Dorota Jurczak

Dorota Jurczak’s practice is a dark and whimsical space of creatures and humans existing across painting, sculpture and etching. Inspired by Eastern European iconography, folklore, mythology and modernist artists, such as Alfred Kubin and Denton Welch, Jurczak creates fragmented narratives outside the normative parameters of Western logic. A passionate reader, the Polish artist inscribes literary motives and references in her works, forming riddles of magic, fantasy and escapism. The bright and uniform colours of her paintings stand next to swirly black and white drawings of her etching next to the sophisticated simplicity of her sculptures. The versatility of Jurczak’s works inhabits an unexplainable reality of superstition, moods and fables, unique in its expression.