In 2003, he graduated from the University of Lodz with a master's degree (Sociology). He completed a research scholarship at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, Greece, and also undertook postgraduate studies in Cultural Management at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
From 2005 to 2011, he served as Director of the Łódź Art Center. He is currently a member of the collective and co-curator of the Łódź Photo Festival – International Festival of Photography, one of the largest photography events in Europe, and the founder of Photo Festival Union, a network of European photography festivals.
On February 9, 2008, he was awarded the title Łodzianin Roku 2007 (Citizen of the Year 2007), becoming the youngest recipient of this award. In September 2011, as one of three Poles, he was invited to the European Young Leaders Program 2011–2012 – “40 under 40”.
Between 2014 and 2019, he also served as Artistic Director of the Hamburg Triennale of Photography. He has been an active member of the Cohabitat social movement, which focuses on ecology and sustainable development, including open-source collaboration, architecture, natural technologies, and permaculture.
