About

Dorota Borowa, rather than depicting nature, seeks to collaborate with it. Through this approach, she explores her own relationship with the natural world. The process itself is central to Borowa’s inquiry, seen as a life lesson in humility, openness, attentiveness, mindfulness, patience, determination, and forgiveness.

Her practice spans a range of media, including drawing, printmaking, video, site-specific works, and installations. Instead of exerting total control, Dorota works with water as an active collaborator in the creation of an image. Mixing it with oil paint, watercolor, or ink, she allows the materials to interact organically on paper or board. At times, she sets up physical conditions that allow water to shape the work - such as filling a pool, or building a raft and installing it along the shore. Different states of water - rain, ice, seawater, and recently glacier water - collected from various places form a unique vocabulary in her work.

To deepen this collaboration with nature, Borowa has begun preparing her own pigments and paints from locally sourced materials, adding another layer of intimacy to her process.

The unpredictability and limited control of her methods make her work a space between accident and design, between acceptance and destruction.

Dorota Borowa is a Polish artist based in Ireland. She exhibits both nationally and internationally (e.g. Grilse Gallery, Killorglin, Ireland 2025; Slendzinskich Art Gallery, Bialystok, Poland 2025; Sarah Walker Gallery, Castletownbere, Ireland 2024; Arctic Circle Assembly, Harpa, Reykjavik, Iceland 2024) and has been awarded a number of Artist in Residence programmes (e.g. Arctic Circle Residency, West Cork Arts Center, Ireland, PS2, Belfast, UK). Her practice has been supported by the Irish Arts Council, South Dublin County Council, Kerry County Council as well as the Polish Ministry of Culture. Dorota's works have been featured in IMAGE Interiors Magazine, Visual Artist News Sheets and Bloomers Magazine. Her paintings are in the collection of the National Museum in Gdansk in Poland.

Contact: d.borowa@gmail.com