Karo Plovers Ptaszkowska: Energy Flows Where Attention Goes

Karo Plovers Ptaszkowska’s solo show features a selection of paintings and textiles from her new series, as well as found objects collected during her short stay in Stroud. Her literally multi-layered works are infused with fragmented bodies and biomorphic forms that shift into architectural motifs, patterns, and sources of light. These elements serve as means of interconnectivity between humans, electric appliances, forms, space, and time.

She focuses on fostering greater empathy and compassion, investigating how personal work can contribute to global healing and harmony. The energy associated with an individual’s thoughts and emotions correlates with certain frequencies, which can either deplete or promote healing and well-being.

The source materials undergo various degrees of decomposition—much like digestion—and the complexity of their reconfiguration is meant to be absorbed and utilized for their generative properties. Karo creates a body that acts as a structural design, serving as a spatial support for both micro and macro events. Her works explore forms as points where apparent known forces meet invisible, spiritual ones, suggesting that reality is shaped by the interaction of these forces.

Website: www.karolinaptaszkowska.com

Instagram: @karoplovers

With guest artist TBC