Emilia Switala

In Emilia Switala’s sculptural practice, the teddy bear functions as a formal and emotional carrier rather than a narrative figure. Emerging from a painterly background, her transition into three-dimensional work stems from an interest in translating surface-based thinking into volume, structure, and presence. Sculpture allows the image to move beyond the picture plane and become an object encountered physically in space.
The teddy bear appears as a simplified, culturally familiar form that enables this exploration while remaining open and non-illustrative. Although the materials themselves are rigid and constructed from mixed media, the figure evokes associations of comfort and familiarity through form rather than touch. This contrast — between a visually approachable figure and a materially solid object — is central to the work, preventing sentimentality while maintaining emotional accessibility. Rather than functioning as a character or symbol, the teddy bear operates as an interface through which memory, openness, and restraint coexist within a contemporary sculptural language.
A central intention of Emilia Switala’s work is to reconnect the viewer with a sense of inner freedom associated with childhood experience. The sculptur...

Emlia Switala is an artist and entrepreneur with an international background. She was born and raised in Poland, graduated from German university with master’s degree in American Literature and Cultural History. She later studied Business Management and Translations at two universities in Poland. She resided in Germany (Munster, Munich), Costa Rica (San Jose), Spain (Valladolid, Madrid) and Poland (Warsaw, Wroclaw, Opole) where she gathered her experience in creative departments in advertising, theater, television and was influenced by international contemporary art business. In 2008 she founded Creatio Advertising, a copywriting agency in Poland working for international clients. In 2012 in line with diversified business development focused on art, the agency set up subsidiary brand company named Creatio Art. Since 2014 Emilia Switala exhibits her art under her maiden name and gains collectors in North America, Australia, Asia, and Europe.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2025/11 Teddy Bear Sculpture, Dom Kultury w Ozimku, Ozimek, Poland
2021/05 I love You to the Moon and Back, CC El Greco, Madrid, Spain-postponed
2021/02 Love Is In The Air , CC Barajas, Madrid, Spain-postponed
2020/10 Love You- Love Me, ICC Jose Luis Sampedro, Madrid, Spain-postponed
2020/05 Love Sculpture, CC Latina, Madrid, Spain-postponed
2020/05 I love You to the Moon and Back, CC El Greco, Madrid, Spain-postponed
2020/04 Love Art, CC Miguel Hernandez, Madrid, Spain-postponed
2020/02, Love Is In The Air, CC Barajas, Madrid, Spain-postponed
2016 The Sky Is The Limit, GCK, Biala, Poland
2015 Still Life Really Alive, GCK, Biala, Poland
2015 Colors and Emotions, Filharmonia Opolska, Opole, Poland
2015 Fantastic World, Jasminum, Opole, Poland
2014 The Power Of Color, Klub Artysty, Opole, Poland

OTHER EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Radio Doxa, Opole, Poland
2015 Izba Gospodarcza Slask, Opole, Poland
2014 Businesswomen Congress, Warsaw, Poland
2014 Radio Doxa, Opole, Poland
2013-2014 Showroom, Zona Zielona, Warsaw, Poland
2012-2013 Ivette, Opole, Poland
2012 Entrepreneur‘s Club, Opole, Poland