By combining realistic forms with negative space, Adriana Polanic’s work attempts to emphasize our infatuation with women’s bodies and their reduction to sexualized parts. The challenging relationship between self and body is also a common theme in her drawings, which is indicated by the exclusion of faces and limbs using alternate media and collage. Feelings of liminal space within the mind, as well as explorations of identity, are made prominent through the work’s sense of not knowing one’s true self.

Adriana Polanic is a Toronto based artist from Waterloo, Ontario. Upon graduating from OCAD University’s BFA program with a degree in Drawing & Painting in 2016, she continues to pursue gallery representation as well as a career in teaching/arts program direction. Her drawings currently exhibit in the city of Toronto while she progresses towards showcasing work throughout other celebrated cities.