Patryk Stasieczek is a Polish Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ visual artist and curator currently working as an Assistant Professor of Photography at NSCAD University. They hold a BFA in Photography from Concordia University and an MFA from Emily Carr University. Patryk's practice explores photography as an embodied, interdisciplinary queering of image histories, actions, and materials. Chromaphilic in approach, they investigate the affective labor tied to the experimentation and fabrication of images, utilizing spatial applications of light and technology. Their research is informed by their pedagogy and delves into the emergent conditions of photography and the physical relationships images create as forms of experiential knowledge. Patryk's work as an artist and curator has been featured in collaboration with the Pensacola Museum of Art (USA), Peripheral Review (CA), Centre Clark (CA), Magenta Foundation (CA), Capture Photography Festival (CA), among others. Some of their work is available via the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Art Rental & Sales program.