Since the beginning of the year, I have been working on paintings for the "Feel" project.
In February, Russia invaded Ukraine. I could not stand aside and started working on drawings and paintings depicting the war, the fate of women there, their destinies, and stories. I also began conducting art therapy classes for children and women who fled from Ukraine.
By the summer, my work on the theme of war had left me greatly exhausted. Although I had returned to focusing on the 'Feel' project, I found myself unable to cease pondering the fate of women and the history of my family. The origins of my grandmother before the war and her survival as a young child amidst the loss of loved ones constantly occupy my thoughts.
I struggle to find a way to adequately express my emotions, which ultimately gave birth to the painting 'Out of the Dark.' It embodies a longing to escape the darkness, to embrace the light, to emerge as a liberated and resilient individual.
Painting
Country
Warsaw, Poland
Year
2022
“The Ardour”, 2022
70 x 50 cm, acrylic on canvas
“Untitled”, 2022
200 x 150 cm, acrylic on canvas
“Observation”, 2017/2022
38 x 46 / 70 x 50 / 38 x 46 cm, acrylic on canvas
Drawings in epoxy resin and glass sand
Country
Warsaw, Poland
Year
2022
In this series, I used creased drawings as symbols of the fact that life is a white sheet of paper on which we write our story, but sometimes external events crumple and tear this sheet to shreds.
More about this series...
Out of the Dark
Country
Warsaw, Poland
Year
2022
Throughout the year, I came across stories of women being raped by Russian soldiers. I did not stop thinking about the war, about the fate of women on earth, about weaknesses, strengths, and their possibilities of survival. I had questions inside me that I couldn't answer yet. This is how a reflective image was born: a woman's face emerging from the darkness, as if saying, 'I am here!'
