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Hi, I’m Yu
illustrator, photographer and rookie cultural anthropology researcher based in Poznań, Poland.
From early years, writing has been an essential medium for me, and I tend to think of my commitment to visual arts as an extension of the narration opportunities. A drawn line itself can carry at least the same storytelling value as word does, at one point. For me, the most fun is navigating the possible visual ways to tell a story
Capabilities:
ilustrations: business | brand | editorial | mixed media
photography: portrait | object | event | artistic | analog
research: | food and sexuality | food and femininity | posthumanisms
Awards
& Nominations
& Nominations
Awards & Nominations
2023
Artistic scholarship from the Marshal of the Greater Poland Voivodeship
2020
Special Waldemar Śliwczyński Award in XXV National Photography Competition “Portrait”, Trzcianka
2018
Contemporary Lynx Magazine Award in The 38th Edition of Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project of the University of the Arts Poznań
Exhibitions
2024
The Body of Water Ciało Wody. Hydro-anthropological sessions | 7. Wielkopolski Festiwal Fotografii im. I. Zjeżdżałki: „Wobec wody”.
2022
Illustrator’s Salon Salon Ilustratorów at Poznań Book Fair | Poznań International Fair.
2020
Pandemics. Art in The Times of Plague | virtual exhibition by Pinata Foundation.
Coincidence Koincydencja | XIII BLISCY NIEZNAJOMI: UKRAINA, Polish Theater in Poznań.
The Ear of Rise | VR exhibition, CKiS Wieża Ciśnień Gallery, Konin.
2018
The 38th Edition of Maria Dokowicz Competition for the Best Diploma Project of the University of the Arts Poznan | Poznań International Fair.
Rebels and Dreamers Buntownicy i marzyciele, WBPiCAK, Poznań, CKiS Wieża Ciśnień Gallery, Konin.
2019
Tradition in the lens Tradycja w obiektywie, Mikołajki Folkowe, CSK Lublin.
The Ventriloquist and silent images Brzuchomówca i milczące obrazy | Labyrinth Gallery, Lublin.
2014
Mutagenesis | ACK Cicha 4, Lublin.
2015
Wschody | ACK Chatka Żaka, Lublin.
2016
Wasteland Biennale Biennale Nieużytków | Abandoned swimming pool at Kasprowicz Park, Poznań.
2017
The Astronomer’s Dream Sen Astronoma, Astronomical Observatory UAM.
Plagiarism! Plagiat! | UAP City Galleries.
The Observatory Obserwatorium | R20 Gallery, Poznan.
Publications
2024
Traditional Polish Roasted Duck from the “Dino” Supermarket: Politicizing and Negotiating Tradition through Culinary Competitions for Rural Housewives’ Clubs. Arrow@TU Dublin. https://doi.org/10.21427/1dnd-fv93.
2021
Foodtruck at the funeral: methamorphosis in perception of death on the example of mourning dishes Foodrtuck na pogrzebie: metamorfozy postrzegania śmierci na przykładzie posiłków żałobnych, w „Śmierć, umieranie przemijanie w optyce literaturze, sztuki, historii i nauk o kulturze”, edited by Szymon Przeklasa, Siemianowice Śląskie, „dzień dobry! kolektyw kultury”
2019
What do we eat? The anthropomorphization of food in the context of modern mythology Co jemy? Antropomorfizacja jedzenia w kontekście mitologii współczesnej, in “(Dis) taste in the texts of the 19th – 21st century culture” „(Nie)smak w tekstach kultury XIX – XXI wieku”, edited by Barbara Zwolińska, Publishing House of the University of Gdańsk.
Speaking
at conferences
at conferences
2024
It’s an honor to be here: how Polish government institutions use the unwritten rules of women’s unpaid foodwork on the scale of regional events, 10th Luso-Brazilian DIAITA Colloquium on the Heritage, History and Cultures of Food.
Traditional Polish Roasted Duck from the “Dino” Supermarket: Politicizing and Negotiating Tradition through Culinary Competitions for Rural Housewives’ Clubs, Dublin Gastronomy Symposium 2024.
2023
Emancipation through food: feminist aspect of the Rural Housewives Clubs’ culinary activities in Greater Poland, 8th International IEHCA Conference on Food and Drink Studies.
Regional dishes and grant applications: how Polish Rural Housewives’ Clubs members negotiate the limits of traditional femininity within the government programs based on conservative values, SIEF 2023 16th Congress.
In harmony with nature: how Polish Rural Housewives’ Clubs (KGW) navigate through economically oriented and ecologically romantic concepts of nature in their tradition-oriented activities, 19th IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Congress 2023
Eating with your eyes: about the sensual and ethical aspects of a vegan’s involvement in the study of Rural Housewives’ Clubs Jeść oczami: o zmysłowych i etycznych aspektach zaangażowania weganki w badanie Kół Gospodyń Wiejskich, XCVIII General Meeting of The Polish Ethnological Society Delegates.
2022
Liberation by food: feminist aspect of the culinary activities of the Rural Housewives Circles in Greater Poland Wyzwolenie przez jedzenie: feministyczny aspekt działalności Kół Gospodyń Wiejskich w Wielkopolsce, XCVII General Meeting of The Polish Ethnological Society Delegates
2022
The right to enjoyment: social and cultural limitations of women’s appetites Prawo na przyjemność: o kulturowych i społecznych ograniczeniach apetytów kobiet, 5th National Scientific Interdisciplinary approach to sexuality Conference, Tygiel Foundation for the Development of Science.
2021
On dogs: the contradictions of keeping pets by vegans Pieski temat: o sprzecznościach związanych z posiadaniem zwierząt przez weganek i wegan, IV seminar Transfigurations of veganism. Material and non-material aspects of a meat-free diet, University of Silesia in Katowice and Humanitas University in Sosnowiec.
Eating You (symbolically): a brief sketch on contemporary East European mourning dishes transformation through Dieter Rams’ good design principles, Trauma and Nightmare – 4th International Interdisciplinary Conference (Online), InMind.
I would eat you: women’s sexual appetite in the context of relations with food Schrupałbym Cię: seksualny apetyt kobiet w kontekście relacji z jedzeniem, 4th National Scientific Interdisciplinary approach to sexuality Conference, Tygiel Foundation for the Development of Science.
2019
Women’s meat: pseudo-cannibalism and oppression in popular culture Mięso kobiet: pseudo-kanibalizm i opresja w kulturze popularnej, Body in cultural narration Conference Konferencja „Ciało w narracjach kulturowych, Miłośnicy Oświecenia Science Club at University of Łódź.
In the honour of fertility: women of the ranches, women of the opposition Ku czci płodności: kobiety rancza, kobiety opozycji, Culture of Exclusion Conference VII: Animals, Institute of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University, Department of Pedagogical Ethics in Cracow.