Based between Warsaw and Berlin, Polish artist Agnieszka Brzeżańska works in a variety of media including painting, film, illustration and ceramics. The artist draws inspiration from the natural world, exploring themes related to astronomy, physics, alchemy and philosophy. Her recent practice focuses on notions of decay, apocalypse and catastrophe: her 2004 work Spongiform Encephala refers to a rare form of prion disease. Though abstract in appearance, the work contains hints of figurative realities, conjuring hazy pools of smoke, water and fire. Brzeżańska studied with Stefan Gierowski at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk and Warsaw, graduating in 1997 before attending the National University of Fine Arts in Tokyo. Her first retrospective at The National Museum in Warsaw will open in July 2019.
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