But Barczyk doesn't merely work on murals; often she prefers to use ink to capture her ideas on large-format papers. She believes art to be a means to connect, share ideas and create understanding
The freedom and movement of the mind, which is also found overall in the forms she composes with the wide colors. Her ideas arise “from the emotional core of the work”, for which it is then necessary to find visual metaphors. These often have to do with passion, dance and music. In order to sustain herself and her art after graduation, she taught and performed Tango, as well as worked as a stand-In and body double in Hollywood movies. It wasn't until after she moved to New York in 2014 that she focused completely on her career as a visual artist. With success: since Hannah Barczyk, whose studio is currently located in Montreal, has won numerous awards and her illustrations grace major publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Economist, The Walrus and countless others, and she has collaborated with clients such as Apple, Meta, the MoMA and the United Nations.
In this mural, the figures, vines, faces and eyes represent interconnectivity between nature and awareness to maintain a sustainable lifestyle.
Hanna Barczyk
This mural from Montreal is a commissioned piece for the fashion label Frank and Oak, created as part of the 2022 Mural Festival. The motifs are omnipresent: sustainability in harmony and balance. Thus, the artist continues to move in the spirit of our age, characterized by a new introspection that focuses on emotions and mindfulness.
Poster-like and in keeping with the pop culture to which they belong, her works are reminiscent of Henri Matisse, Picasso's Deconstructivism, and Minimal Art. Equally, however, they are a reflection of the issues of today's society: feminism, validated emotions, and sustainability that provides a counterpoint to a capitalist environment.