Krzysztof Candrowicz

Krzysztof Candrowicz - interdisciplinary curator, sociologist, researcher, project facilitator, and activist. Co-founder and member of the Foundation of Visual Education and Fotofestiwal in Lodz, former director of the Art Factory and Lodz Art Center (Poland). From 2013 to 2018 worked as artistic director of the Triennial of Photography in Hamburg (Germany), and from 2018 to 2024 he worked as curator and collaborator of the Ci.CLO Porto Biennale (Portugal). Krzysztof works internationally as a guest curator and visiting lecturer in numerous organisations, museums, schools, and European festivals. He has been a member of the jury of various projects and art prizes, including the Rencontres d’Arles Discovery Award (Arles, France), the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, (London, UK), the Prix Pictet (London, UK), the Historical Book Award, and the Author Book Award (Arles, France), and the Robert Capa Award (Budapest, Hungary). Besides being active in visual arts, his interests are rooted in philosophy, social science, anthropology, ecology, astronomy, and natural science.