Martynka Wawrzyniak was born in Poland in 1979, moved to New Zealand at the age of eight and has
been a residing in New York since 1998. Martynka was selected as one of
PDN’s 30 emerging photographers to watch in 2006. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Purple, Vice as well as many other international publications. Prior to committing to
photography full time Martynka was the co-founder and editor of the arts and
culture publication
Issue magazine during the period of 1999-2004.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 - “Kids’’, Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY
2009 - “Ketchup”, Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 - “Single Lady”, Pop up show curated by Jenny Salomon, Kate Gilmore, and Candice Madey, Brooklyn, NY
2010 - “PYT (Pretty Young Thing)”, Temporary salon style art show curated by Anne Huntington and Diana Campbell, New York, NY
2010 - “4x4: Four Figurative Photographers”, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 - “All in the Family”, Screening curated by Laura Parnes, Sarah Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
2006- “PDN’S 30”, Photo Plus Expo, New York, NY
2006- “A Portrait of Fashion”, Pochron Studios, New York, NY
2006 - “Tim Barber: Tiny Vices”, Gavin Brown, New York, NY
2005 - “Dt (Double Take) Show”, ANP, The Netherlands
2003 - “Beyond Compare - Women Photographers on Beauty”, Dove / Ogilvy and Mather, International traveling exhibition