Artwork description:
This installation consists of two mannequins standing together. It depicts the complicated relationship between two women, their internal struggles and hidden desires. Each mannequin looks different, and the clash between patterns and colours tells a story of two women, with different beauty ideas and different personalities. One of them has blue hues and organic colours, which relate to her having a more melancholic disposition. The latter has striking, fluorescent colours, signifying a fire within and a need to express herself freely, also sexually. Despite their differences, there is a relation between them, and it is a referral to the movie ”Call Me By Your Name”, but with women.
Biography:
Born in Fitzroy, Australia, now lives in Warsaw, Poland. From 2009 till 2014, she has cooperated with the cat monthly magazine “Kocie Sprawy”, creating images to stories written by Tomasz Solarewicz “Confessions of a cat bandit”. At the age of 19, she illustrated a book by Piotr Frączak, “The Adventures of Anatol F.” published in 2009 by Kooperatywa Pozarządowa. In 2013, she finished her BA at the Graphics Department at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. In 2015, she received her MA degree with a Distinction from Illustration, at Camberwell College of Arts. In October 2015, she won the 7th edition of Con/Corso Buenos Aires in Milan for her series “Setting the Stage”, and “Salamander” from the “Bestiary” series. In the same month, she had her first solo exhibition “Fantasmagorie” at the Gallery Parę Osób. She participated in the most prestigious art festival in Poland, Art Fresh Festival, twice. She was awarded four times by the 3x3 Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, based in NYC (2 Honourable Mentions and 2 Merits) from 2015-2019. In 2016, she won 2nd prize in the art competition „Generation of Young Artists”. In 2017 she was selected to participate at the Art Next Expo in Hong Kong, China. In 2018 she had her individual show at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) in New York and painted a mural in Brooklyn. Her graphics and paintings have been appreciated all over the world and are owned by private collectors in countries such as: UK, USA, Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, China and many more.