Peter Bogaczewicz is an artist and architect based in Halifax, Canada. He has been photographing and reflecting on his surroundings for over a decade, beginning with his familiar environments of the Canadian Maritimes, and recently, more distant desertic environments of the Middle East and Arabia.
Working somewhere at the intersection of art and architecture, his photography often blurs the line between ideas of representation, documentation and commentary in exploring questions of landscape. His projects investigate the relationship of the natural environment, the built environment and the human community, while reflecting on the differing scales of time associated with either natural or cultural histories.
He has published a monograph, Kingdom of Sand and Cement (Daylight Books, 2019) with essays by photographer Edward Burtynsky, journalist and author Karen Elliott House and art historian Rodrigo Orrantia.
Education
2001 Master of Architecture, Dalhousie University School of Architecture, Halifax (CA)
1996 Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax (CA)
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Unfolding the Embassy, Fenaa Alawwal, Riyadh (SA)
Shape-Shift, Um Slaim Collective, Riyadh (SA)
2023 Surface Tensions, Amman Images Festival / Jacaranda Images Gallery, Amman (JO)
2022 HUMAN/NATURE, Photography Museum of Lishui, Lishui (CN)
2021 HUMAN/NATURE, 2021 Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui (CN)
2019 Undercurrents, Transformer Station Art Museum, Cleveland (US)
2016 Shore Road, Paul Dietrich Gallery, Boston (US)
2014 Upper 751, Toronto Offsite Design Festival, Toronto (CA)
2010< Canada Darling, The Burnished Chariot Gallery, New London (US)
Storm Window, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax (CA)
Geographies of Logic, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax (CA)
Influx, Exhibition Room, Halifax (CA)
Access Denied: Peter Bogaczewicz and Lee Pellerin, Exhibition Room, Halifax (CA)
New York Photographs, New Exhibition Room, Halifax (CA)
Publications
2025 Surface Tensions, CNN Arabic
2024 Gentle Traveller, Direktorenhaus
2023 FRESH 2023 Finalists Catalogue, Klompching Gallery
Kinfolk Arts & Culture, Issue No.49, Kinfolk
Surface Tensions: Photographer Peter Bogaczewicz Captures Where Humanity And Nature Meet, Adventure Magazine
2021 Peter Bogaczewicz: Surface Tensions, Aint—Bad
Issue No.15, Aint—Bad
Peter Bogaczewicz Reveals Contemporary Monochrome Landscapes, C41 Magazine
Peter Bogaczewicz On The Tension Between Natural And Built Environments, The Modern House
Surface Tensions, Peter Bogaczewicz’s Fascinating Exploration Of The Arabian Gulf’s Contemporary Landscapes, IGNANT
Surface Tensions: Peter Bogaczewicz, BETA Developments In Photography Magazine
Surface Tensions By Peter Bogaczewicz Explores The Impact Of Progress On Arabian Landscapes, PLAIN Magazine
Introducing Peter Bogaczewicz, Domingo Communication
2020 Pay No Attention to That Country Behind the Curtain, Blind Magazine
2019 Sand Castles: Views of Saudi Arabia, Bird In Flight Magazine
Wild Juxtapositions of Saudi Arabia Modern and Ancient, Wired Magazine
Entre Dunes et Ciment, Les Paysages Saoudiens Documentés par Peter Bogaczewicz, Konbini Arts
Kingdom of Sand and Cement, Daylight Books
Teaching
2016 Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh (SA) — Guest Reviewer
2012 Dalhousie University School of Architecture, Halifax (CA) — Guest Reviewer
Dar Al-Hekma College, Jeddah (SA) — Guest Reviewer
2004 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax (CA) — Sessional Instructor
Dalhousie University School of Architecture, Halifax (CA) — Sessional Instructor
2003 Dalhousie University School of Architecture, Halifax (CA) — Sessional Instructor
Accolades
2025 MMAG Foundation — Residency
2023 Klompching Gallery — FRESH 2023 Finalist
2023 Amman Images Festival — Festival Participant (Solo Exhibition)
2021 FotoFilmic — FotoFilmic Scholarship
Photolucida, Critical Mass — Top 50 Photographer
2021 Lishui Photography Festival — Festival Participant (Group Exhibition)
2019 GUP Magazine, Issue No.63 — Honourable Mention
Photolucida, Critical Mass — Finalist
2018 Photolucida, Critical Mass — Finalist
2017 Photolucida, Critical Mass — Finalist
1998 Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation — Creation Grant