Project
PORTRAITS
Portraits, whether of oneself or others, are vessels of memory and identity. This series moves between self-portraits and depictions of others, where likeness intertwines with emotion, symbolism, and states of being. Each work explores the portrait not only as representation, but as an intimate dialogue with memory, presence, and transcendence.
Premium Fruit. Mix Media, 55 × 50 cm.
Detail from Premium Fruit Collage.
Self-portrait of the old Agata. Pencil on paper, 24 x 32 cm.
Self-portrait, acrylic on canvas, 2023. 41 x 33 cm.
Self-portrait of the young Agata. Pencil on paper, 24 x 32 cm.
Happy birthday Mr.President, Autoportrait au style de Marilyn Monroe. Encre de couleurs sur papier, 24 x 32 cm.
Each self-portrait is a conversation with myself — sometimes a mirror, sometimes a distortion, always a trace of an inner state.
From sketch to canvas: tracing the layers of a portrait
Moments from the exhibition, Les Cercles Illusoires, Paris, 2024
Maman photographed by my father, 1984. Wax crayons on paper, 21 x 30 cm, 2019.
My grandfather on my fourth birthday in 1990, Wax crayons on paper, 21 x 30 cm 2019.
Wayan, wax pastels on paper, 42 × 29.7 cm, 2022.
In these portraits, I explore how another’s essence can be translated into color, gesture, and form.
A journey in time — this self-portrait, born in Camino de Espejos with pencils and markers, was reinterpreted in acrylics in 2023. The video captures its process of becoming.
Self-portrait, acrylic on canvas, 2023. 41 x 33 cm