Mia
2019 - 2021

For me, Mia is the archetype of an exploited child. One day I stumbled upon an old family album in a bazaar. It was full of black and white photos of people I didn’t know. Most of them probably aren’t alive anymore, and even the bazaar where I found the album no longer exists. But the little girl, who I named Mia, and whose whole story of a difficult childhood and adolescence which I created in my head, stays with me. The content of this series covers a relatively wide range, from small-format collages about Mia herself, through installations that reflect the topic of sexual abuse in general, to large-format works that respond to the monstrous trials of prominent paedophiles discussed all over the world.

Collage, combined technique, 40x50cm, 2019

Collage, combined technique, 40x50cm, 2019

Collage, combined technique, 40x50cm, 2019

Oil on canvas, 100×40, 2019

Ink and oil on canvas, diameter 40 cm, 2019

Ink on canvas, 40×50 cm, 2019

Epstein didn´t kill himself, charcoal and oil on hardboard, 150 x100 cm, 2020

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Everybody knows, collage with acrylics on hardboard, 150×100 cm, 2020

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Tension, installation with oil on canvas 40×50 cm, 2020

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