Sylwia Borkowska

I create expressive, intuitive paintings that exist somewhere between joy and madness, beauty and discomfort. My work is driven by raw emotion, instinct, and a fascination with exaggerated human expression - faces that smile too wide, eyes that see too much, bodies stretched by feeling rather than anatomy.

Color is my language. I use bold, vibrant, often neon palettes to explore emotional overload, inner tension, and the absurdity of modern existence. Influenced by expressionism, outsider art, and surreal aesthetics, my paintings embrace imperfection, chaos, and emotional honesty.

These works are not meant to be polite or decorative. They are emotional statements - playful, unsettling, sometimes humorous - inviting the viewer to confront intensity, vulnerability, and the strange beauty hidden inside distortion.
Wrocław. Poland

1996-2001 studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Faculty of Painting . Wrocław.