acrylic, board, 82 x 61 cm (framed 85.5 x 64.5 cm), inscribed on back: Oliwia Thomas | palm ('POBIEROWO') -> SYSTEM_FAIL | 2025 | Acrylic on board | 61 x 82 cm'
Painter, performer and environmentalist. In her work, she focuses on dialogue with nature, seeking a language of understanding with other forms of life as a way to counteract the destruction of Poland's natural heritage and to protect it effectively. She graduated from the Faculty of Media Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Prof. Mirosław Bałka, Prof. Leon Tarasewicz and Dr. Jakub Szreder, where she developed her interests in the spirit of Art&Science, especially in areas such as neuroaesthetics, ethnobotany, hydrology and geoecology. She is the winner of Hestia's Artistic Journey and ComingOut - Best Diplomas of the Academy of Fine Arts competitions. She participated in exhibitions during COP26 in Glasgow, the PRZEMIANA Festival of the Copernicus Science Center, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and collaborated with the Zachęta National Art Gallery, Raster Gallery and the Warsaw Greenery Board.
