Oliwia Maria Koczorowska is a London raised Polish artist whose primary creative focus is self-portraiture. She is best recognised for her challenging and sometimes disturbing art-work, often related to the explicit in-depth exploration into the intimate psyche of young women growing up in our image-obsessed culture, saturated with the contant presence of social media and idealised beauty standards.
She uses both photography and the female gaze, combining the two in an innovative way to redefine the fields of fashion, art and cinematic photography in order to make a profound impact on our fast evolving visual world. "I've suffered from depression and anxiety my entire life.I always loved photography and fashion, and “modelling” for my own images seemed like the most effective emotional outlet I could find. As I started to take nude self-portraits, which seemed to capture me in my most honest and vulnerable state to express my emotions – both positive and negative – through the photographs. The process of taking self-portraits has taught me its okay to feel vulnerable and how to express that vulnerability to others." Instagram - www.instagram.com/l0litak |