IX. The Hermit // Kasia Balicka
closing of a stage, conscious retreat, integration, spiritual practices, independence, search for one's own truth
The Hermit card is numerologically associated with the number 9, signifying the closing of a certain stage. It encourages withdrawal inward before the next step is planned, opening the next chapter. The hermit archetype is a person abandoning (temporarily) the outside world, surrounding goods and people, focusing on themselves, and analyzing a major existential change. It involves the courage to let go in the name of seeking our truth in the darkness of our subconscious. The card carries a clarity that we can only feel in solitude. It encourages the meditative retreat so needed in today's culture of constant productivity and success.
Kasia Balicka (born 1990) - the artist, works with graphic design, drawing, photography, and ceramics. Graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Art at the University of Arts in Poznan.
She currently works as a stage designer. She also works in graphic design and sculpture. Her work has appeared in solo exhibitions Prankie at FWD: Gallery in Poznan (2019), Bread and Like’s at LAW Gallery in Warsaw (2017), As long as I dance my life is fantastic at FWD: Gallery in Poznan (2016), Don't tell anyone what's going on at home at the oficyna in Poznan (2016), and group exhibitions such as Effects of pandemics: dreams at Warsaw Gallery Weekend (2020), Good things happen naked at Heart of Man in Warsaw (2019), SO WHAT at Dommed Gallery in London (2017), Animal at Very White Gallery in Warsaw (2017), and We want happy paintings at FWD: Gallery in Poznan (2017). Balicka has also curated Let's Talk About The Architecture at Mathare Gallery in Nairobi, Kenya (2018), and Kurnik at Allergy Gallery in Poznan, Poland (2014). Balicka comments on the contemporary world through her works. She does so in a casual manner that is, at first glance, characterized by great carefreeness. She offers small gestures, small antics and inconspicuous narratives. Her austere aesthetics is mixed with a sharp sense of humor, which contributes to the ironic, sometimes witty overtone of her works. She lives and works in Warsaw.
The Hermit card is numerologically associated with the number 9, signifying the closing of a certain stage. It encourages withdrawal inward before the next step is planned, opening the next chapter. The hermit archetype is a person abandoning (temporarily) the outside world, surrounding goods and people, focusing on themselves, and analyzing a major existential change. It involves the courage to let go in the name of seeking our truth in the darkness of our subconscious. The card carries a clarity that we can only feel in solitude. It encourages the meditative retreat so needed in today's culture of constant productivity and success.
Kasia Balicka (born 1990) - the artist, works with graphic design, drawing, photography, and ceramics. Graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Art at the University of Arts in Poznan.
She currently works as a stage designer. She also works in graphic design and sculpture. Her work has appeared in solo exhibitions Prankie at FWD: Gallery in Poznan (2019), Bread and Like’s at LAW Gallery in Warsaw (2017), As long as I dance my life is fantastic at FWD: Gallery in Poznan (2016), Don't tell anyone what's going on at home at the oficyna in Poznan (2016), and group exhibitions such as Effects of pandemics: dreams at Warsaw Gallery Weekend (2020), Good things happen naked at Heart of Man in Warsaw (2019), SO WHAT at Dommed Gallery in London (2017), Animal at Very White Gallery in Warsaw (2017), and We want happy paintings at FWD: Gallery in Poznan (2017). Balicka has also curated Let's Talk About The Architecture at Mathare Gallery in Nairobi, Kenya (2018), and Kurnik at Allergy Gallery in Poznan, Poland (2014). Balicka comments on the contemporary world through her works. She does so in a casual manner that is, at first glance, characterized by great carefreeness. She offers small gestures, small antics and inconspicuous narratives. Her austere aesthetics is mixed with a sharp sense of humor, which contributes to the ironic, sometimes witty overtone of her works. She lives and works in Warsaw.