Jacek Lalak

Born in 1948 in Gorzów Wielkopolski. He studied at the Poznań University of Technology (1966–1972; specialization: lighting technology). In 1971, he won the First Step in Art Photography competition at the Poznań Photographic Society. Member of the Photographic Societies of Poznań, Pilski and Wrocław. Member of the Wrocław Format Group (1974). In the years 1976–1979 he ran the photography section of the 1212 theater lovers club at the Polish Theater in Wrocław. In the 1980s, he collaborated with the Foto-Medium-Art Gallery in Wrocław. Member of the 4+ Creative Team. In his individual projects, he often uses various photographic techniques, adjusting them to his own artistic statements. By modifying them, he creates his own techniques, e.g. from the rubber technique. He builds pinhole cameras (camera obscura). Individual exhibitions (selection): Maski (1978, 1979) - Foto-Medium-Art Gallery, Pod Plafonem - Wrocław, PTF Poznań Salon; Non-Presence in Nature - Wrocław, Prague (Czechoslovakia) 1994; Month of Photography - Bratislava 1994 - spatial installation Touch, Touch of Light - Wojnowice Castle 1993, Art Center Dramatic Theater - Legnica 1994, Galeria Pod Plafonem - Wrocław 1996, Galeria Kontrast - Oborniki Śląskie 2003; Remembrance Remains (spatial installation) - Art Salon, Kłodzko 1999; Widzenia Elementarne - Galeria "P" Piła 1999, Galeria Foma - Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic) 2000; Traces - Domek Romański, Wrocław 2004. Photographs in the collections: Collections of Works of Art - Vatican; ZPAF Photo Archive - Warsaw.