Zygmunt Rytka – intermedia artist associated with the Polish neo-avant-garde scene of the 1970s and the independent art scene of the ‘80s. Author of photographic cycles, experimental films and video, as well as installations and objects, the latter after 2000. He collaborated closely with the Mała Gallery in Warsaw, the Wschodnia Gallery and the FF Gallery in Łódź. Co-founder of the In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation. In his work he combined a philosophical and artistic study of nature and human perception with an ironic reflection on contemporary media and politics. At the same time, he provided a fantastic documentation of the art scene of which he was an active participant...

Individual exhibitions

  • 1974 Time Units, Remont Gallery, Warsaw

  • 1975 Description of Place, ZNAK Gallery, Białystok

  • 1978 Multiple Recording, WAREXPO Gallery, Warsaw, 
    TV/Studio 2 – Rembrandt 78 (with Jacek Drabik), Interpress Gallery, Warsaw

  • 1979 Boney M (with Jacek Drabik), Contemporary Art Gallery, Staromiejski Dom Kultury, Warsaw

  • 1981 Photovision – S.M. Catalogue, Mała Gallery PSP-ZPAF, Warsaw; Foto–Medium–Art Gallery, Wrocław

  • 1982 Films, Czyszczenie dywanów, Łódź,
    Holographs, Czyszczenie dywanów, Łódź

  • 1983 Complementary Images, Mała Galeria ZPAF, Warszawa; Galeria ZPAF, Gdańsk

  • 1984 Continual Infinity, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin

  • 1985 Continual Infinity, Mała Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw

  • 1986 Continual Infinity, odNOWA Gallery, Poznań

  • 1988 Private Collection, Mała Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw Partum School of the Positive
    Nihilism of Art (film screening), Mała Gallery ZPAF
    Beside Art, FF Gallery, Łódź
    Momentary Objects, Wschodnia Gallery, Łódź

  • 1989 Momentary Objects, BWA Gallery, Lublin

  • 1990 Video production exhibit, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
    Impermanent Object, Na Plebani Gallery, Koszalin

  • 1991 Impermanent Object, FF Gallery, Łódź

  • 1994 Contact, Mała Gallery ZPAF-CSW, Warsaw

  • 1998 Neurons and Elements, FF Gallery, Łódź

  • 2000 Continual Infinity, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź
    Lying, Wschodnia Gallery, Łódź

  • 2001 Continual Infinity, BWA Gallery, Zielona Góra; Pusta Gallery, Katowice
    NOE (installation as part of Art Tapes series), Centrum Kultury, Lublin
    Momentary Objects, Zamek Gallery, Reszel

  • 2002 Continual Infinity, Muzeum Historii Fotografii, Kraków
    Dynamic Objects, Mała Gallery ZPAF-CSW, Warsaw
    Between – Works from 1971–1999, Jarosława Iwaszkiewicz Museum, Stawisko

  • 2003 Large and Small Works 1971–2003, Prace Duże Gallery, Prace Duże near Tarczyn

  • 2004 20 Years – Photographs and Objects, Labirynt 2 Gallery, Gardzienice Gallery, Lublin
    Photographs and Objects, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko
    Dynamic Objects in Łódź, FF Gallery, Łódź

  • 2005 Works 1971–2005, Program Gallery, Warsaw
    Momentary Objects, Cysterna Gallery, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
    Film screening, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
    Water, Stone, Time – Photoinstallations and Objects, Royal Castle, Niepołomice

  • 2006 Photographs and Photoinstallations. Works from 1971–2005 (exhibition part of the 2nd Warsaw Artistic Photography Festival), Prezydencka Gallery, Warsaw
    Watertime, Museu de Agua, Lisbon

  • 2007 Photovision, Gallery FF, Łódź

  • 2008 Energy, Kasyno Gallery, Podkowa Leśna
    My Place, 65 Gallery, Warsaw

  • 2011 Zygmunt Rytka. Exhibition of Works and Documentation from the Collection of the Moje Archiwum Gallery, Wedel Palace, Kalisz Pomorski
    When I’m Sixty-Four (with Krzysztof Wojciechowski), Wejście Gallery, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw and Multimedia Room, In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation, Sokołowsko

    • 2012 Parallel Worlds (with Bożenna Biskupska), Sztuki BWA Zamek Książ Gallery, Wałbrzych

    • 2013 Some Meetings, Asymetria Gallery, Warsaw,
      Momentary Objects, installation in park, Sokołowsko

    • 2014 Photovision, Villa Rosa, Sokołowsko

    • 2015 Some Meetings, Multimedia Room, In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation, Sokołowsko

    • 2017 Some Meetings and Private Collection, Brehmer Sanatorium, Sokołowsko

    • 2018 My Forms of Recording, Stara ZPAF Gallery, Obok ZPAF Gallery, Nowe Miejsce, Warsaw

    • 2019 Zygmunt Rytka. Selected Works, ms44 Gallery, Świnoujście

      • 2020 Zygmunt Rytka, To Whom Does the Cosmos Belong? (exhibition as a part of the Krakow Photomonth Festival), former Cracovia Hotel, branch of the National Museum in Krakow  

Group exhibitions

  • 1972 The 4th Salon of Art Portraits, Artus Court, Gdańsk   

  • 1973 Konfrontacje, Lublin   

  • 1975 Film, Współczesna Gallery, Warsaw 
    World Press Photo, Amsterdam 
    Repassage Gallery, Warsaw   

  • 1976 The 5th Art Scene Symposium, Trzcianka 
    Choice of Approaches, Współczesna Gallery, Warsaw   

  • 1977 De Rook Gallery, Amsterdam 
    Photo-Art, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin 
    Other Books, Remont Gallery, Warsaw 
    CDN – Presentations of Young Art, Warsaw 
    Theory Session Koszalin 77, Koszalin 
    Permanent Job, BWA Gallery, Lublin 
    Oosteuropese Conceptuele Fotografie, Technische Hogeschool, Eindhoven   

  • 1978 The 7th Festival of Fine Arts, Warsaw 
    The Polish Youth Art Biennale, BWA Gallery, Sopot   

  • 1979 Photography – The Current State, Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw   

  • 1980 The 1st Sociological Photography Competition, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała 
    Borderline Situation, Żak Gallery, BWA, Gdańsk   

  • 1981 The Art of Facts 1970-1980, BWA Gallery, Bydgoszcz 
    The 2nd Sociological Photography Competition, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała 
    70-80. New Phenomena in 1970s Art, BWA Gallery, Sopot 
    The 1st International Drawing Triennial, National Museum, Wrocław   

  • 1983 Teofilów Plein-air (Whip-Round Culture Plein-air) 
    Silent Cinema, Strych, Łódź 
    Artistic Pilgrimage: Long Live Art! (art event organised by Whip-Round Culture), Łódź   

  • 1984 The Intellectual Movement in Polish Art after World War 2, BWA Gallery, Lublin 
    Artistic Christmas Carol by the Sea without a Slogan (art event organised by Whip-Round Culture), Koszalin 
    Silent Cinema, Strych, Łódź 
    The 14th Gorzów Photographic Confrontations, BWA Gallery, Gorzów Wielkopolski   

  • 1985
    Teofilów Plein-air (Whip-Round Culture Plein-air) 
    Polish Contemporary Artistic Photography, Zachęta, Warsaw 
    The 15th Gorzów Photographic Confrontations, BWA Gallery, Gorzów Wielkopolski 
    Zeitgenössische Fotografie Ost und Südeuropas, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf 
    Contemporary Art from Poland, Walter Philips Gallery, Banff, Canada 
    Poolse avant-garde, Cultureel Centrum, Berchem, Belgium   

  • 1986
    The 2nd Portfolio of Artists’ Photography, Liget Gallery, Budapest 
    Records, BWA Gallery, Lublin 
    Attitudes. Photography, Wschodnia Gallery, Łódź 
    Polish Photography 1955–1984, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague  
    After a Year, Na Plebani Gallery, Koszalin   

  • 1987
    Teofilów Plein-air (Whip-Round Culture Plein-air) 
    Out of Eastern Europe: Private Photography, MIT, Cambridge, USA 
    The 2nd Biennale of New Art, BWA Gallery, Zielona Góra 
    Photography. An Exhibiton Celebrating 40 Years of the Polish Art Photographers Association, Narodowa Gallery – Zachęta, Warsaw 
    Trembling Machines. Smoky Chimneys, Dziekanka Gallery, Warsaw 
    Welcome to Work (Plein-air), Karlino 
    Collection (Exhibition Celebrating 10 Years of the Gallery), Mała Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw   

  • 1988
    Polish Intermedia Photography of the 1980s, BWA, Poznań 
    Polish Photography, Liget Gallery, Budapest 
    Yesterday and Today, BWA Gallery, Sopot   
    Arsenal International Film Forum, Riga, Latvia 
    Na Plebani Gallery at Na Ostrowie Gallery, Na Ostrowie Gallery, Wrocław 
    Random in Radom, Jerzy Busza Art Festival, Contemporary Art Museum, Radom   

  • 1989
    31 Pictures from the History of Polish Avant-Garde, Łódź House of Culture, Łódź 
    The Manhattan Dungeons, or Art of Other Media. Exhibition – installation, garages of the blocks of flats on Piotrkowska Street, Łódź 
    The Latest Video Art in Poland, Retina '89. 1st International Experimental Film and Video Meeting, Szigetvar, Hungary 
    The Personalities of Intermedia Photography, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw 
    Art as a Private Gesture, BWA Gallery, Koszalin 
    Poland. Regions of Authenticity, São Paulo Biennial, Brazil 
    The 3rd Biennale of New Art, BWA Gallery, Zielona Góra 
    The 33rd London Film Festival, London, UK 
    Photography (and) a Game with Reality, Art Propaganda Centre, City Art. Gallery, Łódź 
    Labyrinth – Underground Space, Church of the Ascension, Warsaw 
    Beyond Bromine, BWA Gallery, Koszalin 
    Photography in the ‘80s in Poland, PAAS (Polish American Artists Society), New York, USA   

  • 1990
    Teofilów Plein-Air 
    Mikołajczyk, Robakowski, Rytka, Twenty-eight Gallery, New York, USA 
    Querspur Videofestival, Linz, Austria 
    WRO ‘90, the 2nd International Festival of Visual Projects Related to Music, Wrocław   

  • 1991
    Polish Video of the ‘80s, CSCE Symposium, Kraków 
    Separate Art, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw 
    Wschodnia Gallery Circles, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw 
    Imagination Photography, Mała Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw and FF Gallery, Łódź 
    Kunst Europa, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn 
    The 1st National Video Art Forum (from the collection of the Exchange Gallery), Prexer, Łódź 
    Short Forms, Łódź 
    FOTOANARCHIV2, Szombathely, Hungary   

  • 1992
    The Łódź Neo-Avant Garde Movement 1970-1992, the Grohman Palace, Łódź 
    Image Forum Festival, Tokyo-Osaka, Japan 
    Vidéos Polonaises, Saint Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland   

  • 1993
    Romaeuropa, Rome, Italy 
    Constellation, FF Gallery, Łódź 
    My Archive Presents, Arsenał Gallery, Poznań   

  • 1994
    Videospaces, PGS, Sopot 
    Modern Polish Photography, Voipaala–Valkeakoski, Finland 
    Moni tor ‘94, Frolunda, Sweden 
    The 2nd Lublin Video Art Presentations, ACK “Chatka Żaka”, Lublin 
    Video-Installations-Performance. Video Art in Poland, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź and National Museum, Poznań 
    Constellation. Exhibition of Polish Photography, Galerie im Rathauskeller, Landshut   

  • 1995
    Constellation 2, Galerie im Rathauskeller, Landshut   

  • 1996
    Photography – Art Machine, Art Material, Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Kraków   

  • 1997
    Kortars Lengyel Fotografia (The Most Recent Photography from Poland), Ernst Museum, Budapest   

  • 1998
    The 1st Biennale of Polish Photography, Arsenał Gallery, Poznań 
    Photography ’98, Turlej Foundation, Kraków 
    Multimedia Collection of the Józef Robakowski Gallery of Exchange, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź 
    Areas of Privacy, Photography Museum, Šiauliai, Lithuania   

  • 1999
    Generations – Polish Art of the End/Beginning of the Century, Maneż Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia 
    OIKOS, Leon Wyczółkowski Regional Museum, Bydgoszcz 
    Relations, Dom Fotografi, Poprad, Slovakia   

  • 2000
    Forum des Images, Cinédoc, Paris, France 
    The 7th Edition of Construction in Process. This Earth is a Flower, Lubostroń Palace 
    Self-portraits, Grodzka Gallery, BWA, Lublin   

  • 2001
    Archipelago. Polish Photography Exhibition, FF Gallery, Łódź   

  • 2002
    Around a Decade. Polish Photography of the ‘90s, Muzeum Sztuki and FF Gallery, Łódź and National Museum, Wrocław 
    Transcultural visions II, National Museum, Ducal Castle, Szczecin 
    500, Association of Photographers in Łódź, Łódź 
    25th anniversary – Jubilee Exhibition of the Gallery, Mała Gallery ZPAF, Warsaw 
    My Favourite Photographs (from the Wojciech Jędrzejewski collection), Artemis Gallery, Kraków 
    The Nature of Things – the Earth 2002, Dom Artysty Plastyka Gallery, Warsaw 
    Sąsiad-KA, Fluss, Projektraum, Wiedeń, SHE-Neighbour, Fluss, Projektraum, Vienna
    Person/Zeit/Raum: Fotografie aus Polen, Rupertinum, Salzburg 
    The Fish Likes to Swim, Plein-air, Lubieszewo   

  • 2003
    Around a Decade. Polish Photography of the ‘90s, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała and Pusta Gallery, Katowice 
    Reductive Art, Stara BWA Gallery, Lublin 
    2b – Portraits of Stuctures, Structural Portraits, Industry Museum, former Norblin factory, Warsaw 
    The Łódź of Photography. Two Decades in the Circle of FF Gallery, Polish Institute in Paris and the FF Gallery in Łódź (2004) 
    Weapon Norblin: From Warhol to Warpechowski, Industry Museum, former Norblin factory Warsaw
    Conceptual Connections, abshire-debecki studio, Forum + Gallery, Chicago 
    The Fish Likes to Swim, Plein-air, Lubieszewo   

  • 2004
    Ein Jahr – 32 Positionen Räume, Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld 
    Black and White, Fibak Gallery & Program Gallery – Warsaw 
    Inspirations, OFFicyna Gallery, Szczecin 
    The 4th WORTH IT Art Fair, 2b Gallery, the former Norblin Factory, Warsaw 
    Visual Gesture in Photography (the Dariusz and Krzysztof Bienkowski collection), Stary Browar, Poznań 
    The Fish Likes to Swim, Plein-air, Lubieszewo   

  • 2005
    Argumenta. From the collection of Gerhard-Jürgen Blum-Kwiatkowski, Atlas Sztuki, Łódź 
    Long Live Art, In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation, Podkowa Leśna   

  • 2006
    Art on the Outskirts, Scena Gallery, Koszalin 
    The 2nd Warsaw Festival of Art Photography, Prezydencka Gallery, Branicki Palace, Warsaw 
    Beginning, Warmia and Masuria Fine Arts Association, Olsztyn 
    Transmission Energy – Mikołajczyk, Robakowski, Rytka, Warmia and Masuria Museum, Olsztyn, Gallery of Photography and New Media, Gorzów Wielkopolski, National Museum in Szczecin, In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation, Podkowa Leśna, Austrian Culture Forum, Warsaw 
    The 20th century in Polish Photography from the Collection of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź   

  • 2007
    Transmission Energy, Labirynt Gallery, Lublin 
    Time Remembered. The Mala Gallery 1977–2006, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw 
    Photography – History and Art, National Museum, Wrocław 
    Artcube – potrzeba sztuki, Program Gallery, Warsaw   

  • 2008
    Dreamers and Witnesses – 20th-Century Polish Photography, National Museum, Kraków 
    Contact, Koszalin Museum, Koszalin 
    Third Round, Museum of Architecture, Wrocław 
    Time of the Forum of Photography. 25 Years of the FF Gallery, Łódź    

  • 2009
    Schism. Polish Art of the Nineties, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw   

  • 2010
    Collectors’ Photography, 7th Edition, Contemporary Art Gallery of Rempex Auction House, Warsaw   

  • 2011
    Metabiel, Freies Museum, Berlin 
    Nothing is Important Forever, Znaki Czasu Gallery, Toruń 
    No Stereotype Neue Wilde, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw   

  • 2013
    Recording against Regimes, Darb 1718 Contemporary Art & Culture Center, Cairo, Egypt 
    An Approach to Being, @KCUA Gallery, Kyoto City University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan 
    Art Must Be Beautiful, Spectra Art Space, Warsaw   

  • 2014
    Potential Field, Siłownia Gallery, Poznań 
    Signature (Warsaw Photo Days exhibition), Kordegarda Gallery, Warsaw   

  • 2017
    Tempus Fugit, On Time and Transience, International Cultural Centre, Kraków   

  • 2018
    Avant-garde and the State, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź 

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