ARTIST STATEMENT

My artistic practice grew out of memories memories and old photographs. Today I work with what is happening here and now. The starting point is situations, objects, everyday observations. I don't look for subjects in advance. I notice them, recognize them, and develop them.

Sculpture is my primary medium. I am not attached to any single material. I choose it for each work specifically, so that it reinforces the work's content and character. I use materials that are damaged or appear worn , as well as solid ones such as – stone stone or metal. I am particularly interested in working with moulds and casting the same form multiple times using different methods.

The relationship between sculpture and the viewer matters equally to me. I treat touch as a fully valid way of experiencing art. In stone, I create rounded, smoothed forms that invite contact. Depending on the project, I also engage other senses: sound, light, scent, or movement. I want the work to genuinely affect the viewer, not just be observed. In exhibitions, with large-scale works, I move away from traditional pedestals. Sculptures stand directly in the space, at the viewer's level. I want the encounter with them to feel natural and close.

bio

I was born in 2001. I am a sculptor based in Kraków. In my practice, I treat a wide range of materials as an element that builds meaning. In the context of symposia, I often work in dialogue with a place. My works explore memory, everyday observation, and contemporary context. I co-founded the collective MISZMASZ. I am the author of two solo exhibitions and have participated in over 40 exhibitions in Poland and abroad. I have received awards in sculpture and film competitions, including the competition for the realization of the Omnia Beneficia sculpture in Stary Sącz. I am a scholarship recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

_{photographer: Jędrzej Jaklik}