© David Eustace, 2020
ABOUT
Iness Rychlik is a Polish-born photographer and filmmaker with a particular interest in historical drama. Despite her severe myopia, she has been dedicated to visual storytelling for over a decade.
Iness graduated with First Class Honours in Film from Screen Academy Scotland. Set in Victorian London, her final-year film ‘The Dark Box’ follows an unhappily married woman, who pursues photography to escape from her oppressive relationship. ‘The Dark Box’ premiered at Camerimage, where Iness received a Golden Tadpole nomination for her cinematography. Most recently, she shot and directed two mini-documentaries about art for the BBC Scotland.
Rychlik is recognised for her dark feminine erotica, which has been awarded and exhibited all around the world. She is fascinated by the idea of conveying sexuality and cruelty in a subtle evocative way. Her conceptual self-portraits provoke the viewer’s imagination, rather than satisfy it.
CONTACT
iness@inessrychlik.com | Based out of London & Edinburgh.
EXHIBITIONS
2020 | ING Discerning Eye Exhibition – Online (due to COVID-19)
2020 | ‘The Man and the Machine’ by LoosenArt, Millepiani Gallery – Rome, Italy
2020 | ‘Portraits Without Faces’, PH21 Gallery – Budapest, Hungary
2020 | Centre of Contemporary Art ‘Znaki Czasu’ – Toruń, Poland
2020 | SeeMe, Art Takes Armory: ‘S/he Persisted’, The Bandit Space – New York, USA
2020 | ‘What I’ve Seen So Far’, Dorothy Circus Gallery – London, UK & Rome, Italy
2020 | ‘Emergence’, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography – Glasgow, UK
2019 | 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum Gallery – Barcelona, Spain
2019 | Trierenberg Super Circuit, Design Center Linz – Linz, Austria
2019 | Foto Festival Lenzburg – Lenzburg, Switzerland
2018 | ‘Paris Photo Off’ by ImageNation, Galerie Joseph – Paris, France
2018 | ‘Ethereal’ by ImageNation, Espace des Arts sans Frontières – Paris, France
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2020 | ND Awards, Fine Art: Nude – Honourable Mention
2020 | International Photography Awards, Nude – Honourable Mention
2020 | Photo Oxford, ‘Women and Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen’
2020 | Artjobs.com, Female Artist – Winner (August)
2020 | Minimalist Photography Awards, Conceptual – Honourable Mention
2020 | Fine Art Photography Awards, Conceptual – Nominee
2020 | SeeMe, Art Takes Armory: ‘S/he Persisted’ – Finalist
2020 | ARTPIL – 30 Under 30 Women Photographers
2020 | The British Photography Awards, Fine Art – Shortlisted
2020 | 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Fine Art – Winner
2020 | 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Nude – Honourable Mention
2019 | International Photography Awards, Fine Art Portrait – Honourable Mention
2019 | 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Self-Portrait – Honourable Mention
2019 | Trierenberg Super Circuit – Special Theme Award Winner
2019 | Fresh 19, Photography – Carbon Award Winner
2018 | International Photography Awards, Nude – Honourable Mention
2018 | Spotlight Photography Awards, Emerging Talent – Shortlisted for Top Ten
2017 | Fine Art Photography Awards, Nude – Nominee
2017 | Ptit Clap Film Festival – The Second Prize of the Jury (‘The Dark Box’)
2016 | Camerimage – The Golden Tadpole Nomination (‘The Dark Box’)
2016 | International Photography Awards, Nude – Honourable Mention
2016 | International Photography Awards, Self-Portrait – Honourable Mention
SELECTED PRESS
2020 | Fabrik Hero – ‘Dark Feminism’
2020 | Glasgow University Magazine – ‘Regaining Ownership of the Body through Conceptual Self-Portraiture’
2020 | Collater.al – ‘The Victorian self-portraits of Iness Rychlik’
2020 | Bluebee Magazine – Artists Feature, Volume 5 (Cover)
2020 | FotoNostrum Magazine – ‘Iness Rychlik: Conceptual Self-Portraits’, Issue 9
2020 | Wirtualna Polska, Fotoblogia – ‘Polki walczą o godność. Na subtelność jest już za późno’ (PL)
2020 | Artysta i Sztuka – ‘Iness Rychlik: Intymne Granice Bólu’, Issue 32 (PL) (Print)
2020 | K MAG – Featured Artist (PL)
2020 | Szeroki Kadr by Nikon – ‘Inspiracje: Iness Rychlik’ (PL)
2020 | L’Officiel Italia – ‘La mostra fotografica alla Dorothy Circus Gallery’ (IT)
2020 | Cultura Inquieta – ‘Conceptuales y sugerentes, así son las maravillosas fotografías de Iness Rychlik’ (ES)
2018 | Prodibi – ‘Innocence and temptation to provoke your imagination’
2018 | Fumo Gallery – ‘Dark feminine eroticism by photographer Iness Rychlik’