Hello, I am Sirena, ocean artist & mermaid. Paintings | Photography | Performance

Sirena [born Justyna Kowalska] is a mixed-media artist from Poland. Through paintings, photography, organic sculptures and performances she tells the stories about recconection with nature and the Source. Ocean is her obsession. Art is a hypnotic expedition through inner scapes. Sirena is part of art collectives: Sister in Arts and Portales De Vision.

After graduating from AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków in 2008, she worked as a director, actress, and playwright for national stages; she was also a screenwriter in polish radio and television. In 2018 she took a sabbatical to recover from burnout and depression. The journey around the Canary Islands led to the spiritual and artistic transition. She paints mixed-media abstract seascapes using organic materials (sand, sticks, dried plants). She also builds ephemeral organic eco-sculptures. In photography, Sirena focuses on poetic landscapes and mythological self-portraits

EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2023 | VIVA MAGENTA , group exhibition, Antresola Galery, Chorzów, Poland
2022 | IMMERSION TRANSDIMENSIONAL performance, Proyecto Cultural Barranco, La Paz, Bolivia
2021 | DISTANCE | Lacuna Festivals, online, Spain
2021 | WYSTAW SIĘ W CSW 2021, group exhibition, CSW Gallery, Toruń, Poland
2019 | DROGA ARTYSTY, group exhibition & performance, ArtZona, CK Norwid, Kraków, Poland
2019 | CYFROWA SYRENA, live art performance, Scena Supernova, Kraków, Poland
2018 | HAPPINESS PLANET, three live art performances in public space, Prague Music Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
2017 | HAPPINESS PLANET, live art performance, Scena Supernova, Kraków, Poland

WORK EXPIERIENCE
2006-2018 Theatre director, dramaturg and actres, Witkacy Theatre in Zakopane, Łaźnia Nowa Theatre in Kraków, Ludowy Theatre in Kraków, Stary Theatre, Kraków, Contemporary Theatre in Szczecin, Centrala 71 Assosiation.
2012-2018 Tv-series Scriptwriter, TVN, Polish National Tv & Radio series Scriptwriter for „Czwórka, Polish Radio.
Several awards and grants for theatre directing projects and scripts

EDUCATION
2008 | Master of Arts in Theatre Directing and Dramaturgy
AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków, Poland