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🧬second skin 🧬 💧Each following dry laye

🧬second skin 🧬

💧Each following dry layer reacts to wetting, which makes it wrinkle or crack like a skin. In addition, I mold them into appropriate shapes and emphasize their structure. I also use the properties of the fluid as a carrier for the pigment, which, following the cracks and hollows, creates a network that imitates veins, neurons or wrinkles. At this stage, artificial membranes become an image of what is inside and outside at the same time.

🩸Artificial material acquires bodily features and maintains anthropomorphic qualities such as plasticity and instability, sensitivity to water and temperature.

….artificial ones pretend to be alive 👀

📸Fot. @alexberyll

#artificialbody #artproject #scienceart #scientific #bioart #syntheticnature #syntheticbody #artlab #artlaboratory #artandscience #sciart #arttechnology #artresearch #biomorphic #biomorphicart #contemporaryart #newart #fineartphotography #visualarts #artnow #artmagazines #experimentalart #artcollecting #abstractart #plastics #femaleartist #visualartist

The process of working on #artificialbody project

The process of working on #artificialbody project is the most sensual and organic. 🖤 (Yeah...It's sexy!)

Contact with liquid synthetic resin, additionally colored, resembles various types of secretions or blood. Next manual preparation of membranes, due to their consistency and elasticity - living tissues haptically.

When a membrane is still wet, I take many photos. Subsequent images are created, capturing this unique moment of a fleshy/corporeal, but hipnotizing and bizarre landscape… 👀

Do you like it? Or am I a freak? 🙃
Available prints. Write PM

#artproject #scienceart #scientific #bioart #syntheticnature #syntheticbody #artlab #artlaboratory #artandscience #sciart #arttechnology #artresearch #biomorphic #biomorphicart #abstractnature #contemporaryart #newart #fineartphotography #visualart #nasa #artnow #artmagazines #experimentalart #artcollecting #abstractart #pigments #plastics #femaleartist #buyartbywomen

It is said that the great art is born of pain. 💔 ⬇️

Do you agree with that?

I think there is some truth in it, because emotions are a source of expression. However, to finalize my artworks, I need a sense of safety - when all issues are already under control...
but fate can suddenly surprise and turn everything upside down.🙃

In my opinion, art becomes real thanks to its close connection with private and emotional life. Authenticity is beautiful despite drastic genesis. Very often it’s carefully hidden. Sometimes there are many threads crossfade, concerning personal topics and general / contemporary topics. I would like everyone to be able to identify with art, find answers to the questions that arise in it. There are no wrong answers. I'm always curious about them. Everyone carries different images inside and experiences.

Can art be a mirror?

Fot. 📸 my best @alexberyl
(Photo at work on #artificialbody project)

#contemporaryart#artlife#femaleartist#youngartist#contemporaryartist#emergingartist#behindthescenes#artresearch#artlab#atelier#artistinatelier#womeninart#portraitphotography #portrait#femaleportrait

technical break...⏳ break in the material creati

technical break...⏳
break in the material creation... For me it is an important component of the creative process when it is actually going on all the time.
It's time for research, observation and sometimes a completely different job to gain new experiences and look for alternative ways of expressing myself/new projects or perverse life situations. After all of that there is time to stand in front of an empty canvas again.

📷This photo is a kind of metaphor - a shadow of myself on a new surface, where the image is re-created thanks to the play of light reflected from surroundings (the blue sky and a pink building opposite my studio).

⏭️Following posts will reveal the role of light in the "Artificial body" project.

#workinprogress#artlife#creativeprocess#behindthescenes#artistinatelier#atelier#plastic#artlab#artlaboratory#artandscience#sciart#arttechnology#artresearch#experimentalart#contemporarypainting#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#emergingartist#femaleartist#polishartist#visualartist#womeninart#visualarts#artoninstagram#artdaily#artreview#contemporarypainting#biomorphic#biomorphicart

Boundaries (detail) 💔 Diptych, own technique,

Boundaries (detail) 💔
Diptych, own technique, acrylic on XPS board, 2020

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#boundaries#migration#globalextinction#anthropoceneart#anthropocene#climatechange#contemoraryartist #visualartist#youngartist#monikapolak#contemporaryart#emergingartist#emergingart#womeninart#artreview#artandsciencie#sciaart#artsy#artstudio#artgallery#artresearch#contemporaryartcurator#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#biomorphicart#biomorphic#artdesign#savetheplanet#savelives

Boundaries diptych, own technique, acrylic on XPS

Boundaries
diptych, own technique, acrylic on XPS board, 2020

Have you ever heard of planetary boundaries? It is a concept involving Earth system processes that contain environmental boundaries.

❗4 of 9 boundaries are crossed

❌one of them - Biodiversity loss:
as a result of excessive human activities: building roads, railroads, river regulation, over-cutting of forests, introduction of industrial farming and intensively fertilized large-area monocultures, habitats that used to be huge spaces have been divided and separated by barriers. The consequence is the depletion of the population's gene pool, which lead to its extinction.

Changes in ecosystems caused by human activity have occurred faster in the last 50 years than at any time in human history, increasing the risk of sudden and irreversible changes...

Global extinction is irreversible...

...and we continue to cross the boundaries 💔

#boundaries#globalextinction#anthropoceneart#anthropocene#climatechange#contemoraryartist #visualartist#youngartist#monikapolak#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#contemporaryartcurator#emergingartist#emergingart#womeninart#artreview#artandsciencie#sciaart#artsy#artstudio#artgallery#artresearch#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#biomorphicart#biomorphic#artdesign#fineart#savetheplanet

My creative process is based mainly on intuition,

My creative process is based mainly on intuition, my own experience and basic knowledge of painting technology, without delving into the strictly scientific structure of matter (I don’t have the appropriate equipment for this dictated). Nevertheless, my own observations and research allow me to enter the process of an artist-researcher and skillfully process the obtained data, creating my own set of tools. On this basis, I use physico-chemical phenomena, artificial materials, pigments and mediums to create images with an organic structure. The manipulations of paint are distant here from those used in traditional painting techniques. Therefore, the final result also doesn’t resemble human-made forms.

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The main factor that makes the creative process dynamic is experiment. Then I extend the technological base with new components, applications and formal solutions. I prepare everything by myself. It’s essential to maintain continuous visual and textual documentation while working in order to duplicate the effects in subsequent applications.

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fot. 📸 @alexberyll

#alchemy#workinprogress#creativeprocess#behindthescenes #artistinatelier#atelier#experiments#painting#pigments#plastics#artlab#artlaboratory#artandscience#sciart#arttechnology#artresearch#experimentalart#contemporarypainting#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#emergingartist#polishartist#visualartist#artgallery#artcollector#artoninstagram#artwork#artdaily

SWIPE ! And read - -- ---> ✨ Supernova, own te

SWIPE ! And read - -- ---> ✨

Supernova, own technique on canvas, acrylic, 130x130cm, 2020

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I like mysteries and extremes, discoveries and surprises... That’s why I often juggle with distant thematic associations. However, contrary to appearances, they are closely related. You can easly notice that I'm most interested of one of them: micro/macro - molecular and cosmic scales.

I use a thin perceptual boundary when some shapes, structures and matters are visually very close. There are many various analogies in nature which I adore. It’s still noticed many repeated patterns and its formation is a number of countless reactions, starting from elementary particles. ✨

This pic relates to phenomenon of supernova explosions, enriching the interstellar space with various elements that build more complex compounds over time, which affects the evolution of stars and determines the formation of planets. The research of the cosmos allows us to understand many laws of nature that prevail on our extraordinary planet Earth.
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#astronomy #astrophysics #space #nasa #universe #supernova #cosmos #microcosmos #earth #microbiology #anthropocene #artandsciencie #sciart #scienceart #bioart #artresearch #visualarts #experimentalart #artistsoninstagram #artreview #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #biomorphic #abstractart #work2day #artsy #artlovers #artcollector #artandtechnology #planet

Welcome back on board! 👩‍🔬🧪👩‍🎨

Welcome back on board! 👩‍🔬🧪👩‍🎨

Obviously it's easier for me to share instastories... There are a lot of interesting situations suddenly appearing during the artistic process. But from now I will share more posts with longer descriptions. In particular, I will tell you more about my artworks, actual topics, upcoming exhibitions, myself and the artistic process that interests you so much! Stay tuned!🔥

fot. 📸 @alexberyll 🖤

#artistsoninstagram #artlife #artistsatelier #artsy #artstudio #artgallery #contemporaryartist #visualartist #youngartist #monikapolak #contemporaryart #portrait #femaleartist #emergingartist #emergingart #bioart #polishemergingartist #polishartist #polishart #femaleartist #artcollector #womeninart #artreview #artandsciencie #sciart #plastic #biomorphicart #artresearch #visualart #anthropocene
#experimentalart

polyurethane, acrylic detail of "Only polymers le

polyurethane, acrylic

detail of "Only polymers left alive"
Art installation, 2020
~10x10 cm

Plastics pretend to be alive.
Modern materials grow into living bodies, become their imitations often as an integral part of them. It's a visualization how technology is currently changing our bodily experiences.

#artresearch#plastics#polymers#polyurethane#acrylic#artificialbody#objectart#artandscience#experimental#modernart#contemporaryart#tzvetnik#mixedmediaart#artinstallation#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#sciart#work2day#artsy#artlovers#artcollection#biomorphicart#biomorphi#anthropocene

Extruded polystyrene, acrylic detail of "Only pol

Extruded polystyrene, acrylic

detail of "Only polymers left alive"
Art installation, 2020
~20x30 cm

There is a widespread displacement of natural materials in favor of artificial ones, also within artistic activities. This art installation refers to contemporary issues and problems related to the world of nature and the development of technology.

#artresearch#plastics#polymers#polystyrene#acrylic#artificial#body#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#artinstallation#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#sciart#work2day#artsy#artlovers#artcollection#biomorphicart#biomorphic #anthropocene

foamboard, polyurethane, acrylic ~20x30 cm detail

foamboard, polyurethane, acrylic
~20x30 cm

detail of "Only polymers left alive"
Art installation, 2020

The installation refers visually to the biological world, but the use of a specific medium and technique is intended to emphasize the phenomenon of dissemination of artificial materials in the circulation of the modern world and the emergence of some of their relationships with living organisms.

#artresearch#plastics#polymers#polyurethane#acrylic#artificial#body#pollution#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#artinstallation#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#youngartistemergingartist#abstracted#abstractart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#sciart#work2day#artsy#artlovers#artcollection#artandscience#biomorphicart

"Only polymers left alive" Art installation, 2020

"Only polymers left alive"
Art installation, 2020
Mixed media, different type of plastics

In#publicartcollection #museumofmodernart #wroclaw
#artresearch#plastics#polymers#artificial#body#pollution#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#artinstallation#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#youngartistemergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#sciart#work2day#artsy#artlovers#artcollection

"Only polymers left alive" Art installation, 2020

"Only polymers left alive"
Art installation, 2020
Mixed media, different type of plastics

In#publicartcollection #museumofmodernart #wroclaw
#artresearch#plastics#polymers#artificial#body#pollution#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#artinstallation#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#youngartistemergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#sciart#work2day#artsy#artlovers#artcollection

#intro "Only polymers left alive" art installatio

#intro

"Only polymers left alive"
art installation, 2020
Mixed media, plastics

#artresearch#plastics#polymers#artificial#body#pollution#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#artinstallation#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#youngartistemergingartist#artecontemporaneo#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#sciart#work2day#artsy#artlovers#museumofmodernart#incollection

visible/in/visible... See details. "Hidden index"

visible/in/visible... See details.

"Hidden index"
100x100 cm, 2019
Own technique on fiberglass mesh

#experimental#experimentalart#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#artinstallation#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#youngartistemergingartist#artecontemporaneo#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#nyc#cosmos#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#artandscience#sciart#work2day#artsy#artlovers

Dark sides are the most appealing... 🌘🌑🌒

Dark sides are the most appealing...
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There is no planet B
120x120 cm, 2020
own technique on canvas

#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#contemporaryart#contemporaryartist#youngartist#biomorphic#biomorphicart#emergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#astronomy#cosmos#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#artandscience#sciart#newandabstract

⬇️⬇️⬇️ Somatoscopy (100x100 cm, 2019,

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Somatoscopy
(100x100 cm, 2019,
own technique on pcv board)
became part of the collection of the city of Wrocław!

Artists are also in a difficult situation because of COVID-19. The city of Wrocław came to the rescue by organizing a competition for the purchase of artists' artworks. The competition was divided into two stages, and my artwork reached the final and was selected for purchase. A small thing, but it makes me happy.

#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#contemoraryart#contemporaryartist#youngartist#biomorphic#biomorphicart#emergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#bioart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#london#artcollector#artdesign#artandscience

⚗️🧫 art lab ⁠ experiment. patience. curio

⚗️🧫 art lab ⁠
experiment. patience. curiosity. experience⁠
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#topsecret #alchemy #paints #artificial #fluids #body #laboratory #artlaboratory #artandscience #scienceart #sciart #bioart #artwork #artresearch #experimentalart #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #visualartist #artoninstagram #artdaily #fineart #phdlife #workinprogress #studio #atelier ⁠
#workshop #wroclaw #mylovelyplace

new is coming... detail⁠ #bioart #scienceart #ar

new is coming... detail⁠
#bioart #scienceart #artandscience #experimentalart #sciart #artandscience #artresearch #artificial #biology #plastic #workinprogress #artoftheday #arte #experimental #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #painting #installationart #contemoraryart #contemporaryartist #biomorphic #biomorphicart #emergingartist #abstraction #abstracted #abstractart #artcollector #visualarts #artoninstagram ⁠#staytuned

new is coming... detail⁠ #bioart #scienceart #ar

new is coming... detail⁠
#bioart #scienceart #artandscience #experimentalart #sciart #artandscience #artresearch #artificial #biology #plastic #workinprogress #artoftheday #arte #experimental #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #painting #installationart #contemoraryart #contemporaryartist #biomorphic #biomorphicart #emergingartist #abstraction #abstracted #abstractart #artcollector #visualarts #artoninstagram ⁠#staytuned⁠

living paint, a living body⁠ ⁠ #bioart #living

living paint, a living body⁠
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#bioart #livingimages #artandscience #experimentalart #sciart #artandscience #artresarch #microcosmos #micro #fungy #inspiration⁠ #biology #workinprogress
#artoftheday #arte #experimental #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #painting #contemoraryart #contemporaryartist #biomorphic #biomorphicart #emergingartist #abstraction #abstracted #abstractart #artcollector #visualarts #artoninstagram ⁠

Ovum II #owntechnique on canvas, 100x100 cm, 2020

Ovum II
#owntechnique on canvas, 100x100 cm, 2020
When a copy is better than an original...

Private collection

#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#contemoraryart#contemporaryartist#youngartist#biomorphic#biomorphicart#emergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#bioart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#london#artcollector#artdesign#artandscience @abstrac.ted

"Entelecheia" #owntechnique on XPS board, ø 100 c

"Entelecheia"
#owntechnique on XPS board, ø 100 cm
#experimental#modernart#modernabstract#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#contemoraryart#contemporaryartist#youngartist#biomorphic#biomorphicart#emergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#abstractart#bioart#artcollector#visualarts#artoninstagram#artcollector#artdesign#artlovers#artcollective

Artificial body⁠. Detail #inprocess#inprogress#u

Artificial body⁠. Detail
#inprocess#inprogress#undone#detail#structure#body#experimental#modernart#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#contemporaryartist#artist#youngartist#biomorphic#biomorphicart#emergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#bioart#artcollector#visualarts#artsy#artdaily#artoninstagram#followme##artcollector#thisweekoninstagram#studioscenes

Artificial body⁠. Detail. #inprocess#inprogress#

Artificial body⁠. Detail.
#inprocess#inprogress#undone#detail#structure#body#experimental#modernart#contemporaryart#contemporarypainting#painting#contemporaryartist#artist#youngartist#biomorphic#biomorphicart#emergingartist#abstraction#abstracted#bioart#artcollector#visualarts#artsy#artdaily#artoninstagram#followme##artcollector#thisweekoninstagram#studioscenes⁠

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