2024-2025 → Please Touch Gently
2019-2023 - AI Helps Me Relax
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Karolina Gliniewicz
she/her
gliniewcz.karolina@gmail.com
@karoglina
Karolina Gliniewicz is a transdisciplinary artist and educator working at the intersection of photography, moving image, sensory practice, and interactive technologies. Her work explores post-photographic methods, ASMR, generative systems, and the evolving nature of human–machine collaboration. She brings a student-centred teaching approach grounded in experimentation, care, and interdisciplinary exchange.
Education:
Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, University of East London
2024–(expected 2027)
MA Art and Science (Distinction),
UAL: Central Saint Martins,
2021–2023
Postgraduate Diploma in Art Therapy, University of Professional Education, Wrołcaw, PL, 2020–2021
Foundation in Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2019–2020
BA (Hons) Photography (First Class), UAL: London College of Communication,
2017–2020
Short Courses:
AI in Education – King’s College London, 2025
Explored the impact of AI technologies in higher education, with a focus on ethical use, learning design, and institutional integration.
Blended and Online Learning Design – UCL (University College London), 2025
Developed inclusive and accessible strategies for designing hybrid and fully online learning environments.
Interdisciplinary Learning: Working Across Disciplines – University of Leeds, 2025
Examined collaborative curriculum models that bridge creative, technical, and theoretical disciplines in higher education curriculum design.
AI for Creative Work Specialisation – University of Michigan, 2024
Analysed AI's role in creative practice and industry, with emphasis on human–machine collaboration and tool evaluation. Examined the ethical, social, and creative implications of generative AI tools, including issues of bias, authorship, and dataset integrity.
Generative AI Content Creation – Adobe, 2024
Practical training in Adobe’s generative tools, including Firefly, focused on image manipulation.
Apply Creative Machine Learning – UAL Creative Computing Institute, 2022
Hands-on exploration of machine learning in artistic workflows, including prompt engineering.
Selected Artist Talks:
2025, ‘Art Practice After BA Photography’, UAL: LCC
2024, ‘Using all senses: Multidisciplinary approach in Art’, Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2023, ‘Lemonade Making’, UAL: Central Saint Martins
2022, ‘Transdisciplinary Art Practice’, UAL: LCC
2020, ‘Expanding the Photographic Exhibition Space’, UAL: LCC
Selected Art Direction Projects:
2023, Interstice No.1, London, United Kingdom
2022, The Festival of Light, Hevelianum, Gdańsk, Poland
2021, Overdressed Identity Issue No. 2, London, United Kingdom
2020, Wogóle Magazine, London, United Kingdom
2020, Słowo-Obraz-Geneza, Katowice, Poland
2019, Miss Nothing Magazine, London, United Kingdom
Teaching and Curriculum Design Experience:
Visiting Lecturer
BA (Hons) Fashion Communication Marketing
University of Chester
Sept 2024 - Present
Designed and delivered online and hybrid sessions on art direction, digital image-making, and visual communication. Developed original workshop content and assessment frameworks tailored to remote creative media students. Contributed to the design of a new module integrating branding, content creation, and platform-specific storytelling. Demonstrated confidence and adaptability in delivering lectures, workshops, and tutorials through digital platforms in an accessible and engaging way.
Visiting Practitioner
BA (Hons) Photography
UAL: London College of Communication
Sept 2023 - Present
Delivering talks, tutorials, and practice-based workshops to undergraduate students, with a focus on experimental methodologies in moving image and photography. Supporting students’ independent creative research, critical reflection, and final project development. Contributed to shaping session structures on Moving Image Practice and Video Essay Workshops aligned with programme learning outcomes.
Creative Industry Experience:
Creative and Executive Assistant
Broadwick Soho, London
Mar 2024 – Sept 2024
Supported the Creative Director in developing visual assets and brand concepts for a five-star Michelin Key-awarded hotel. Contributed to image direction, digital content, photography, video, and campaign planning. Assisted in shaping creative strategy across social platforms and marketing channels.
Selector for International Competition
Short Waves Film Festival
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
Curated and evaluated submissions for the festival’s international competition programme. Assessed more than five hundred submissions of experimental, documentary, and narrative works with a focus on innovation in visual storytelling and contemporary moving image practices.
Creative Director – Miss Nothing Magazine
Oct 2017 – Oct 2022
Directed visual identity, editorial strategy, and brand development for an independent art and culture magazine. Led the creation of immersive visual experiences, including projection installations and events. Organised exhibition, art workshops and screenings featuring emerging artists. Managed artist relations, content planning, and audience engagement across digital and print formats.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025, Doctoral Showcase, Way Out East Gallery, London
2024, Collective Exhibition of Processes, Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain
2024, Fluxus Museum Experimental Video Award, Paros, Greece
2023, Underwater Cables: Telematic Performance, Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
2023, Breath, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), South Korea
2023, Exile, Lethaby Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2023, Spokój, Obrońców Stalingradu 17, Szczecin, Poland
2022, It is Not a Party: Interim Show, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, United Kingdom
2020, Upcoming UAL Graduate Showcase 2020, London, United Kingdom
2019, Made In Arts London 2019 Collection Showcase, TM Lighting, London, United Kingdom
2019, Xhibit 2019, The Koppel Project, London, United Kingdom
2018, Loading... - WIP Exhibition, The Art Academy Newington, London, United Kingdom
2017, IPF: Independent Photography Festival,
House of Vans, London
Selected Film Festivals:
2024, Euroshorts International Film Festival, Best Experimental Film Award, Warsaw, Poland
2024, Aesthetica Film Festival, York, United Kingdom
(BAFTA Qualifying Festival)
2024, Darkroom Festival, London, United Kingdom
2024, Calgary International Film Festival, Calgary, Canada (Oscar Qualifying Festival)
2024, FICIMAD, Best Art Direction Award, Madrid, Spain
2021, Vienna International Film Awards, Honourable Mention, Vienna, Austria
2021, Cinema on the Washing Line, Lisbon, Portugal
2021, Derapage, Montreal, Canada
2019-2025 - Art Direction
2019-2025 - Lecturing and Public Engagements
at Spektrum Film Festival (2022)
UAL: LCC (2023-2025)
at Short Waves Film Festival (2023)
at Short Waves Film Festival (2023)
at Short Waves Film Festival (2021
let’s work together
- Art Direction (publications, photoshoots, short films)
- Art Teaching (photography, film, multidisciplinary art, AI)
- Art Mentoring (all levels)
- Art Workshop Facilitation
- Art Talk Moderation, Art Events, Q&A
- Art Installations, Exhibitions
let’s get in touch ->
- Gallery Representation
(UK, Spain, Poland)
- Art Curators
(London, UK)
- Solo Show Opportunity
(London, UK)
Karolina Gliniewicz
she/her
gliniewicz.karolina@gmail.com
@karoglina
© 2017–2025 Karolina Gliniewicz. All rights reserved.