Monika WORSZTYNOWICZ (1974) TERRA INDIGENA STUDIO, Filifionek Nieśmiałek; 2022

Chamotte ceramic, cold-applied color, 75 x 32 x 12 cm; ceramic element: 24 x 12 x 8 cm
Signature on reverse: TERRA/ INDIGLNA/STUDIO

Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, where she received a diploma in painting, artistic printmaking and graphic design. A scholarship holder of Edinburgh College of Art, she works in sculpture, oil painting, art printmaking and illustration. Monika Worsztynowicz has had many solo exhibitions in Poland and abroad, her works are in many private collections in Poland and abroad.

"Co-feeling the delicate vibrations on the web of life is the nature of the relationship I share with the Creatures of the Forest that haunt my studio. I call them Animals. Living in harmony with nature and its rhythms allows me to sense their subtle presence. During forest walks I meet them and sculpt a tangible shape for these Green Soulmates of ours."
The figure of the Animal is a reflection of the bond between man, his heart and soul, and Nature. The connection between the Animal and its human Guardian allows to rebuild this often broken bond, to heal relationships in the web of life. The deepest desires of the human heart summon these forest creatures. And when an Animal finds its Keeper, it grows deeply into him. It puts down roots into the human heart and human soul."
Monika Worsztynowicz