Paula Kajzar

Paula Kajzar (Poland 1973) started with black and white photography and street documentaries. At the time she did not realize that this very innocent romance with the photography would become serious enough to put her interests in painting and history on a second stage. After a few longer photographic journeys she decides to use this technique to express her abstract vision of the world and also aim for a dialogue in the field of arts. That was the time when she decided to study at the Fine Arts Academy in professors Szajbo’s class receiving highest possibly notes for her works. At the same time, she was finishing the Mediterranean Archeology studies, getting to know Italy and the Italian language. In 1998 she became a partner with photographer Antonio Pelliciano creating a very interesting artistic duet. The first combined photo exhibition of Paula and Antonio was „The Shadows of Calabria”, that in a poetic way showed the anthropologist vision of this interesting province. Success did not leave them ever since. In 2000 on the commission of the Department of Culture in Reggio Calabria they worked on the documentation of this city. As a result of their research, the exhibition that came to life was shown in the prestigious interiors of the National Museum of Great Greece Archeology. The explication of this exposition got shape in a multimedia collage “City of Sun”, that among 250 others of that kind of presentations was selected for the Cultural—Touristic Film Festival in Milan. Simultaneously Paula and Antonio made several reportages in Tunisia, Thailand, Spain, Holland and later on Morocco (2010, 2014, 17, 18). In August 2000 they made “Between Us” in Warsaw and then in April 2001 in Valencia a show inspired by the poetry of Miron Bialoszewski and the theater by Helmut Kajzar (1941) titled “Presupposition of the Reality”. Since 2002 both artists in a natural way where pulled by theater photography and thanks to that the archive of outstanding photos documenting in very artistic form the productions of City Theater in Reggio Calabria and Messina was created. That is how the project “Metamorphosis” came to life. It has been shown in \"GREEN GALLERY\" Warsaw, noticed and published by “FOTO” Polish national photographic magazine. The second exhibition has taken place in the Fine Arts Academy of Reggio Calabria in November 2005 and then 2008 during International Dance Week in Spoleto. Thay has been collaborating with such artist and companies as: Martha Grahm Dance Company, Lemon Dance Company, National Opera and Ballet of Rome ( Carla Fracci and Beppe Menegatti) and many others Italian and international artists.  In 2007 have been published „Theatre Visions” exclusive publication of photos and followed by 100 photos exhibition in Fuaier Theater Cilea in Reggio Calabria. 2008 For the first time, their project “Animus Anima” was presented by Arps&Co Gallery in Amsterdam introduced by the director of Italian Institute of Culture Silvio Marchetti in 2008. Then repeated for other 4 years in different Holland locations. 

2003-2012 Scene photographers at  and curator of archives of Theater " F. Cilea" in Reggio Calabria

Official photographers of " Straits Festival" 2008-2011 

Official photographer of Mediterraneo Dance Festival  2013-14

Official photographers The Globe Theatre Festival 2014-15.

Collaboration as a docent with the Ministry of Justice organizing photographic workshops and exhibit 2009-2015.

They have carried out over 20 exhibitions and slideshows in Italy, Holland, Poland, Spain, Canada and US. here some of them:

Photographic Exhibition "Metamorphosis" as part of the XVIII International Week Dance Chiostro San Nicolò di Spoleto. Curator Alberto Testa.
June 2009 Exposition and Video presentation at Galleria Leuco, Reggio Calabria
Publication of Metamorphosis calender.
July / August - photographic project "Anima Animus" at "Gallery Arps & Co in Amsterdam with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute.
August - "Reggio ART" Villa G. Zerbi Reggio Calabria.
Ottawa Photography Festival exhibition, at Villa Marie Gallery, Canada;
Bezdomna Gallery, collective exposition- slideshow. Culture Palas, Warsaw, Poland and New York.
AAF participation Amsterdam Art Fair for "Gallery Arps & Co.";
"What is behind a curtain"(19 ott.-18nov. 2012) Moscice Art Center Tarnow, Poland
MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION in Ecoland Reggio Calabria 2017.
FOUR EXHIBITIONS PROJECTS PRESENTED ON MONITORS

Publications:
2013-19  over 10 of her photos were published on National Geographic America, Italy, Poland, Australia, Japan, India, Thailand, Germany and in the various articles presented on the pages of Your Shot National Geographic and 64 chosen as favored of editors on Your Shot National Geographic.

2017 Publication of important and awarded book about Polish dance photography "Nienasycone spojrzenie" from which have been created two big expositions in 2018 and 2019.