Fine Art

Julia Spyra

I am a Polish visual artist based in Ireland, currently studying in TUDublin in my final year of BA Fine Art. I work primarily with photography, print, and installation. My practice explores themes of bodily autonomy, protest, and personal-political identity. I use self-portraiture, symbolic props, and poetic language to reflect on grief, resistance, and gendered violence. My work references protest iconography and draws from feminist performance art traditions. Rooted in research and personal experience, my installations aim to provoke reflection and dialogue around reproductive rights and the role of art as activism.

Niech Piorun Uderzy

My project explores the impact of Poland’s anti-abortion laws through a deeply personal and political lens, combining photography, print, sound, and installation. Centering on my identity as a Polish woman, the work reflects on grief, resistance, and bodily autonomy under a system that denies reproductive rights. This project features a series of large-scale black-and-white photographs, each depicting myself in a black Grim Reaper-like cloak, using symbolic props like an umbilical cord and a red lightning bolt staff - the symbol of Poland’s pro-choice protests since 2020. With these elements, I draw on protest imagery and feminist iconography. A poem I wrote in the Polish language is layered into the soundscape, evoking themes of displacement, trauma, and silence. The work engages with protest traditions in both Poland and Ireland, referencing artists like Iwona Demko and Pauline Cummins. Large-scale poster prints, red text, and a suspended speaker installation create an immersive experience that confronts viewers with the ongoing struggle for reproductive freedom.