Agata Anna Żychlińska (b. 1992, Piła) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Wrocław. Her practice encompasses painting, sculpture, and drawing. She primarily works with acrylic and oil on self-stretched linen or cotton canvases, often incorporating collage elements into her compositions. In her work, she combines intense, contrasting colors with the deconstruction of form, redefining space and the way it is perceived. Her pieces exist at the intersection of abstraction and figuration, built on the tension between simple forms and complex, often unsettling themes.
Żychlińska explores the relationships between humans and the natural world, questioning the boundaries of communication—both interpersonal and interspecies. Symbolism and allegory play a key role in her work, often intertwined with references to pop culture. She employs multidimensional perspectives, optical distortions, and fluid lines that not only create visual tension but also reflect intricate networks of connections between beings and worlds. Since 2020, anger and its visual representation have become a central theme in her art, serving as a response to contemporary social and ecological tensions.
A pivotal moment in her artistic practice was the Communication series (2020–2023), in which the juxtaposition of human and animal imagery became a starting point for reflecting on their complex interdependence.
She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad, including Plants Dream That They Live More Intensely Than Things at Warsaw Gallery Weekend (2024) and Mother, Do You Think They’ll Drop the Bomb? at ESTA Gallery in Gliwice (2024). Her work has also been featured at events such as Empower Her Art Forum at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo (2024), the 46th Bielska Jesień Painting Biennale (2023), NORDART in Büdelsdorf (2021), and Tales of Art at 1AQ Gallery in New Delhi (2017).
Żychlińska’s works are held in prestigious collections, including the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils, Latvia, Krupa Gallery in Wrocław, and numerous private collections worldwide.
Selected solo exhibitions
Plants Dream That They Live More Intensely Than Things.
Warsaw Gallery Weekend, Warsaw, Poland.
2024
Mother, Do You Think They’ll Drop the Bomb?
ESTA Gallery, Gliwice, Poland.
2024
Tell Me When the World Will Cease to Exist.
Contemporary Art Gallery, Włocławek, Poland.
2023
WOGW/Wrocław Off Gallery Weekend
Open Studios, Wrocław, Poland.
2023
Communication
BWA Piła, Poland.
2022
Fangs and Claws
GUA, Wrocław, Poland.
2022
Selected group exhibitions
Empower Her Art Forum
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization: NMEC, Cairo, Egypt.
2024
4DD Four days Design
Spodek (Katowice Arena), Poland.
2024
46th Biennale of Painting Bielska Jesień
BWA Bielsko – Biała, Poland.
2023
International Mark Rothko Symposium
Artistic Residence and Exhibition at the Mark Rothko Center, Daugavpils, Latvia.
2022
5th National Painting Competition named after Leon Wyczółkowski
BWA Bydgoszcz, Poland.
2022
NORDART 2020/21
Büdelsdorf, Vorwerksallee, Germany.
2021
National Art Biennial
46th Winter Salon, Mazovian Cultural Center Elektrownia, Radom, Poland.
2020
International Eastern Art Salon
Lublin 2020, Centre for the Meeting of Cultures in Lublin, Poland.
2020
5th Triennial of Polish Contemporary Painting
Rzeszów, Poland.
2019
11th Triennial of Small Painting Forms
Wozownia Gallery, Toruń, Poland.
2019
Tales of Art
1AQ Gallery, New Delhi, India.
2017
Oxfordshire Artweeks
Oxford Town Hall, Oxford, Great Britain.
2016
Selected collections
The Rothko Museum collection
Daugavpils Latvia.
Krupa Gallery
Wrocław, Poland.
Residencies
MARK ROTHKO International Painting Symposium and Residency
Mark Rothko Center, Daugavpils, Latvia.
2022
Education
2013 – 2016
2011 – 2013
Awards
Grand Prix Award
46th Pila Creative Environment Review, BWA, Piła, Poland.
2022
Grand Prix of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (nomination)
Winter Salon, Radom, Poland.