This part of my work is a retrospective of childhood. Paintings are done on textile, very often the pieces of material carry a story themselves. I incorporate text to better explain this realm of tenderness that I’m inviting you into.

4 seasons, upcycled textile patchwork, two-sided 1,5x2m, 2025/2026

“4 seasons” was originally titled “nest”. It shows birds’yearly nesting pattern on a human family – they move in in spring, to leave the home empty in winter.

It is sewed on a piece of fabric of my old family sofa.

  1. Baca I, oil on textile, 70×100 cm, 2026

  2. Baca II, oil on textile & embroidery, 70×100 cm, 2026

“Baca is our childrens’ (and adults’) guardian of fears actual (and imaginary)”.

He’s my grandparents’ dog who is always very protective of us.

  1. Devil from ‘Ziarno’, application & embroidery, 70 x 90 cm, 2026

  2. “Soplicowo”, oil on textile & embroidery, 70×100 cm, 2026

“When I was small,
I used to have a lot of nightmares and fears.
I used to call my parents in at night convinced that ex. the devil mascot from the ‘Ziarno’ tv series was hidden in my curtain.
Now i also have fears, but different – from everyday life.
I guess i never grew out of imagination.” (translation of embroidery on „Devil from 'Ziarno'”)

‘Ziarno’ is a religious tv series for children. The devil mascot was a crucial part of it.

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“My grandparents had a house at the Jacka Soplicy street. Babcia called it Soplicowo* because she always dreamed of a traditional manor house. They then sold the house, but it still appears in my dreams whenever something important is happening.” – (translation of embroidery on „Soplicowo”)

*Soplicowo was the name of the manor house in “Pan Tadeusz” – one of Poland’s flag, national pride books.