Janek Simon
Janek Simon, born in 1977 in Kraków, pursued his studies at the Institute of Psychology and the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University from 1996 to 2001. He is a laureate of the Look award from the Zachęta National Gallery of Art, in partnership with Deutsche Bank, received in 2007. Simon has also participated in several residency programmes, including the Headlands Artist in Residence in San Francisco and Gasworks in London. In 2019, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, which was complemented by a monographic publication.