WAWA BLA BLA

my book & gallery

The energy in Warsaw is like that of no other city in Poland. As the capital, it is a city growing with its citizens’ creativity and aspirations. Development, modernisation and restoration are changing the streets and skyline of every suburb. Nowhere was this more obvious than in Warsaw’s street art and graffiti scene. Before relocating to Gdansk in 2024, I lived in Warsaw for more than 12 years.

My fascination for Warsaw’s street art and graffiti went beyond photographic documentation of the art. Every burst of colour, erratic tag or activist slogan triggered a personal and emotional response that literally challenged my mind and diverted my daily journeys. Street art and graffiti is invasive, yet so often beautiful. It is put there to enhance, to provoke and it is the purest form of expressionism. I believe we should all have an open mind and willing imagination to embrace and let it move us.

Gdansk is now my home. I live on the Baltic coast. It is different. It is wonderful. It is nothing like Warsaw.

my book

I am really proud of reaching this goal! Publishing my book was an organic, yet huge challenge for me, born from years of documenting urban art in Warsaw. Sharing my discoveries and musings through a blog and social media, and selling 1000’s of photo prints, mounted, framed and personally signed, to clients all over the world gave me the drive I needed to take my work to the next level!
Everyone said ‘MAKE A BOOK’. So I did.

ISBN 978-83-939180-2-7

my gallery

In early 2015 I opened the pop up gallery named WAWA BLA BLA in Warsaw!
a gallery and creative brand that gave space and visibility to independent artists as well as showcasing my photographs and book.

I gave street artists a place to be seen — a space alive with color, noise, and freedom. A place to sell original work and no commission charged! It was my thank you for the work they shared with me every day on the streets.
The gallery was a great success and hosted many well known and upcoming Polish artists original works. The one thing they all had in common was they had all caught my eye due to their art, tags or graffiti on the streets of Warsaw and Poland.

It was a great honour and pleasure to have two of my favourite artists paint directly on, and in the gallery!
Nespoon donned the facade with a hand cut stencil centred with a decorative ceramic! I still have the ceramic.
Proembrion graced the back wall of the gallery interior with his signature spray painted murals.

I left Warsaw, and had to close my gallery. It was a sad day, but the sales of art were impressive. I tucked all the experience and learning under my belt and feel very grateful for owning such a unique place.

The city of Gdansk is ripe for such a gallery, so watch out! Who knows what will happen next for me?

a MOUNTing to climb!

My photographs make the perfect gift. Each one is printed to order, and mounted by me, with a hand written title and date.

Gallery Graffiti facade!

The likes of Nespoon and Taki Myk made their mark and personalised the gallery facade with their unique original urban art.

Gallery interior!

After paint, interior design matters to me a lot! Any one whose lived with me knows I move furniture more often than I wash my hair!!! The 35m2 space was small but flooded with natural light .The turnover of photographs and art was fast. Rather than continuously filling holes in walls, fixed shelves served a flexible purpose, while having other large areas of wall dedicated to murals and original art by the urban artists.

Putting the POW! in Powisle!

In 2015, Powisle was an upcoming trendy river suburb of Warsaw. My unique gallery was a pioneer in the neighborhood. The gallery hosted several solo exhibitions, participated in the cities annual Museum Night and was a meeting hub for creatives.

Curating a Collection.

With thousands of images to choose from, curating a collection for a client, an art fair or exhibition was always a challenge. But with such amazing colours and creativity the end results were always cohesive and compelling.

A unique concept.

Commission free gallery space for local street artists! Yes you read it correctly. No commission. I wanted to give back something to the street artist whose urban art literally brightened many a grey day in Warsaw. Promoting and selling their art to clients who otherwise would not have found it, gave me great joy.

Framing mad!

Gifts for friends, collections for clients or preparing for an art fair, Framing, often on a grand scale, is an integral part of my finished photographic product.