Karolina Wojtas | FUNreal

What will she create for the exhibition? No one knows. Not even herself.  

She has a couple of ideas—so extreme and different, but maybe, by some strange miracle, they will merge into a single, cohesive piece? It’s supposed to be about love, dying a little because of it… or will something else entirely find its way in?

Unless it’s high time for her resurrection!

Well. We shall see.

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» GET TO KNOW THE ARTIST «

Karolina Wojtas (b. 1996, Poland)  She graduated from the The Polish National School of Film, Television, and Theater in Łódź, Poland and the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava, Czech Republic. Her work draws from the imagination of children and transforms photographic material into objects and installations. 

For Wojtas, art is an ongoing game and experiment in which viewers become active participants. The photographer playfully challenges form. She draws the audience into immersive exhibitions which feature playful elements from the children’s world such as glitter, school lockers, toys, and building blocks. At times her work unsettles and surprises; at others, it invites viewers into a carefree space of play and rediscovery. She draws inspiration from everyday observations, childhood memories, and the absurdities of puberty. Her work becomes a journey through education, family relationships, and love — shaped by nostalgia, humor, and self-irony. 

Wojtas has received received numerous awards and nominations, including: Image Vevey Book Award – honorable mention 2025/2026,nomination for the EMoP Arendt Award 2023, participation in the project reGeneration 4: The Challenges of Photography and Its Museum for Tomorrow at Musée de l’Elysée, s the C/O Berlin Talent Award (2022), ING Unseen Talent Award (2019) in Amsterdam. Wojtas has presented her works in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including: ASAMA International Photo Festival (Japan, 2025), FOTO ARSENAL WIEN (2023), Foam Amsterdam (2021), MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea in Lisbon (2023), the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (2022), Zachęta – National Gallery of Art (2022),  Capa Center in Budapest and Beijing 1+1 Art Center (2017). In 2019 she opened her own museum in her hometown in Podkarpacie, Poland.