About
Biography
Agata is a Polish-born artist based in New Zealand working across painting, mixed media, and photography. Combining layered washes, geometric structures, and gestural mark-making, her works develop through a process of building, removing, interrupting, and reworking surfaces over time.
Although encouraged to pursue art from an early age, Agata initially studied sociology. Its influence remains present in her work through an ongoing interest in structure, perception, ambiguity, and the ways meaning shifts through context and interpretation.
Before focusing on painting and mixed media, Agata spent several years in London working in photography and coordinating cultural projects. After relocating to New Zealand, she shifted her focus toward painting and mixed media, gradually developing her current approach.
Her work moves between structure and spontaneity. Delicate washes, drawn lines, collage elements, and geometric forms are layered and disrupted within the same composition, allowing each work to remain open, unresolved, and in flux.
Working intuitively across materials, she approaches painting as an evolving surface rather than a predetermined image, allowing accidents, interruptions, and adjustments to shape the final work.
Experience
Artist & Workshop Facilitator – Self-employed
2019 – Present
- Design and deliver art workshops for children, youth, and seniors across community and education settings
- Partner with local organisations, including the Botanical Gardens, to run culturally themed workshops (e.g. Māori art, Polish paper-making)
- Lead hands-on sessions in drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, and mixed media, supporting skill development and creative engagement
Learning Assistant – Shelly Park Primary School & St. Ignatius Catholic Primary School
2024 – 2025
- Ran weekly art groups for primary-aged students
Events Coordinator – Polish Deconstruction Project (UK)
2007 – 2011
- Coordinated community art events and educational workshops for children and adults
- Founded and led community-based art projects, including exhibitions, auctions, and creative programmes
- Collaborated with cultural institutions and local organisations to support arts engagement
Exhibitions
Natural Selection (Photography) – Auckland Botanic Gardens
2025
Refracted Forms (Photography) – Auckland Botanic Gardens
2026
Education
Master’s Degree in Sociology – University of Szczecin
Art & Design Certificate – Whitecliffe College
Browne School of Art
- Introduction to Contemporary Watercolour
- Beginning Drawing & Painting
- Painting Level 2
