Born in 1997. Studies: history of art at the University of Warsaw (2016–2021) and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2018–2023). Field of artistic activity: painting. Solo exhibitions in Warsaw: “Warsaw–Olsztyn Route / Direct Connection”, Abakus Gallery (2022); “Between the Wall and Wainscoting” and “Hauntology”, Arx Gallery (2023). Awards: second-degree award in the “SPREAD YOUR WINGS WITH A LION” competition by Generali for students of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2021) and in the painting competition by the Franciszka Eibisch Foundation (2023); “Contemporary Lynx” distinction in the “New Painting / New Look” competition (2023); finalist in the 2023 LOOSTRO 16th Autumn Art Salon competition, the Wojciech Fangor 5th National Student Painting Competition (2024) i and the “New Painting / New Look” competition (2024).
I am fascinated by the sight of dust on heavy curtains, ferns, and dark wall units. The carpet patterns that served as mazes for children’s toys, and the search for repeating wood knots on the wainscoting – these are but a few of the memories that are still like open doors to the past for me. When we interact with the echoes of the 1990s (photographs, everyday objects, or returning fashion trends), we join a single memory community. The vision of those years, so strongly present in modern pop culture, enables me – busily pushing through every day – to return to my roots and reveal to the viewer the private, soft, homely, very “Polish”, and universal in me. With the painting language of realism, I am able to invite every viewer to find their own self lost somewhere amidst the cigarette smoke and static noise of the TV set.
MAY YOU STEP ON LEGO AGAIN
Supervisor: Dr hab. Jan Mioduszewski, Assoc. Prof.
