. In 2005 he was awarded the title of Professor of Fine Arts. In his creative work, he experiments with and processes old photographs and negatives.

His sources of inspiration include avant-garde art, even though he sometimes uses irony while commenting on this genre. His means of expression cover both documentary (Phantoms - a Story of Scarecrows) and drama (the Auschwitz and Images series). His work has been shown at numerous solo and group exhibitions, including two solo exhibitions in Galeria B&B in Bielsko-Biała: Images and Travels in 1992 and Fears in 1996, as well as at the National Exhibition of Painting "Bielska Jesień" in Galeria Bielska BWA in 2001, when he received an honourable mention. His achievements include a Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Art in 1985 and 1998, and Silver Medal of Gloria Artis in 2009. His work can be seen in many public collections in Poland and abroad. He lives and works in Katowice.