Aleksandra Bociańska (b. 1997), Icarus, 2022

oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm, signed back.

Aleksandra Bociańska was born in 1997 in Radomsko. In 2017, she began studying at the Faculty of Painting of the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. She is currently a fourth-year student in the painting studio of Prof. Adam Brincken and the drawing studio of Dr. Rafał Borcz.

Her recent painterly explorations revolve around light and fire - primordial phenomena that are an essential aspect in existence. The alluring source of heat has a dual nature, it also carries horror and destruction. Light mesmerizingly makes it easy for a moth deceived by its charm to get burned. The line between safety and danger seems to be increasingly fading.

Selected group exhibitions:
- IV Winter Salon of the Young- Zofia Weiss Gallery, Krakow (2021) (honorable mention).
- ARTRA 2020 review of the work of Radomsko artists- Regional Museum in Radomsko,
- #version-trial- Kreaktywna Kraków (2020)
- #we have been- virtual exhibition Kreaktywna, Cracow (2020)
- Choir of soloists- Drugie Piętro Gallery, Cracow (2020)
- Flowers, painting exhibition- New Era Art Gallery, Cracow (2020),
- Third Winter Salon of the Young- Zofia Weiss Gallery, Cracow (2020).