PORTAL

I continue to explore the boundary between jewellery and sculpture, with my photographic work accompanying the pieces. Having previously worked mainly with metal as my material, I now present works in stone, emphasizing the fragility and tactility of an apparently strong material. I have been engaged with photography for nearly 20 years and have always used photography as a starting point for my jewellery, but PORTAL is my first exhibition where both are presented together.

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Nowadays everyone is in a hurry, and it is almost impossible to switch off. How can one help themselves in this situation? How can you steal moments just for yourself and find relaxation? Sitting in front of my first canvas print of the Portal photograph, I suddenly discovered myself elsewhere. A place where no one could follow me. All this despite my child constantly tugging at me for attention, unfinished jewellery on the workbench, and a strawberry patch overrun with weeds waiting for care.

This is how the idea was born: to create a tool for myself and for others. A painting made with a camera, guiding you through dreamlike softness into the Portal. You can fly like a bird to places no one else can reach. Places where, for a moment, nobody expects anything from you, and you can simply be with yourself.

The Portal is accompanied by a handpiece – an object to hold in your palm, to sense its form and its curiously calming, cool surface.

4 photos and 7 handpieces were exponated on my first solo exhibition PORTAL: The exhibition took place in A-Gallery from September to November 2025.