Katchmi

A visual practice / shaped by movement and stillness

Katchmi is Katarzyna Chmielarz, a Polish-born artist working in visual expression.Her practice moves through memory, distance, and belonging, tracing identity as something in motion — shaped by what we carry and what we leave behind.She works between realism and something more quiet, unspoken, and felt, where memory softens and identity shifts form.
Her images hold attention to the emotional residue of lived experience, between interior landscape and what is seen.

The streets stretch out like limbs, pumping a restless crowd through the veins of stone and steel. Deep within the architecture, a thousand quiet lives beat together as a single, living heart.

Piece 1: The Red Co-Up
Medium: Acrylic and mixed media collage on raw plywood panelDimensions: 32" x 40"A vibrant, red-infused tapestry of metropolitan life. This piece captures the restless energy of the crowd, weaving together a dense collage of diverse faces and fleeting human moments against an intense urban backdrop. It is a bold celebration of the collective chaos, stories, and shared pulse that bring a city to life.Piece 4: The Ilusionary City
Medium: Acrylic and mixed media collage on raw plywood panelDimensions: 32" x 40"A dreamlike architectural illusion that collapses time and space. This piece maps an imaginary city—a fluid composite of the streets, skylines, and corners from every city the artist has lived in or encountered. It is a nostalgic, layered landscape where personal memory meets urban fantasy on raw wood.Piece 3: Geometric Splits & Profiles (Multiple faces)
Medium: Acrylic and mixed media on raw plywood panelDimensions: 32" x 40"Sharp, monochromatic fractures slice through this striking exploration of the urban psyche. Stylized human profiles sit beneath a chaotic grid of architecture, abstract patterns, and watchful eyes, capturing the intense sensory pulse of city life. The contrast between raw, organic wood grain and bold black ink makes this a powerful contemporary statement piece.Piece 4: Central Face & Skyline (Face looking up)
Medium: Acrylic and mixed media on raw plywood panelDimensions: 32" x 40"A soulful, central portrait looks upward from the heart of a sprawling concrete labyrinth. This piece blends intricate architectural elements—domes, stairways, and heavy geometric shapes—with moments of raw wood grain peeking through the canvas. It beautifully captures a quiet moment of human vulnerability and reflection inside a chaotic, mechanical world.“Designed as a sister pieces to —hang them together for a striking diptych.”