Kuba Ryniewicz’s work defies conventional notions of portraiture. His photographs seek both to capture the essence of the individual and to serve as windows into their untold stories, providing a space which gives permission for the sitter to reveal their uninhibited identity, often through interaction with surrounding objects or landscape. Ryniewicz’s distinctive approach challenges the boundaries of traditional portraiture, inviting viewers to engage with the layers of meaning through witnessing the sitter in tension with their environment; and the hidden personal stories suggested through each image.

Kuba Ryniewicz (b. 1980, Poznan, Poland) is based in the North East of England, UK. He completed his MA in Philosophy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland in 2005 and carried out his BA in Contemporary Photographic Practice from Northumbria University, UK in 2008. Ryniewicz had exhibited nationally and internationally, selected exhibitions include Parallel Stories from Here, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK (2022); Daily Weeding, The NewBridge Project, Newcastle, UK; 3538Org, Paris, France; and Village, Leeds UK (2021). Selected group exhibitions include The Everday Politcal, Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK (2018); Idea of North, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (2018); and North: Fashioning Identity, Somerset House, London, UK (2017). He has worked internationally with clients including Gucci, Loewe, Balenciaga, Google, COS, Stella McCartney, Fantastic Man, Luncheon, BUTT, Dazed, Financial Times, Replica Man, Apartamento, The Gourmand, The Plant, Pleasure Garden, PIN-UP, Vogue Poland, Wired (Japan), Wire, and Wallpaper*.