I explore my subject to the very boundaries between life and death. My art reflects the transcendent act of crossing the border of souls living in the body. My art derives directly from experience.
ABOUT
At the age of sixteen Agata was diagnosed with a giant blood vessel tumour, AVM, in her head and was given two years to live before the doctors told her she would probably bleed out. Since then, she has become a subject to the objectifying gaze of the medical profession. Surgeons have performed over 46 operations over the last 27 years as they have struggled to control the bleedings and shrink the tumour. Art became a means to survive and paint the transcendental visions that emerge from these operative traumas and life-threatening experiences.
After a nighttime hemorrhage Agata underwent a profound near-death experience (NDE) and her transformation began. NDE shifted her focus from depression and figurative depictions to an all-compassing light and lightness which can be seen in the newest series in progress To the Light and Pillars of Love. Aga’s art depicts her story and the spectrum of experiences and challenges as a means of retrieving power over her destiny.
