Born in Montreal, I have long been driven by questions of perception, learning, and transformation: how ideas are transmitted, how understanding takes shape, and how art can alter the way we see and experience the world. This early fascination with education and visual language led me to study at the National Film School in Łódź, where I completed an MFA with honours and developed an interdisciplinary practice rooted in film, photography, sound, and visual research.

My work explores the sensitivity of being: how we see, feel, remember, and imagine our surroundings. Moving between documentary and experimental forms, my practice invites close observation and reflection, encouraging audiences to reconsider familiar spaces and experiences. My work has been exhibited in Europe and Canada, including at the Museum of Cinematography in Łódź, the Museum of Photography, the Cinémathèque québécoise, and the Muzeum Sztuki.

Alongside my artistic practice, I have pursued an extensive career in documentary filmmaking and arts education, developing programs in filmmaking and visual storytelling for diverse communities and learning environments. Across both artistic and educational contexts, my work is guided by the belief that image, sound, and storytelling can deepen awareness, foster critical engagement, and open new ways of thinking about ourselves and the world around us.

DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER

Stefan Nitoslawski has participated in over 100 documentary films or series , either as director or cinematographer. These productions have been broadcast worldwide. 

Mr. Nitoslawski is an awarded cinematographer who has worked over the past fourty years on over 100 productions in documentary and drama.  Operating in a wide variety of film and video formats, he has a rich and imaginative cinematic style with broad technical knowledge.  (35mm, Super16mm, HD, digital video)

Born in Canada, Mr. Nitoslawski received his film training in Europe.  Graduating with distinction from the internationally renowned National Film Academy in Lodz, Poland he studied under the finest cinematographers, co-workers of Kieslowski, Polanski and Wajda. Mr Nitoslawski is a retired member of Canadian Society of Cinematographers.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2019    Light Flaps 1+2 & Meta-morphoses, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, Canada (June 2019)

2018    Light Flaps 2 & Meta-morphoses, Usine-C, Montreal, Canada

2018    Light Flaps 2, Maison de la culture NDG, Montreal, Canada

2017    Light Flaps, Maison de culture Frontenac, Montreal, Canada

2011     Light Flaps, Popop Studios Centre for Visual Arts, Nassau, Bahamas

2008   Meta-morphoses, Installation, Cinémathèque québecoise, Montreal Canada

2007   Shape-shifters, Museum of Cinematography, Lodz, Poland

1994    The Hand, Galerie Citron, Montreal, Canada

1992    Opening the Hand, National Museum of Cinematography, Lodz, Poland

1991     Powerless Hand, Gallery of Photographic Form, Lodz, Poland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018    CRUX - Dlonie (Hands), Gallery Studio Georrgeville, Georgeville, Canada

2011    Meta-morphoses, Galerie Angers, Montreal, Canada

2011    Annual show of Foreign Service Community Association (FSCA), Ottawa, Canada

2011    Chambers of Light, Muzeum Sztuki (Museum of Contemporary Art), Lodz, Poland.

2008  Interférence Montréal, EuroFest, Cinéma du Parc, Montréal

2007  Sixth International Festival of Photography, Lodz Poland

1993    Uncovering Hidden Dimensions, Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark

1992    Polish Photography, Dom Kultury, Bratislava, Slovakia

1988    New Photography, Cultural Centre, Walbrzych, Poland

1987    The Alternative, Gallery by the Steps, Lodz, Poland

INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO WORKS

2018   IMPOSSIBLE TIMELAPSE III, experiemental, 6:18

2018   IMPOSSIBLE TIMELAPSE II, experiemental, 6:13

2016   IMPOSSIBLE TIMELAPSE I, experiemental, 7:30

2016   IMPROBALBE MIRROR, experimental, 3:30

2011    META-MORPHOSES 2, animated short film, 10min.

2008  META-MORPHOSES, experimental, 17min HD,

1997    WAITING FOR THE MESSIAH, doc. 16mm, 25min,

1991     CAVERNS, doc. 35mm, 12min, b&w

1990    BETWEEN THE BARK AND THE CORE, drama. 35mm, 10min

1989    SEARCH, drama. 35mm, 11min, colour.

            PROVOCATION, drama. 35mm, 6min, b&w.

            METAL WORKER, doc. 35mm, 3min, b&w.

 1988    BETON, drama. 35mm, 7min, colour,

            FALLING, drama. 35mm, 5min, b&w,

            EGG doc. VHS, 28min, colour,

 1987    BY MYSELF, drama. 35mm, 6min, b&w,

            A FILM FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, experimental, 30sec, b&w

CRITICAL REVIEWS

Henderson, Will. "A dialogic workshop on Stefan Nitosalwski's Light Flaps 2" The Plant, https://theplantnewspaper.com/2018/03/a-dialogic-workshop-on-stefan-nitoslawskis-light-flaps-2/

Kuruowa Li, Yaren. “Critical Studies”. (2017), online: Yaren Kuruova Li photography, https://yarenk.wordpress.com/memory-and-time/.

Ulrich, Brian. “Evaeid Unit 2”, (2016), online: Eva Eid Photography https://evaeidphotography.wordpress.com/author/evaeid/.

Daka, Gioele. “Unit 1 - Morph”. (2015), online Gioele Daka Photography http://gioeledaka.blogspot.ca/.

Rannou, Pierre. “Meta-morphosesESSE arts + opinions, p.71, no.65, hiver (2009)

Fadden, Robyn. “Light in the shadowsHour, October 9th, (2008)

Czichosz, Krzysztof. “Time Forum Fotography.” Lodz: Lodzki dom kultury, (2008)

Magnus Issacson. “Meta-morphosis: cinematic still photography at its best.”, Documentary field notes and flashpoints, http://www.socialdoc.net/magnus/2008/09/18/meta-morphosis-cinematic-still-photograpy-at-its-best, Sept 18 (2008)

Przybylo, Marta. “Human imprint in Photograhy.” Master Thesis, U. of Warsaw, (2007)

Olek, Jerzy. “Within Photography”, Katalog – Quarterly Magazine for Photo, March (1993)

Sandbye, Mette. “The Media and the Message.” Exit: New Art in Poland, no.4-16 (1993)

Sniecinski, Marek. “Uncovering Hidden Dimensions.” Polska fotografia, October (1993)

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Muzeum sztuki (Musée d’art contomporain), Lodz, Pologne.

Muzeum kinematografii (Musée de cinématographie), Lodz, Pologne.

Gallerie Angers, Montreal.

Galeria FF, Lodz, Pologne.

Gallerie d’échange, Lodz, Pologne.

Dariusz Bienkowski, collection privée, Pologne.

André Théberge, collection privée, Montréal.

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