Aleksandra Waliszewska

Place: Warsaw

Born: 1976

Biography:

Aleksandra Waliszewska is a Polish artist born in 1976 in Warsaw, Poland. She is primarily known for her surreal, horrific, highly symbolic, and sometimes gory paintings, which have been compared to Hieronymous Bosch and Francisco de Goya. Her style has been described as 'gothic' and is informed by Balto-Slavic folklore such as the upiór, often depicting supernatural figures in urban landscapes. Waliszewska has also worked as a co-writer for the 2012 Greek short drama film 'The Capsule'.