Kai Wasikowski currently lives and works on Gadigal Land / Sydney, Australia. His practice encompasses photography, video and sculpture. Wasikowski’s projects use photography to question western visual/political systems of knowledge, and aim to spark feelings of curiosity and connectedness towards the powerful lives of images.
Wasikowski received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2023, and his BVA (First Class Honours with University Medal) from the University of Sydney in 2016. His work has received notable awards including the Dr Harold Schenberg Art Fellowship from the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (2017); the AusArt Scholarship from the American Australian Association (2020); and the Marten Bequest Scholarship from Creative Australia (2021). Wasikowski’s work has been featured on the cover of Art Monthly Australasia, and written about in Artist Profile, Art Collector, VAULT Magazine, and The Australian Financial Review. His work is held in public and private collections including Home of the Arts Gold Coast, Deloitte Australia and Artbank Australia. He has participated in residencies at the Three Shadows Photography Centre, China (2019) and ran educational workshops for adults and children at the Australian Centre for Photography, the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre; and 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney.