The works of the artist Paola Ciarska show detailed and colourful paintings that depict spaces that can remind the viewers of their own homes. This familiar intimacy allows us to immerse ourselves in Ciarska's world and to recognize ourselves in the scenes depicted. The resulting spatial landscape offers an insight into Ciarska's life, but also into that of her friends and that of unknown neighbours who exist only in Ciarska's imagination.
The artist works in miniature format. With the smallest of brushes she creates honeycomb-shaped tiles, room by room, object by object. The imaginary paintings are mostly created in the artist's imagination, they show completely invented rooms that belong to her personal infinitely fantastic parallel universe. In these works, Ciarska mostly uses objects from the inventory in her head. Over the years, as her practice developed, the process of arranging and imagining the spaces became very instinctive.
At the beginning of each painting, the artist focuses on each phase and element of the work, allowing for spontaneity in the creation of her works. This unprejudiced approach is what makes Ciarska's art. The only planned part of her painting is the choice of the size of the surface to be painted. She begins by creating the colour skeleton of the painting, giving shape to the interior and exterior spaces and experimenting with patterns and textures. The choice of colours is made with the utmost care and usually includes a deeper, psychological level of meaning to create a certain mood and atmosphere in each interior.
The Polish-born artist Paola Ciarska (*1993, Gdańsk) lives and works in Sicily. The artist has already exhibited in many galleries and museums, including the Museum Paul Tetar van Elven in Delft (NL), Galerie Emmanuel Hervé in Paris, iMT Gallery in London, Workplace Gallery in Gateshead, BrooklyFireproof in New York, Bamburgh House in Newcastle and Baltic Centrefor Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Her work is part of the publication Off the Wall - Art of the Absurd, published by Visionary. Her work has recently been reviewed in Art Forum, Candid Magazine, Contemporary Lynx and The Calvert Journal and is in the collection of Hatton Gallery.