-The main themes in my artistic practice touch on the connections between humans and nature, the relationship between people and technology, as well as the depiction of bodies and their metamorphoses. In my work, I often turn to simple, naive motifs, depicting various imaginary, often zoomorphic characters.

My art reveals a fairy-tale world where life is continuously reimagined through imagination, creating a dialogue between inner and outer worlds, where humans and animals live in harmony, sometimes merging with one another. This allows for the discovery of deeper truths about our existence and gives everyone the opportunity to change, transform, and become someone or something else.

For creating my works, I draw inspiration from folk art, mythology, and everyday life. I work with traditional techniques such as graphics, ceramics, textiles, and drawing, and sometimes combine them with modern technologies.

-This process always unfolds very differently, and sometimes it feels like I’m merely an observer in it. Ideas come to me at any moment—during conversations with colleagues, while on a walk, or from a story I overheard. I often jot down ideas and thoughts that arise in these moments and revisit them when working on a project. Quite often, an idea can linger in my mind for months before becoming a sketch.

First, I try to clearly visualize the idea, considering what emotions the piece should evoke, the images and associations that come to mind, and the materials best suited for bringing it to life. Then, I start creating, but usually, everything changes in the process of making.

I often return to old ideas that I once noted in my notebook, and over time, they reveal new meanings. The characters in my works also move from one piece to another, making the creative process continuous.

-The most important work for me is always the one I am currently creating, because it is the process of creation that most captivates and inspires me. In creativity, I feel like an explorer who is always embarking on a journey into the unknown. Every step, every change of idea or discovery of a new vision adds new meanings and allows me to know myself more deeply.

The result, though important, is rather a summary of this journey. It is a material manifestation of my experience, but the real meaning for me is what I feel and experience during creation, when I allow my inner world to come to life in the form of physical work.

-Integrating technology into my art has allowed me to see art through a different lens. For me, it's like another way of communicating through art.

In terms of the technological aspect of the creative process, it significantly simplifies the execution of a piece. What would take me a long time to do, I can do very quickly with the help of technology. For example, to create a work using woodcut technique, I would have to spend several days or even a week cutting a matrix. However, with CNC technology, I can do it in a few hours and not hurt my hands.

It also encourages many experiments, as the possibilities for discovering something new are limitless. I am interested in combining traditional techniques with technology. In one of my experiments, I created a series of ceramic tiles using an axidraw. I generated images from my illustrations, and the axidraw scratched these images on the ceramic tiles.

-With the development of AI and digital tools, the concept of "authorship" in art is taking on new dimensions. The traditional understanding of authorship, where the artist is the sole creator, is shifting: now, authorship becomes a co-creation between human and technology. The artist takes on the role of curator, who shapes and directs the outcome, while also expanding the boundaries of what is considered original and unique.

AI provides artists with new tools for experimentation and the ability to generate unique solutions that would be challenging to achieve independently. In this process, the artist remains responsible for the concept, direction, and tool management, but the final work is often the result of a synergy between the artist’s ideas and computational algorithms. This blurs the line between author and executor, as AI becomes an active collaborator in the creative process, contributing elements that are unpredictable even to the artist.

-First of all, I am deeply inspired by the work of Hokusai and Japanese art.

I am attracted by the opportunity not only to explore his art, but also to integrate his motifs into my own work. The residency also provides a chance to go beyond the boundaries of usual practices, experimenting with the combination of modern technologies and traditional techniques, which opens up new perspectives for self-expression.

-During the residency, I want to delve deeper into the theme of mythology in Hokusai’s work, particularly his series “100 Ghost Stories”. I want to reinterpret mythological images through the prism of modernity. These stories have a rich cultural and symbolic connotation, carrying ancient ideas about fears, hopes, secrets and the unknown. Using AI and modern technologies, I want to create a dialogue between traditional techniques and the latest digital methods.

I hope that such works will evoke a strong emotional response and interest in Japanese mythology in the audience, as they offer the opportunity to immerse themselves in a world where the present and the past merge, and mythology appears in a new form.

-For me AI is not just a tool, but a full-fledged partner in the creative process, capable of complementing my vision with new approaches. It helps to realize ideas that go beyond my usual perception, offering unexpected solutions that I might not have found on my own. With its help, I can easily experiment with a combination of styles, color schemes and compositional elements, creating works that combine different aesthetic and emotional aspects.

-In my opinion AI greatly expands the possibilities of visual storytelling, in this case allowing us to reinterpret the work of Hokusai, combining traditional Japanese images with modern elements. Thanks to the interactivity AI immerses us in a world where the past and the present merge. This makes the visual storytelling more multi-layered.

-I am a visual artist, I mainly work with traditional techniques and I feel that I am at the beginning of this path myself. Therefore, I will give advice that I give to myself.

First of all, do not be afraid, fear is the worst thing that can happen in the creative process, it blocks the entire flow of energy and takes everything with it, preventing creativity from manifesting itself. At first glance, technologies can seem very frightening and it is not clear how to work with them, because it is a completely different world. The best thing here is to just start, imagine it as a game, like in childhood, you just try and do not set any expectations. The world of technology and digital art is very wide and diverse and you can definitely find something of your own in it. I recommend experimenting a lot and perceiving each new tool as an opportunity to expand your imagination.

I also think it is important to remember that technology is just a tool - the real value is in how to use it to convey your own vision.