Jan Baracz

Jan Baracz

Bio

I was born in Warsaw, Poland and I moved to New York city in 1981. My projects include “Sand Box 1.0” show at the Contemporary Art Center, in Warsaw, Poland, “Life is Short” exhibited at Art Basel in Switzerland and “The Ghost” at artMbassy Gallery, in Berlin, Germany. My sequential photographic projection “Eyebeads by Words Held Fast” premiered in New York in 2006. In 2008 I produced a cinematic installation; “Reality Cinema/LIVE VIDEO” at Art in General in New York and in 2010 I completed a first instalment of my media/sculptural project; “How to Float Above the Psychic Stampede and Other Traditional Remedies” at the Stefan Stoyanov Gallery on the Lower East Side. I have received grants and awards: from the Asian Cultural Council, the Edward F. Albee Foundation, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, among others. My photography has appeared in Paris Review, American Letters & Commentary and Jane magazine.

2013 Film festival

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