Acrylic on canvas, 60x40cm, 2021.
MATYLDA POLAK. Graduate of the Department of Industrial Forms at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In her work, she takes up various topics that become a stimulus for painting or design considerations of form, light, human relations, cultural codes, references to contemporary culture. In figurative painting, she is interested in the relationship between figures; in abstract painting, she seeks tension between forms, harmonious composition, very often also optimism. She believes that if a painting can give the viewer a bit of joy - it is already a great deal.
In the design of everyday objects, furniture or interiors, he looks for form and functional solutions adequate to the subject matter. He pays great attention to color, research and the design process.
Head of Design of the DESIVA Furniture brand.
Winner of competitions, including the YES Scholarship, Eibisch Foundation, Vilnius Academy of Art Award, Triennale of Drawing in Katowice, Henry Dooren Foundation.
