NP ArtLab is pleased to present Shadow of Ego, a solo exhibition by Wiktoria Kieniksman (*1998), a Polish artist who trained in Kraków.

From September 24 to November 4, the gallery will host the artistic practice of this young
artist, featured through paintings and drawings on canvas that depict herself and her own
experiences without filters, with courage and integrity.

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the
darkness conscious.”
(C.G. Jung)

The Ego is the center of the conscious mind, managing everyday reality and pursuing control, coherence, morality, and social acceptance. Yet, every act of affirmation by the
Ego generates, by contrast, a Shadow: an accumulation of everything the Ego refuses to
see in itself—such as repressed trauma, but also vital energy, pure passion, and instinctive truth.
It is within this process that Wiktoria's practice develops.

In her paintings, the Shadow emerges with a physicality as seductive as it is unsettling,
asserting its presence to the consciousness.

In her drawings, on the other hand, which draw inspiration from the Gothic period, a strong tendency to fill every empty space emerges, enriching the surface with detail and
letting the concept of horror vacui prevail.

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Wiktoria Kieniksmann