About

fot. Julia Markiewicz

My name is Agata Borowska, and I am a visual artist working primarily in the medium of analog collage. In my practice, I create compositions with a clear, central structure. These often take the form of abstract shapes that seem to float in space or drift on water, suspended between reality and imagination. I am drawn to ambiguity in art.

I approach collage as a form of visual archaeology—a way of uncovering new meanings from existing images. I work with a wide range of paper materials, from contemporary and archival magazines, photographs, and postcards, to albums and books.

The visual language I have developed through collage serves as a starting point for my paintings, where the compositional tension, layered textures, and intuitive gestures of collage are translated into a more fluid and expansive medium, deepening my exploration of abstraction and form.

I am also interested in portraiture. In drawing, I usually produce quick sketches, while in painting I often create abstracted representations based on gesture, intuition, and an unconventional color palette.

I hold postgraduate studies from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź (Painting and Drawing) and from the Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (Modern Art History).

I live and work in Warsaw.

awards and prizes:

I am the recipient of the Teravarna Merit Prize Award 2025 and a finalist of the Luxembourg Art Prize 2024, YICCA Prize 2023/2024, and Women United Art Prize 2023.

My work has been featured in art magazines and publications such as:

Revue Colle (2025)
Magazyn Living Room (2024) 
Suboart Magazine (2024)
Women United Art MAGAZINE (2024)

exhibitions

2026: STAN ZŁOŻENIA wystawa zbiorowa, Puławska Art Space, Warszawa
2026: LEKKOSTANY wystawa prac kolażowych i malarskich, Galeria Strefa A, Hotel Indigo Kraków - Old Town
2025: wystawa kolaży inspirowanych poezją Anny Hanny Czarneckiej “Najpiękniej wydarza się nic”, Galeria Latarka, Biblioteka Akademii Leona Koźmińskiego, Warszawa
2025: zbiorowa wystawa kolaży “Cut &Composed”, West End Art Space, Melbern, Australia
2024: zbiorowa wystawa kolaży “Collage Notes”, Paris Collage Collective, Galerie Canopy, Paryż, Francja
2024: zbiorowa wystawa “Modern Fluxus: New Mail Art from around the World”, „Little Gallery” Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
2024: zbiorowa wystawa mail art “Nadawca: Paweł Petasz, Odbiorca: Cały Świat”, Galeria El, Elbląg
2024 zbiorowa wystawa “Wszystko na sprzedaż, vol. 2” Galeria S35, Łódź
2024: zbiorowa wystawa w ramach Nocy Muzeów, Defabryka, Warszawa
2024: indywidualna wystawa kolaży „Fragmenty”, Galeria Taras Sztuki, Wilanowskie Centrum Kultury, Warszawa
2024: indywidualna wystawa kolaży „Fragmenty, Momenty, Wspomnienia”, Galeria Łaźnia, Radom
2024: indywidualna wystawa kolaży „POMIĘDZY jawą a snem”, Format Koncept, Warszawa
2024: zbiorowa wystawa konkursowa YICCA PRIZE, Matalon Fundation, Mediolan, Włochy
2024: zbiorowa wystawa "Wdech", Fraeym, Berlin, Niemcy; prezentacja obrazów wykonanych przy użyciu naturalnych barwników w ramach projektu prowadzonego przez Slow Painting Studio
2023: indywidualna wystawa kolaży ,Galeria Przechodnia, Warszawa
2023: indywidualna wystawa kolaży „Potrzeba (po)łączenia”, Międzypokoleniowe Centrum Edukacji, Warszawa

fot. Katarzyna Szlembarska

“States of Lightness” is a story about the affirmation of life. It is art that soothes, offering a moment of respite from an overstimulated world. Agata Borowska shows that aesthetics are not merely a superficial layer of an image, but a tool for organizing thoughts and emotions. Her works are like a deep breath - they allow us to pause, look around, and find meaning in the simple act of being here and now.

STATES of LIGHTNESS – an exhibition of works by Agata Borowska (29.01-30.03.2026, Kraków)

An excerpt from the curatorial text by Małgorzata Błaszczyk, ,
owner of Strefa A Gallery