Between Fragility and Force: The Living Worlds of Maria Husarska
Maria Husarska, a Krakow-based artist with deep family roots in art, works across painting, ceramics, photography, and film. She weaves together expressive abstraction, geometric precision, calligraphic forms, and organic ceramics, infusing tradition with modern, color-rich experimentation.
Her evocative works—often centered on transformation, transience, and vibrant natural forms—radiate the energy of life experiences, inviting viewers to sense both poetic vitality and the complexity of human emotion.
She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Faculty of Painting, with a diploma titled "Inner and Outer Horizon" in the Interdisciplinary Studio, and a thesis titled "Identity" in the Photography Studio. She hold a Master of Fine Arts degree. And she graduated from the Katowice Film School, Faculty of Radio and Television, with a major in Film Production Organization, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Arts.
AD: How does your work reflect your view of the world right now?
MH: My works reflect the continuity of the processes of change in the world as well as
the threats posed by the ongoing war near the Polish-Ukrainian border. Art is meant to give hope and joy, to create a safe space that is paramount in which the problems of the modern world disappear for a moment.
AD: What role do you think art plays in connecting people today?
MH: I think that art connects people by activating the common human element with its
weaknesses and imperfections, and with that irrepressible life force that drives us to
constantly create and comment on the surrounding reality using the language of art.
Maria Husarska, Elan Vital 2025, Acrylic on Canvas
AD: Can you tell us the story behind your painting 'Elan Vital'?
MH: Elan Vital (acrylic on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, 2025), last summer i started to explore in my drawing the theme of peach fruit and their seeds, the study of texture colour and shape of it. It caught me that nature is simply fascinating in its variety of forms and shapes, during this period I experienced a personal tragedy, I had a miscarriage, and in fact, painting a tree with peaches reminded me of a manifestation of a woman's fertility, how many fruits she can produce and how beautiful and strong is the will to live and pass on her genes. So painting has this healing effects on me thru creating process you can transform yours own traumas thats why the title of this painting is 'Elan Vital'.
AD: What message or feeling do you hope viewers take away from your art?
MH: I would like them to find in my art a certain joy in interacting with it, a pleasure in
the colors, composition and texture, as well as a reflection on life, being here and now in the moment and fully experiencing art on a sensual and intellectual level.
ArtDependence (AD): What inspired you to take part in the Art to Collect project?
Maria Husarska (MH): The desire to show my paintings on Art to Collect and to reach a wider audience.
Main Image: Maria Husarska, Web of Life, 2015