Julia Stachowska

Julia Stachowska

Poland, 1997

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Honey Grace

20.000,00 zł

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Grace Dziarska II

12.000,00 zł

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Grace the Visionary

14.000,00 zł

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Grace Hello

9.000,00 zł

Style & technique

Julia Stachowska's sculptures are characterized by a fusion of classical references and modern expression. The artist primarily works with stone, utilizing its natural color, structure, and properties. Her forms often balance the weight and durability of stone with an impression of movement, softness, and organic quality, resembling living, changing structures.

In the "Graces" series, the artist engages in a dialogue with the ancient tradition of depicting female busts, reinterpreting the classical motif from a contemporary perspective. Instead of idealized portraits, she creates anonymous silhouettes of 21st - century women, devoid of faces and decorative attributes, whose character is expressed through gesture, posture, and material. Each sculpture becomes a universal symbol of female experience: strength, suffering, delicacy, pride, and transformation. The distinctive protruding spines refer to the weight of experiences and the traces that life leaves on the human body.

Verde Guatemala

MARBLE

Deep forest green serpentine, chosen for decades for the world's most exclusive interiors – hotels, boutiques, private residences. Formed 570 million years ago, in the Precambrian era, it carries the memory of times before the first life on Earth. It's a stone that doesn't just adorn a space; it builds its character.

SYMBOLISM | The "Grace" sculpture in this material is a tribute to nature, its roots, and its unbreakable bond with the earth.

Iranian Honey

ONYX

Aragonite, in which iron and millions of years of oxidation have painted a spectrum of colours - from pastel peach to fiery orange. It was formed 5 - 30 million years ago, during the Neogene period. Thin layers allow light to pass through, which is why architects use it where stone is not only meant to last but also to glow from within.

SYMBOLISM | A sculpture made of this stone carries inner light and energy.

Dubanec

SANDSTONE

Czech sandstone of fine-grained structure and noble colour, in which time has left traces of shells and fossils from 90–95 million years ago, from the end of the Cretaceous period. Cathedrals, palaces, and the most beautiful architectural ornaments of the Czech Republic were built from it – proof that beauty can be more lasting than the eras that created it.

SYMBOLISM | Deeply rooted in European culture and architecture, it makes the sculpture "Grace" created from this material almost an ancient matriarch – a figure that existed before we began to count time.

Bolechowice

MARBLE

One of the most recognizable and historically valuable of the so-called Kielce marbles – now unavailable, as its deposits have been completely exhausted. Geologically, it is limestone from 385 – 390 million years ago, from the Upper Devonian, with calcite and hematite veins and fossilized marine organisms. It can be admired at Wawel Castle, the Royal Castle in Warsaw, and the Palace of Kraków Bishops in Kielce.

SYMBOLISM | A record of ancient marine life. The sculpture "Grace" made from this marble carries an old soul – an elegance that cannot be replicated.

Exhibitions & Achievements

Julia Stachowska regularly participates in exhibitions, sculpture symposia, and artistic projects in Poland and abroad. Her works are held in private collections in Poland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, and the Czech Republic. Selected works are also presented in public spaces, including the collection of the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko and Cava Nardini in Vellano.

JULIA STACHOWSKA

"Sculpture is the translation of thoughts and emotions into matter. I express myself by creating organic and abstract forms, although sometimes I also feel the need to create figurative metaphors relating to the world around us."