Ewa Fornal — visual artist and writer
Mixed media artwork with plaster fragments embedded in mortar on board.

New York

Plaster fragments embedded in mortar on board  ·  53.5 × 47 cm

Mixed media artwork using fragments of old wallpaper from a facade on Ormond Quay, Dublin.

I’m the Memory of Mannix F

Fragments of aged wallpaper collected from Ormond Quay, Dublin  ·  60 × 60 cm

Mixed media artwork made from fragments of Dublin street surfaces capturing colour, texture and light.

Frozen in Time

Fragments of Dublin street surfaces capturing colour, texture and light  ·  60 × 60 cm

Mixed media artwork combining aged paint and plaster fragments embedded in mortar.

Blue Monday

2013  ·  Aged paint and plaster fragments embedded in mortar, finished with wood varnish  ·  40 × 40 cm

Mixed media artwork with aged paint and plaster fragments embedded in mortar on board.

A Mind in Storage

Aged paint and plaster fragments embedded in mortar on board  ·  51 × 61 cm

Mixed media artwork using fragments of old paint and double-sided adhesive tape on cardboard.

Corrida

Fragments of old paint and double-sided adhesive tape on cardboard

Mixed media artwork made from fragments of paint and plaster collected from Dublin architecture.

52 Shades of Pink

Fragments of paint and plaster from an urban surface at Wellington Quay, Dublin  ·  60 × 60 cm

Mixed media artwork created from layers of old plaster and paint fragments on cardboard.

The Weight of Surface

Layers of old plaster and paint fragments on cardboard

My work explores urban surfaces, material traces, and the layered memory. Drawing and painting, collage, and writing, I investigate what persists on walls and in language, the residue of lives, institutions, and transformation.

Published in Crannóg Magazine, Literature Today, and the UNHOUSED anthology (Dedalus Press). Selected for BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh.

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