Sara ILIA (b. 1995), Self recognition, 2022

oil, canvas; 120 x 100 cm;
Signed, dated and described on the back: self-recognition / Sara Ilia'22.

Graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She completed her diploma with honors in the book design studio of Prof. Maciej Buszewicz. She completed her appendix in the painting studio of Prof. Henryk Gostynski. Her works have been shown at exhibitions of national stature such as Promotions 2021 at the Art Gallery in Legnica and internationally, including Body Ideals at Museum Ovartaci in Denmark. In 2020 and 2021 she was awarded in the Compass of Young Art. Sarah's paintings have been published in K-Mag magazine. The artist's works are in private collections in Poland, the UK, Sweden and France. The main character of her work is a human being. The figures depicted in the paintings reflect various emotional states, which the artist creates through color, as well as through form. The artist's goal is to show man in relationship with himself, as well as struggling with the reality around him.