Ilona Szwarc (b. 1984, Warsaw, lives and work in Los Angeles, CA) received an MFA in Photography from Yale University and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Her work explores ways in which female identity is constructed in the current cultural context. Szwarc’s recent solo exhibitions include Make Room (2019), AALA Gallery, Los Angeles (2018), Instytut Fotografii Fort (2017) and Leica Gallery (2016), Warsaw; Amerikahaus, Munich (2015); Foley Gallery, New York (2013); and Galerie Claude Samuel, Paris (2012). She has participated in group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm; Shulamit Nazarian Gallery and Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Danziger Gallery and International Center for Photography, New York; among others. Among her awards and grants she has received the Richard Benson Prize for Excellence in Photography (2015) and the Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture (2014). Her photographs have been featured in numerous publications worldwide. Artfare artist