Gabriela Rytarowska

Gabriela Rytarowska is a visual artist based in Poznań, Poland. She creates traditional pencil drawings and mixed media illustrations that combine dark and whimsical motifs, whilst maintaining an air of tenderness. Her artworks are full of carefully crafted details and symbolic imagery, which corresponds to hidden meanings of profound significance. Her visual world draws on myths and legends, as well as fascination with nature’s wonders.
“I treat my works as an intricate reliquary in which I store and nurture what overwhelms and terrifies me.”

2019–2024 Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Rzeszów

Art & Science – ‘The Art of the Origin of Life’ - M. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2020

Illustrators’ Salon - Poznań Book Fair, 2025

European International Book Art Biennale - Museum of Romanian Literature in Bucharest, 2025