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Agata di Masternak is a London‑based interdisciplinary artist whose work transforms memory, embodiment, and the unseen into powerful visual and spatial experiences. Working across painting, sculpture, textiles, writing, and video, she creates immersive environments that invite viewers not just to look, but to enter the emotional and psychological terrain of her practice.

Her work pushes painting beyond the surface, expanding it into sculptural, architectural, and sensory dimensions. Each installation becomes a living environment — a place where colour, texture, and form operate as thresholds between the visible and the invisible, the personal and the collective, the material and the immaterial.

At the heart of di Masternak’s practice is a deep investigation into how memory is held in the body. Rather than treating memory as fixed recollection, she approaches it as a dynamic, inhabitable structure shaped by emotion, absence, and time. Through layered surfaces, fragmented forms, and recurring abstract motifs, she constructs spaces that function as portals into interior states and shared, often unspoken histories.

Rooted in her lived experience yet resonating far beyond it, her work offers viewers moments of heightened awareness — intimate encounters that feel both deeply personal and universally human. This emotional accessibility, combined with her conceptual clarity, makes her practice compelling to collectors, curators, and institutions seeking work that bridges intellectual depth with visceral impact.

Born in Poland and now based in London, di Masternak’s sensitivity to layered narratives and cultural memory informs her approach to space, identity, and abstraction. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Central Saint Martins, London, developing a multidisciplinary language that merges conceptual inquiry with material experimentation. Under the mentorship of artist Nooshin Farhid, she refined a practice that is both rigorous and intuitively driven.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including presentations connected to the Venice Biennale, Tate Modern OFFPRINT, Maison Pan, and the Zabludowicz Collection, alongside numerous curated exhibitions across Europe and the United States. Her pieces have also been featured in documentary and research‑based projects, further expanding the reach of her visual language.

Recent bodies of work — including Big Heads and Ethereals — mark a significant evolution toward museum‑scale installations that integrate painting and sculpture into unified spatial narratives. Solo exhibitions such as Homecoming / As Above So Below (TEST Gallery, Warsaw, 2025) and Homecoming (BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Wałbrzych, 2025) highlight her growing international presence and the increasing ambition of her practice.

Today, di Masternak continues to expand her work toward large‑scale, immersive environments that explore how visual language can generate connection, recognition, and quiet transformation. Her installations offer viewers a rare experience: a space where art becomes not just an object, but a moment of encounter — a place to feel, remember, and return to oneself.