Arkadiusz SęDek

Arkadiusz Sędek is a photographer and visual artist. He graduated from the Italian Institute of Photography in Rome and the Institute of Fine Arts at Jan Kochanowski University (UJK) in Kielce. Co-founder of the Kraków Film School, he directed the films Kielczanin? A kto to? (Kielce Resident? Who’s That?) and Ja tu już nie wrócę (I’m Not Coming Back Here). He has collaborated with fashion agencies in Milan as well as leading Italian fashion magazines, and taught fashion photography at the Most Post-Secondary School in Nettuno and the John Casablancas Model & Talent Management school in Rome.

Currently, he teaches photography at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce and leads the "210Studio" Student Photography Research Society. As the official photographer for Piwnica pod Baranami, he has created portraits of its artists, while also capturing directors, actors, and lecturers at the National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków (AST, formerly PWST), alongside documenting the academy's stage productions.

Sędek’s primary source of inspiration is the human condition—people’s various facets and character—leading him to specialize in portraiture and nude photography. He actively experiments with blending painting and photography, devel...

Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Jan Kochanowski Kielce, Poland
Istituto Italiano di Fotografia a Roma, Italy

Mai più - L’Arte della Memoria. Department of
Humanities, University of Foggia, Italy; curated
by Prof. Giuseppe Annacontini, coordinated by
Prof. Barbara De Serio, organized by Antonio
Russo from the Lacarvella Artistic-Cultural
Association. 2026.
Mai più - L’Arte della Memoria. Palazzo Comunale
di Mattinata, Italy; curated by art critic Prof.
Isabella Di Liddo, University of Bari, organized
by Antonio Russo from the Lacarvella Artistic-
Cultural Association. 2026.
Il Ritratto performativo. Il Mitreo Arte
Contemporanea Gallery in Rome, Italy; (Held
under the patronage of the City of Rome -
Municipio XI Roma Arvalia Portuense), curated
by Monica Melani, Director of Il Mitreo Arte
Contemporanea Roma. 2024.
Mai più - L’Arte della Memoria. Exhibition at La
ex chiesa San Giuseppe in Conversano, Italy;
(Held under the patronage of the Mayor of the
Art City of Conversano), curated by art critic Prof.
Isabella Di Liddo, University of Bari, organized
by Antonio Russo from the Lacarvella Artistic-
Cultural Association. 2024.
Mai più - L’Arte della Memoria. Palazzo delle
Arti Beltrani Gallery in Trani, Italy; curated by art
critic Prof. Isabella Di Liddo, University of Bari,
organized by Antonio Russo from the Lacarvella
Artistic-Cultural As...