About
Dominik Tarabański is a Polish-born artist and photographer based in New York City. He holds a degree in Photography from the Department of Cinematography at the Polish National Film School in Łódź and a degree from the Academy of Photography in Warsaw.
His work explores the tension between impermanence and control, often blending sculptural elements with photographic composition. His recent project, Roses for Mother, has been exhibited at the 6x7 Gallery in Warsaw, where he is also represented in Poland; the gallery at the National Philharmonic Hall in Szczecin; and the Zitadelle Spandau Centre for Contemporary Art in Berlin. Tarabański’s images are part of private collections in New York, Paris, Berlin, Hong Kong, London, Brussels, Arles, Warsaw, and Tokyo.
He has given talks at institutions, including the Polish National Film School in Łódź and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and has taught at the Academy of Photography in Kraków. He also welcomes private studio visits at his atelier in Brooklyn.
In parallel to his fine art practice, Tarabański is the creative director of Gentle Storm, a Parisian jewelry project through which he explores ideas of emotional clarity, design culture, and material storytelling.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020
”Roses for Mother”, Gallery of Philharmonic Hall Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
2018
”Roses for Mother”, 6x7 Gallery Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
“Roses for Mother”, State of Emergency: Polish Photo Art Today, Zitadelle Spandau Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Other Exhibitions
2024
"Drop by Drop", Beyond Perception, New York, USA
2022
“Roses for Mother”, State of Emergency: Polish Photo Art Today, Zitadelle Spandau Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2020
"Roses for Mother", Gallery of Philharmonic Hall Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
"Don’t Try Vol. 1", Open Salon No. 2, New York City, USA
2019
"Roses for Mother", 6x7 Gallery Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
"Untitiled", High on Hertz, Wallplay, New York City, USA
2018
"Roses for Mother", 6x7 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
"Selection of Works", HFBK, Photo Salons: Salon, Dresden, Germany
"Selection of Works", Fotofestiwal 2018, Photo Salons: Salon, Łódź, Poland
2015
"Lato", Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland
2014
"Selection of Works", Exhibition, Salon Marchand, Warsaw, Poland
"Pure", Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013
"Selection of Works", Salon Zimowy, Pałac Branickich, Warsaw, Poland
"Selection of Works", Galerie D'art Limited Edition, Warsaw, Poland
"Selection of Works", Ośrodek Propagandy Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
"Selection of Works", 3rd Opole Photography Festival, Opole, Poland
"Selection of Works", Gallery Katarzyna Napiórkowska, Warsaw, Poland
"Transitions", Sony World Photography Awards, Somerset House, London, UK
"Size 36", Contemporary Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine
2012
"Svrface", Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław, Poland
"Two Sticks and a Pear", Photokina, Köln, Germany
"Size 36", Pauza Gallery, Cracow, Poland
"Untitled", Works of Contemporary Photography, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, USA
"Two Sticks and a Pear", Centrum Inicjatyw Kulturalnych, Jarosław, Poland
"Cold Summer", OFF Piotrkowska, Noc Muzeów, Łódź, Poland
"Same As Never", Stories of Presence, Fotofestiwal 2012, Łódź, Poland
"Lightness", Galerie Huit, Open Salon 2011, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
2011
"Two Sticks and a Pear", The Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
"Size 36", Nederlands Pools Huis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"Size 36", Festiwal Sztuki Out of Control, Białystok, Poland
"Selection of Works", Interdyscyplinarny Festiwal Sztuki, Żyrardów, Poland
"Size 36", TIFF – Debiuty, Wrocław, Poland
"Size 36", Międzynarodowy Festiwal Fotografii Młodych, Jarosław, Poland
"Two Sticks and a Pear", Disconnected Images, The Municipal Gallery BWA, Bydgoszcz, Poland
"Lightness", Galerie Huit, Open Salon, Arles, France
"Two Sticks and a Pear", Muzeum Ślężańskie, Sobótka, Poland
"Two Sticks and a Pear", Noc Muzeów, Kawalerka, Warsaw, Poland
"Selection of Works", Teatr Praga, Warsaw, Poland
2010
"Irresistible Urge", Ośrodek Propagandy Sztuki, Łódź, Poland
"Selection of Works", Zasięg, Cracow, Poland
Lectures
Polish National Film School in Łódź – Guest Lecture
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw – Guest Lecture
Academy of Photography in Warsaw – Guest Lecture
Academy of Photography in Kraków – Lecturer, two-year program
Scholarships & Grants
2012
Adam Mickiewicz Institute — "Kultura Polska na Świecie" Grant
2009-2012
Polish National Film School in Łódź — Academic Scholarship
Press
Arcane Press, issue 3 — interview by Antoine Clauss
Arper — Interview for the Color editorial series
iGNANT — Tender Still Life Project, featuring Roses for Mother
Magazines
032c, Blumenhaus, CR Fashion Book, Cultured, Hunger, i-D, Kinfolk, Le Journal de la Photographie, On The Rocks, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The Open Lab, Vice, Vogue Italia, Vogue Korea
Collaborations
2x4.org, Arper, Edition by TOMORROWLAND, Gentle Storm, Guilty By Association, Lievore Altherr Molina, Off-White, Omega, Jimmy Choo, Uniqlo, SSENSE, Pratt
Books
"Art of Kinfolk", Kinfolk, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023
"The Kinfolk Garden", Kinfolk, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2020
"Don’t Try Vol. 1 by Dominik Tarabański", Open Salon, New York City, USA, 2020
"Ask the Artist", Puro Hotel, Łódź, Poland, 2019
"The Kinfolk Home", Kinfolk, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015
"Sony World Photography Awards", World Photography Organisation, London, UK, 2013
"20th Anniversary Exhibition Book", Polish National Film School, Łódź, Poland, 2013
"Fashion Collective", Pratt Institute, Department of Fashion, New York City, USA, 2013
"International Photography Annual 1", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, USA, 2013
"Transience", Photography Open Salon, Arles, France, 2012
"Disconnected Images", BWA Gallery, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2011