Martyna Maz
Glasgow based visually inspired artist
I feel most inspired to photograph when I travel. Open environment, fresh perspectives and natural light excite me. Once the analogue medium is developed I look through the images I had taken and I ponder. Sometimes a spark and affection are immediate, other times it takes years to understand the feeling that made me go or push the shutter in the first place.
An often strong impulse to see the image as real in its tangible form, filled by an aspiration to develop my analogue printing skills takes me and my negatives into the photographic darkroom. There I dance with the light and orchestrate chemistry, timing and filtration with my intuition. It is also where thoughts and understandings form. I enjoy scribbling these on the sides of my processing notes or recording as voice notes. The short notations often turn into well constructed pieces of text as words become an inseparable part of my artistic process and understanding of the world within.

If you'd like to reach out please fill in the form at the bottom of the page.
I'm currently accepting commissions and interests for collaboration.
PUBLICATIONS
Melete, self-published
Photos of the month, the Skinny
Remanoir, self-published
Bluebell, self-published
Dark Lines, self-published
Awards
Life
EXHIBITIONS
2022 'The Unexpected - solo show, the Deep End, Glasgow
2021 'One More Tune' - solo show, the Deep End, Glasgow
2019 Group show, Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow
Group show 1+1=1, Old Tolbooth Wynd, Edinburgh
Graduation show, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
2018 Royal Scottish Academy, Group show, Edinburgh
GSA Group show, 31-39 Trongate, Glasgow
Group show, Laurieston Arches, Glasgow
2017 Group show, Stereo, Glasgow
'Foggy Glasgow' - solo show, Milk Cafe, Glasgow
2016 Group show, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
2015 Group show, Argyll Chambers, 34 Argyll Arcade, Glasgow
Group show, City of Glasgow College, Glasgow
2013 Group show, Govanhill Baths, Glasgow
Group show, Broadcast, Glasgow
Solo show, Tchai Ovna, Glasgow