Education
2022 Grain Projects East Meets West Masterclass, UK
2022 Nikon-Noor Academy Workshop, Warsaw Poland
2021 Pix House Documentary Photography Masterclass, Poznań, Poland,
2021 Seminar, VII Academy, Central and South-Eastern Europe: Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
2019 MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, London, UK
2015 MRes (Distinction) French. The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
2013 BA (Hons) English and French. The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Nothing but a Curtain, Medium Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia (Coming up)
2023 Nothing but a Curtain, Four Corners, London, UK
2023 Nothing but a Curtain, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2023 Nothing but a Curtain, Stanley Picker Gallery, London
2022 Nothing but a Curtain, Photography Archive Research Centre, London
2022 Nothing but a Curtain, London College of Communication, London
2022 Nothing but a Curtain, the Photography Foundation, London
2020 Ba Lan: The Story of Vietnamese Diaspora, Stour Space, London
2019 Meanwhile Dalston, Art at the Factory, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2024 Rethinking Eastern Europe, Photobook Cafe, London, UK (click to view)
2024 Microacts Film Screening, Hotel Elephant, London, UK (click to view)
2023 Winter Fayre, The Feminist Library, London, UK
2023 Sarajevo Photography Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
2023 New East Photo Festival, IDEAL, Barcelona, Spain
2023 Hidden Worlds, Format Festival, Derby, UK
2023 (K)Now Polish Art, Brewery Tap, Folkstone, UK
2022 Still Moving, VO Creations, London, UK
2022 Citizens of Nowhere, Bursa Photography Festival, Turkey
2022 Nothing but a Curtain, Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK
2022 Your Body Belongs to You, Shutterhub, St Gilles Croix de Vie, France
2022 Photography Fair, Cluster, Oxo Tower, London
2022 KLPA2021 Winners Exhibition, GMBB, Kuala Lumpur
2022 Postcards from Europe, Shutterhub, Cambridge University
2021 Bertha DocHouse Film Festival (Online)
2021 Calvert Journal Film Festival (Online)
2021 Make Space for Women, London
2021 Lahti Fringe Festival
2021 Gothenburg Fringe Festival, Sweden
2021 BarTur Photo Award, Urban Banks, Berlin
2021 Voyage of Absurdity, Craft Central UK, London
2021 Endurance, Twenty One Gallary (Online)
2021 Waves of Exposure, FORMAT Photo Festival
2021 Immunity Geography, Enjoy Museum of Art Beijing, China
2020 AOP Winners Gala Exhibtion (Online)
2020 ONE Project Messe, London
2020 Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton
2020 Walls in Online Places - University of the Arts
2020 Ba Lan Vietnamese Diaspora in Poland - Contemporary Lynx (Online)
2020 BarTur Winners Gala Exhibition (Online)
2019 Everything was Forever- London College of Communication
2019 The Laboratory of Dissent Inside/Outside - Winchester Gallery
2019 Refugee Journalism Project Liminality - London College of Communication
2019 Oscillate - Safehouse 1 & 2 (London)
2019 MIGRATE: Polaroid Photography UNICEF NextGen – Migration Museum, London
2019 Propagate - Take Courage Gallery, London
2019 Visible Justice - London College of Communication
2019 Meanwhile Dalston- Art at the Factory, London
Publications
2024 interview: Visual Literacy and Photography, Diva Magazine, (click to view)
2024 What went down at the opening of London’s new lesbian night, Dazed, (click to view)
2024 New Lesbian Bar Opens to Packed Crowds, Nonchalant Magazine, (click to view)
2023 Nothing But a Curtain: gender identity in Eastern Europe, The Guardian, (click to view)
2023 Nothing But a Curtain, Photomonitor, (click to view)
2023 These photos explore gender identity in the ‘shadow of communism’, DAZED (click to view)
2022 Zula Rabikowska, ”Nothing but a Curtain”, Fast Forward Women in Photography (click to view)
2022 Zula Rabikowska’s luminescent images explore gender identity in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, British Journal of Photograph (click to view)
2022 Gender Identity and the Iron Curtain, Camorabug (click to view)
2022 Moj Fyrtel, Moja Pzestrzen - Pix House (click to view) Print Edition
2021 I travelled 7325 km across the former Eastern Bloc to document post-communist gender identity - New Eastern Europe (click to view)
2021 Ba Lan: The Untold Story of Poland’s Vietnamese diaspora- Kafkadesk (click to view)
2021 Body positive: por qué debería gestionarse en las empresas - Mi Punto De Vista (click to view)
2021 Getty Images und Dove geben die Gewinner des #ShowUs Leadership Förderprogramms bekannt- Meedia (click to view)
2021 Le Brexit a été le « coup de grâce », les Polonais rentrent chez eux - Courrierd Europe Centrale (click to view)
2021 “Citizens of Nowhere”: an autobiographical response to the Brexit referendum - Kafkadesk (click to view)
2021 Central European filmmakers in the spotlight at the Calvert Journal Film Festival’ - Kafkadesk (click to view)
2021 ‘An unprecedented time’ — BarTur Photo Awards 2021 - The Times (click to view)
2021 Life Under Lockdown -Hackney Council (click to view)
2021 Becoming Herstory - University of the Arts (click to view)
2021 Poland’s Abortion Ban Protests, Interview with Zula Rabikowska - Photojournalism Hub (click to view)
2021 Creative Careers: Graham Diprose on supporting the future of the creative industries - University of the Arts (click to view)
2021 Becoming Herstory, A World That Others Can’t See (click to view)
2021 Red Thunderbolt, Poland’s Abortion Ban Protest -Reckless Magazine, (click to view)
2021 Citizen of Nowhere: a story of the battle to Belong in post-Brexit Britain (click to view)
2021 MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography graduate recognised at the 2020 AOP Awards - University of the Arts (click to view)
2020 Winners of the Association of Photographers Awards are Announced - Arts and Collections (click to view)
2020 5 feminist collectives leading the charge for women’s rights in Poland - The Calvert Journal (click to view)
2020 Head-spinning talent: winners from the AOP awards -The Guardian (click to view)
2020 Citizens of Nowhere -She’s Got Wonder (click to view)
2020 Immigration in Poland - doc! photo magazine (click to view)
2020 Zula Rabikowska – Self-Isolation Virtual Exhibition -South West Collective (click to view)
2020 “Society doesn’t allow me to feel Polish.” Stories from Warsaw’s Vietnamese Diaspora -The Calvert Journal (click to view)
2020 Approaching Diaspora Communities & Dealing with Mainstream Outlets -Portrait of Our Times (click to view)
2020 A self-isolation virtual exhibition by Zulra Rabikowska - Photograd (click to view)
2020 A Night With Kim Lee, the Only Vietnamese Drag Queen in Poland - Saigoneer (click to view)
2019 In 'Ba Lan,' a Photographer Maps the Diverse Identities of Poland's Vietnamese Diaspora - Saigoneer (click to view)
2019 Citizens of Nowhere - Liminality (click to view)
2019 “I speak Polish in school and Vietnamese at home”. Stories of the Vietnamese diaspora in Poland - Notes from Poland (click to view)
2019 Ba Lan: The Vietnamese version of Poland -Cafe Babel (click to view)
2019 Artist confronts racism with photo exhibition of Vietnamese Community - The First News (click to view)
2019 Ba Lan: Czyli Polska po wietnamsku -Cooltura24 (p26-27) (click to view)
2019 Niezwykła wystawa Polki z Londynu. Kim jest Zula Rabikowska? -Lonydnek.net (click to view)
Talks & Lectures
2024 Challenging gender stereotypes through a camera lens, Talk Eastern Europe (click to listen)
2024 Contemporary Eastern European Art, Brighton Fringe, UK (click to view)
2023 Nothing but a Curtain Project Presentation, Photojournalism Hubl, London, UK
2023 Gender Identity in Eastern Europe, Sarajevo Photography Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023 Contemporary Eastern European Photography, IDEAL, Barcelona, Spain
2023 Documentary Storytelling Symposium, East Meets West, Format Festival, Derby, UK
2022 Your Body Belongs to You Symposium, Shutter Hub
2022 Rebel Justice: Episode 17, The View Magazine (click to listen on Spotify)
2022 Professional Photographic Practice, London College of Communication
2022 More than an Image with Zula Rabikowska, Unplugged Tapped In Interview (click to listen on Spotify)
2022 Nothing but a Curtain: gender identity in post-communist countries, artBLAB (click to listen on Instagram)
2021 Eastern European Film and Culture in the UK post-Brexit, Calvert Journal
2021 Black is Polish, Calvert Journal
2021 Equality in Central and Eastern Europe, Red Zenith Collective
2021 Self-Portraits, Zine-Making and Eastern Europe, Work Show Grow
2020 Post-communist Female Identity Part II, Online
2020 Post-communist Female Identity, Curzon London
2020 MENSTRual Festival, University of the Arts London
2020 Confronting and questioning notions of identity, Photojournalism Hub
2020 Immigration, Diaspora and Photography, Photo Forum
2019 Ba Lan: Vietnamese Diaspora in Poland, BBC (click to watch on the BBC)
2019 Photography and Immigration, artBLAB
Grants and Competitions
2023 Centre for British Photography Grant, Winner (click to View)
2023 Robert Giard Documentary Grant, Finalist (click to View)
2023 Kingston University Research Support Fund, Winner
2022 Danny Wilson Memorial Award- Winner
2022 Format Festival23 - Longlisted
2022 Royal Photographic Society International Awards 164- Shortlisted
2022 VII Academy Grant with the National Museum of Bosnia – Herzegovina - Winner
2022 BUP Book Award- Shortlisted
2021 Getty Images #ShowUs Grant- Winner
2021 Kuala Lumpur International Photo Project Grant: Winner
2021 BarTur Photo Award x Leica Magazine: Photojournalist of the Year: Shortlisted
2021 BarTur Photo Award Human Love: Shortlisted
2021 Make Space for Women, Justice for Hollway, Specially Commended
2021 Bramley Studio Emerging Talent Photography Grant, Recipient
2021 ShutterHub Membership Bursary
2021 Kuala Lumpur International Portrait Competition Winner
2020 MEAD Fellowship, Winner
2020 BarTur Emergency COVID19 Artist Grant, Recipient
2020 Budapest International Foto Awards, Silver
2020 AOP Emerging Talent: Winner
2020 OPEN20 Moving Image, Finalist
2020 Moscow International Foto Awards, Highly Commended
2020 Prix Levallois, Shortlisted
2020 PDN Edu Student Photo Contest, Overall Winer
2020 BarTur Photo Student Award, 3rd Place
2019 Rising Star Bursary, Runner Up, MPB
2019 Student Initiative Grant, University of the Arts
2013 Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies Grant, University of Warwick
Zine and Book Publications
2023 Nothing but a Curtain (Limited Edition, Self-Published)
2021 Red Zenith Collective: EQUALITY in Central and Eastern Europe (Self-Published)
2020 Untired Realities (Self-Published)
2019 Ba Lan: The Story of the Vietnamese Diaspora in Poland (Self-Published)