About
Born in Krakow in 1987, Maciej Czepiel grew up in Montréal then moved to Neuchâtel, Switzerland where he now lives. After doing a Propedeutique Diploma in cinema at Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne, ECAL; he has done a CFC of photography at CEPV, in Vevey, Switzerland. He then graduated from the Higher School of Photography of Vevey (ES/FS), CEPV in 2019. He is currently finishing a Master degree at the University of Art and Design of Sierre, EDHEA, Switzerland ( MAPS - Master of Arts in Public Spheres ) .
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Works
Oceanicity 2025
Rebirth 2024
In the Beginning 2023
What’s In Front of Us - Enquête Photographique Valaisanne 2020
MAMA 2019
Antenna 2018
If I Could Only Remember 2017
The Life and Death of Luc the Cat 2016
Exhibitions /Prizes
2024
Exhibition N°20 / Balkkon - The A.M. - Opening June 27th 2024 - opened until August 23rd 2024.
Exhibition Chateau de Nyon - ”Dispute”, exhibition of the art collection of the City of Nyon - Nyon, Switzerland, Antenna, February
Exhibition Gallerie La Grenette ( Ferme Asile ) - Sion, Switzerland, Standard, January
2023
Exhibition 75th Biennial of Contemporary Art - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, In the Beginning, October
Exhibition If I Could Only Remember, Ulsan Photography Festival 2023 - UIPF - Ulsan, Korea, May
2022
Exhibition What’s In Front of Us, EQ2 - VFG 2022 - “Coup de Coeur” - IPFO, Haus der Fotografie - Olten, Switzerland, September
2021
Exhibition Enquête Photographique Valaisanne 2020, EQ2 - Ferme Asile - Sion, Switzerland, October
Shortlist VFG Nachwuchsförderpreis 2021 - Antenna, Switzerland, June
Exhibition KlanGalerie with PEP - Photographic Exploration Project, Connections - Berlin, Germany - Antenna, April
Exhibition MBAL - Museum of Fine Arts - Le Printemps des Artistes - Le Locle, Switzerland - Antenna, March
Digital Show Forum Transfrontalier - Autres Frontières, If I Could Only Remember, February
2020
Solo exhibition Galerie Focale - Nyon, Switzerland, Antenna for «Prix Focale - Ville de Nyon 2020», November
Prize Prix Focale - Ville de Nyon 2020 - Swiss documentary Photography Prize - Nyon, Switzerland - Antenna, October
Shortlist Prix Photoforum Pasquart 2020 - Biel/Bienne, Switzerland - Antenna, August
Shortlist VFG Nachwuchsförderpreis 2020 - Zürich, Switzerland - Antenna, June
Digital Show Forum Transfrontalier - Autres Frontières, Antenna, June
2019
Selected Enquête Photographique Valaisanne 2020, EQ2 - Martigny, Switzerland, December
Solo exhibition Balkkon - Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Antenna, November
Shortlist ReGeneration 4 - Musée de l’Elysée - Lausanne, Switzerland, Antenna, October
Shortlist Photoforum Prize 2019 - Photoforum Pasquart - Bienne, Switzerland, MAMA, August
Exhibition f’ar, Forum d’Architecture - Lausanne, Switzerland, .RAW, MAMA & Antenna, Jully
Shortlist VFG Nachwuchsförderpreis 2019 - MAMA, Switzerland, June
Solo exhibition Standard/Deluxe - Lausanne, Switzerland, Antenna, May
Exhibition VIDYxCEPV - Théâtre de Vidy - Lausanne, Switzerland, January
2018
Exhibition Festival Images - Vevey , Switzerland, Brutti Ma Buoni (Group project), September
Shortlist VFG Nachwuchsförderpreis 2018 - If I Could Only Remember, Switzerland, June
Exhibition Revolv One Year Show - Safehouse 1 - London, England, If I Could Only Remember, June
Exhibition Photo London - Somerset House - London, England, If I Could Only Remember, May
Exhibition Swiss Photo Award - Photobastei 2.0 - Zürich, Switzerland, Shortlist - If I Could Only Remember, March
Finalist LensCulture Exposure Awards 2018, If I Could Only Remember, February
Exhibition The Pupil Sphere Groupe Show - Leeds, England, If I Could Only Remember, February
Exhibition Nuit de la Photo - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, If I Could Only Remember, February
Exhibition The Pupil Sphere Groupe Show - Glasgow, Scotland, If I Could Only Remember, January
2017
Exhibition 73rd Biennial of Contemporary Art - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, If I Could Only Remember, December
Exhibition Photoforum Prize Exhibition - Photoforum Pasquart - Biel, Switzerland, If I Could Only Remember, December
Exhibition Journées des Alternatives Urbaines de Malley - Lausanne, Switzerland, Papy Ping Pong, September
Prize USPP Prize 2017 - Vevey, Switzerland, If I Could Only Remember, June
Prize Best Portfolio, Nuit de la Photo - La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, The Life and Death of Luc the Cat, February
Education
EDHEA Master of Arts in Public Spheres - MAPS, Sierre, Switzerland, Masters Degree, 2023-2025
CEPV Higher studies in Photography, Vevey, Switzerland, ES (FS), 2017-2019
CEPV Technical and mandat studies in Photography, Vevey, Switzerland, CFC, 2015-2017
ECAL Propedeutique diploma in cinema, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2013-2014
Publications
- Production of pictures for the Exhibition catalogue of Mouvement at MAHN, September 2024, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- Exhibition catalogue of the 75th Biennial of Contemporary Art of la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Exhibition catalogue of the Ulsan International Photography Festival 2023 - UIPF, Ulsan, South Korea
- Exhibition catalogue of the Photographic Survey of the State of Valais 2020, Valais, Switzerland
- Antenna, Limited publishing helped by CEPV, Vevey, Switzerland
- Circle Of Confusion, Book and exhibition, Konsulat Praettigau, Warsaw, Poland. Published by CEPV and Haus am Gern, Biel, Switzerland
- Brutti ma Buoni, Group project for Festival Images 2018, Book and Exhibition, Vevey, Switzerland. Published by CEPV, Vevey, Switzerland
- From NE with love 2018, Book gathering artists from the State of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Published by Quartier Général, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- The Best of LensCulture Vol.2, Schilt Publishing 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Exhibition catalogue of the 7th Nuit de la Photo of la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Exhibition catalogue of the 73rd Biennial of Contemporary Art of la Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Others
- I am currently the “Collections Photographer” of the Museum of Art and History of the City of Neuchâtel ( CH ) - MAHN
- I am part of the NEAR, Swiss Association for Contemporary Photography since June 2020, www.near.li
- Talk about new technologies and society with Claude Zurcher and Ariane Gouzowski - Balkkon - 28 November 2019
- 24H - Interview about Antenna - May 2019
- British Journal of Photography - Interview about If I Could Only Remember - November 2018
- PHmuseum, Story of the Week 17-23 September 2018
- Revolv Collective, Intagram Takeover, 17-21 September 2018
- Instagram Project @life_and_death_of_luc_the_cat, 2016-2019
Collections
-State of Neuchâtel
-City of Nyon
-Library of the City of la Chaux-de-Fonds
-Private collections
Contact
maciej.w.czepiel@gmail.com
For architectural photography jobs you can contact me on this e-mail
Over here you can see a selection of finished works that are mainly for research purpouses.
