ARCH - Joanna Piotrowska Edition

ARCH is proud to launch ARCH EDITIONS, a new initiative developed in collaboration with artists who have worked with us over the years. This endeavor celebrates our community and reflects our commitment to fostering lasting relationships while strengthening the artistic ecosystem we are honored to be part of.

Participant artists: Aliki Panagiotopoulou, Anna Lea Hucht, Athanasios Argianas, Joanna Piotrowska, Konstantinos Giotis, Lena Henke, Madeline Hollander, Patricia Treib, Polys Peslikas, Rowena Hughes, Tula Plumi, Yu Nishimura

Joanna Piotrowska

Untitled, 2025 

Collage of two gelatin silver prints, darkroom printed and mounted together 

32 x 32 cm approx, welded aluminium frame 

Edition of 35, + 7 APs

Artwork © Joanna Piotrowska (2025) Courtesy the artist 

Joanna Piotrowska (b.1985, Warsaw), is a London-based photographer whose staged black-and-white works examine intimacy, power, and emotional dependency within domestic and social spaces. Educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków and the Royal College of Art, she constructs psychologically charged images that explore how relationships are shaped by control, vulnerability, and unspoken social codes. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Britain, Kunsthalle Basel, the 10th Berlin Biennale, and the 59th Venice Biennale.

For her edition at ARCH, Piotrowska presents a collage of two gelatin silver prints: an intimate close-up of two figures in an ambiguous embrace paired with a rose secured by a lock and key. The juxtaposition recalls key bodies of work such as Frowst (2013) and her 2022 ARCH exhibition Sub Rosa, reinforcing her ongoing investigation of closeness, secrecy, and psychological tension.