Justyna Krystyna Kabala
born in Poland, based in London, UK
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MA Fine Art Royal College of Art London 2011
BA (Hons) London College of Communication UAL London 2008
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Selected exhibitions & screenings
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A Message from Migrant Workers/ La Liga/ Night Shifts II. Embracing Flux: Deconstruction as a Form of Solidarity. Pragovka, Prague, Czechia 2024
A Message from Migrant Workers. Current Plans, Hong Kong 2024
A Message from Migrant Workers. Marginality & Migration: Narratives of Resilience & Belonging, HKBU, Hong Kong 2024
La Liga. London's Screen Archives (film of the month), via Southwark Archives, London, March 2024
A Message from Migrant Workers. Multiperspectivity and Spatial Practices in Audio/Visual Forms of Knowledge Production, Lucerne, Switzerland 2024
A Message from Migrant Workers. Kinovisieon, Leokino, Innsbruck, Austria 2024
A Message from Migrant Workers. Arts Association of Australia and New Zealand, Gold Coast, Australia 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. Shepherd's House International Film Festival, Manila, The Philippines 2023
German Open '98. Lafayette Anticipacions, Paris, France 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. Multiplicity: Short Circuits Film Festival, Fabrica, Brighton 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. University of the Philippines, Baguio City, The Philippines 2023
La Liga. Eureka Pavilion, London Design Biennale, Somerset House, London 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. International Migration & Environmental Film Festival, Toronto, Canada 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. DIWA Filipino Film Showcase, Seattle, US 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. Seated with Strangers, Eaton Workshop, Hong Kong 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. Para Site, Hong Kong 2023
A Message from Migrant Workers. Pambujan International Film Festival, The Philippines 2023
La Liga. Matera Sports Film Festival (best foreign documentary), Matera, Italy 2022
La Liga. Dinamo Festival for Equality in Sports, Madrid, Spain 2022
Night Shifts II. Smallaxe Radical Film Festival (finalist), Dorset, UK 2022
La Liga. Southwark Today exhibition. Southwark Heritage Centre, London 2022-2023
Night Shifts II. Doc.London Film Festival, Close-Up Film Centre, London 2022
Academia da Floresta. Austin Design Week, Austin, US 2021
Night Shifts. Southwark Heritage Centre, London 2021
Night Shifts II. Design Action, LDF/LCC Public Programme, UAL London 2020
Academia da Floresta. University of Saõ Paulo, Brazil 2019
Night Shifts. Designing Protest. People's History Museum, Manchester 2019
German Open '98 (solo), Luna Elaine, London 2019
Academia da Floresta. London Design Festival, LCC Public Programme, UAL 2019
Night Shifts. UCL Public Engagement Programme, UCL East 2019
Two Lives and Two True Machines. Coleman Project Space, London 2018
German Open '98. Failure, Litost, Prague, Czechia 2018
Reference Mollusk, Gossamer Fog, London 2016
Recommended for you, Art Licks Weekend, London 2015
Freight (solo), The Means Peckham, London 2015
Mostyn Open 19, Mostyn Art Gallery, LLandudno 2015
Vulpes Vulpes Open, Vulpes Vulpes, London 2014
Art Licks Weekend, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 2012
Diaphonies, Copenhagen Place, London 2012
CP-HP, Hackney Picturehouse, London 2012
RCA/RA Graduates Show, RAC, Pall Mall, London 2012
Elapse (solo), Silownia, Poznan 2011
Folio, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon Avon 2011
Royal College of Art Graduate Show. Testbed, London 2011
CMYOK!, CGP, London 2011
First Time, Hackney Picturehouse, London 2011
Immaterial Girls, Copenhagen Place, London 2011
Chew the Float, Victoria Baths Trust, Manchester 2010
Anything I Can Do..., CGP, London 2010
Arteria, Crypt of St. George the Martyr, London 2009
Resistance Unit, Former Vinyl Factory, London 2009
Polish Artists in Southwark, Nolia’s Gallery, London 2008
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Selected press and publications
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Two Lives and Two True Machines (self-published), 16 pages, 2018
Broken Noses (self-published), 140 pages, 2017
The Guardian (commissioned work) London June 2017
Wallpaper* (commissioned work) London 2016, 2017
Go To Ground - Studio As A Living Room (conversation), Vulpes Vulpes London 2015
Arte e Critica 71, Mobile Coordinates (interview) Milan 2012
The Independent online, A Radical Take On Shakespeare (review) London 2011
Eye Magazine online, The Printer’s Tale (review) London 2011
Future Works (contributor) Royal College of Art, London 2011
Creative Review (online) Live Coverage (interview) London 2011
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Selected commissioned work, collections and awards
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London's Screen Archives film collection (La Liga), acquired in 2024
Southwark Archives film collection (La Liga), acquired in 2024
Best International Film (A Message from Migrant Workers), Shepherd's House Film Festival, Philippines 2023
Best Story/script (A Message from Migrant Workers), Pambujan International Film Festival, Philippines 2023
Best Foreign Documentary (La Liga), Matera Sports Film Festival, Matera, Italy 2022
Finalist, documentary shorts (Night Shifts II), Smallaxe Radical Film Festival, Dorset, UK 2022
London College of Communication Knowledge Exchange Funding Award 2022
London College of Communication Research Funding Award 2020, 2021
UK Government Art Collection, London, acquired in 2016
Villiers David Prize in Fine Art 2011
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (commissioned work) 2019
Le Bon Marche Paris, France (commissioned work) 2015, 2016, 2019
Dover Street Market New York (commissioned work) 2015
Colette Paris, France (commissioned work) 2015, 2017
Royal College of Art Printmaking Bursary Award 2010
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Teaching
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Lecturer, London College of Communication, UAL London 2018 - present
Lecturer, University for the Creative Arts, Epsom 2012 - 2018
Visiting Lecturer, Hong Kong Design Institute, Hong Kong 2017 - 2018
Fellow of Higher Education Academy 2016