Magdalena Siwicka

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About

Magdalena Siwicka, born in Gdynia, Poland, is a photographer based in London. She studied photography at the Łódź Film School in Poland, where she received a master's degree. Magdalena's work reflects her interests in documentary photography and its intersection with fine art, with a focus on portraiture. Her practice focuses on building strong relationships with her subjects, highlighting the interplay between intimacy and tension.

Between 2014 and 2021 Magdalena was an active part of the photography collective Gasoline Pictures, based between the UK, US and France. She was involved in numerous collaborative projects with Gasoline and her work has been published in several issues of the collective's magazine of the same name.

Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, AnOther Magazine, i-D, Wonderland, Clash, Der Greif, Novara Media, Vogue Poland, Double Magazine, Newsweek, Fisheye Magazine, among others.

Magdalena has been shortlisted three times for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, in 2019, 2021, and 2026.

In 2025, her portrait of journalist Ash Sarkar was selected as a winner of the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain.

Selected Books

Research Files n.1, The Scar as Archive, Published by STIGMATA, London 2024

20 Years of Photography from The National Film School, Lodz 2013

Photo – Extensions, Lodz 2007


Selected Exhibitions

2022 Mar – Kunts the Clown & Friends, Gallery 46 Whitechapel, London – Group Show

2018 Mar – Performance, Färgfabriken,  Stockholm – Group Show

2017 Feb – Exit Light, Picture Farm Gallery, New York – Group Show

2016 Mar (up until it falls down) – Gasoline 3, Street Exhibition, Paris – Group Show

2015 Dec (up until it falls down) – Gasoline 3, Street Exhibition, London – Group Show

2015 Nov – Tabula Rasa, Red Hook Labs, New York – Group Show

2015 Sep (up until it falls down) – Gasoline 3 Street Exhibition, New York – Group Show

2015 Mar – Gasoline 2, Reverse Space Gallery, New York –  Group Show

2014 May – Gasoline 1, Buswick Open Studios, New York – Group Show

2013 –  20 Years of Photography from The National Film School, The City Art Gallery in Lodz, Poland – Group Show

2008 – Photographers Of Tomorrow, Gdynia Film Festival in Gdynia, Poland – Group Show

2008 – Photographers Of Tomorrow, The City Art Gallery in Lodz, Poland – Group Show

2004 – A Test Trial, Gallery FF in Lodz, Poland – Group Show

2003 – Brand New Talent, Liberty House in Milan, Italy – Group Show