info<\/h6><\/summary>\n\n \n \nMy childhood in rural Poland was shaped by woodlands that were more than just scenery; they were the architects of my imagination. In Eastern Europe, the forest is a complex layer of culture\u2014a source of shelter and food, but also a sanctuary for myths and the shadows of things left unsaid. It is a place where “embarrassing” secrets and hazardous performances were pushed into the darkness, away from the rigid norms of village life. As a child, I experienced the woods through two distinct lenses. With my mother, the forest was utilitarian\u2014a place for the harvesting of berries and mushrooms. With my father, it was a realm of intimacy and intuition. We searched for unusual shapes and gave names to the strange, twisted trees. It was in that shared space that the forest became a zone of psychological freedom\u2014a place where the “abnormal” was finally welcome.\n <\/p>\n
\nThis collection emerged from an art residency at Dorothy Denise Dengler\u2019s forest in Mississippi, a landscape that felt like a return to those walks with my father. It was intuitive, magical, and deliberately un-rationalized.\n\n <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FW.main_.OldSouls.2025-1024x768.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>From left: Old Souls, Forbidden Woods, Snuggle, Bond, Forgotten Woods
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<\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>From left: Abyss, Grounded, Poignant
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\nMy childhood in rural Poland was shaped by woodlands that were more than just scenery; they were the architects of my imagination. In Eastern Europe, the forest is a complex layer of culture\u2014a source of shelter and food, but also a sanctuary for myths and the shadows of things left unsaid. It is a place where “embarrassing” secrets and hazardous performances were pushed into the darkness, away from the rigid norms of village life. As a child, I experienced the woods through two distinct lenses. With my mother, the forest was utilitarian\u2014a place for the harvesting of berries and mushrooms. With my father, it was a realm of intimacy and intuition. We searched for unusual shapes and gave names to the strange, twisted trees. It was in that shared space that the forest became a zone of psychological freedom\u2014a place where the “abnormal” was finally welcome.\n <\/p>\n
\nThis collection emerged from an art residency at Dorothy Denise Dengler\u2019s forest in Mississippi, a landscape that felt like a return to those walks with my father. It was intuitive, magical, and deliberately un-rationalized.\n\n <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vienna Woods Gallery, Los Angeles, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":922,"template":"","project_type":[19],"project_tags":[25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/929"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":942,"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/929\/revisions\/942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_type?post=929"},{"taxonomy":"project_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tags?post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/krzykawska.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FW.main_.OldSouls.2025.jpg\")
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