Born in 1981 in Włocławek, Poland.
Graduated from International Affairs at Warsaw School of Economics (Poland), student of Institute of Creative Photography in Opava (Czech Republic) Member of People You May Know collective.
Exhibitions
Solo shows
2017 This is not real life, Macro Testaccio, Rome, Italy
2017 This is not real life, European Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
2017 This is not real life, The Opole Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, Poland
2017 This is not real life, Fotofestiwal, Łódź, Poland
2017 This is not real life, Format Festival, Derby, UK
2017 This is not real life, Belfast Photo Festival, Ireland
2016 This is not real life, Galeria Miejsce przy Miejscu, Wrocław, Poland
2016 This is not real life, Enctros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
2015 El pilón, Photmonth in Cracow, Poland
Group Shows
2016 Single Shot – Gallery IFF, Warsaw, Poland
2015 Without the author’s knowledge” - Media Lab 6, TRAFO, Szczecin, Poland
2015 Increased Difficulty of Concentration - Fotograf Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
2015 Intimate spaces - Interphoto Festival, Białystok, Poland
2015 Hunter - Format Festival, Derby, UK
Awards
2017 Grand Prix Łódź Fotofestiwal - winner
2017 Spotlight Award Belfast Photo Festival - finalist
2017 ING Unseen Talent Award - shortlisted
2016 Burn Magazine Emerging Photographer Fund - finalist
2016 Lens Culture Exposure Award - finalist
2016 Voies Off Awards - finalist
2014 Show off programme, Photomonth in Cracow, Poland - winner
2013 Fotoprezentacje - winner
Grants
2015 Ideas Tap & Magnum Photos grant
Residencies
2016 Docking Station in Amsterdam
Publications, Intervies and Features
2018 Libération
http://next.liberation.fr/images/2018/03/02/fjord-fiesta_1633475
2018 Il Post
https://www.ilpost.it/2017/12/20/foto-citta-nord-mondo-svalbard-longyearbyen/
2018 FK Magazine
http://fkmagazine.lv/2018/03/02/this-is-not-real-life/
2017 The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/mar/27/dominika-gesicka-svalbard-arctic-this-is-not-real-life-photography
2017 Corriere della Sera
http://www.corriere.it/cultura/17_marzo_27/ritratti-svalbard-realta-suggestione-citta-piu-nord-mondo-410c23be-12d0-11e7-be9a-6ca09ed8307d-bc_principale.shtml
2017 KATALOG - Journal 28.2/cover
2017 British Journal of Photography #BJP 7857: Habitat
2017 Feature Shot
https://www.featureshoot.com/tag/dominika-gesicka/
2017 doc! photo magazine vol. Q5 #40/interview
2017 Strony #3
http://strony.sputnikphotos.com/portfolio/strony-3/
2016 Courrier International/interview
https://www.courrierinternational.com/diaporama/photographie-la-poursuite-de-lultime-lumiere-du-nord
2016 GUP Magazine
http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/dominika-gesicka/this-is-not-real-life
2016 Ostlook Magazine
http://ostlook.com/this-is-not-real-life-by-dominika-gesicka/
2016 Gazeta.pl/interview
http://weekend.gazeta.pl/weekend/1,152121,20797941,tam-gdzie-dzien-miesza-sie-z-noca-z-wizyta-w-najdalej-na-swiecie.html
2016 Vice/interview
https://www.vice.com/pl/article/vd9b44/pocztowki-z-najdalszej-polnocy
2016 NN6T/interview
http://notesna6tygodni.pl/?q=strefa-wolna-od-niedzwiedzia-dominika-gesicka