Kasia Derwinska is a Polish digital artist who creates poetic and symbolic digital collages inspired by her night dreams and childhood memories. Derwinska, who currently lives and works in Granollers, Spain, uses photography as a tool to communicate her own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears, and hopes. She sees her digital collages as an attempt to “connect the substantiality of the world that surrounds us with the elusiveness of feelings and thoughts”.
Derwinska’s work is characterized by its dreamlike quality and the way it taps into the subconscious. She believes that dreams are the “most symbolic language of our subconscious, a guide to navigate in the modern world.” Her collages blend the visible and the invisible, creating a bridge between the tangible and the intangible. Derwinska’s artistic process is self-taught, and she does not consider herself a photographer, but rather someone who uses photography as a medium to express her artistic vision.
Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my works, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences, my creations are inspired by night dreams as since childhood I remember most of them and I believe that dreams are the most simbolic language of our subconscious, a guide to navigate in the modern world. I am autodidactic and I don′t recognize myself as a photographer. I use photography as a tool, like a brush for painting or any instrument to play music. My work is an attempt to connect substantiality of the world that surrounds us with elusiveness of feelings and thoughts. For that reason I describe my creations as building a bridge between the visible and the invisible.
Kasia Derwinska
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