Sylwia Zawiślak (b. 1991) is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose practice centers on printmaking, with a particular focus on linocut. Her work weaves together personal experiences of migration with reflections on global social tensions, exploring the intersections of power, identity, and representation. Through bold visual language and technical precision, Zawiślak addresses the complexities of contemporary life—from decolonial narratives to the critique of emotional capitalism and online mythologies.

Her artistic approach often extends beyond individual creation into the realm of participation and collaboration. She conducts workshops and community-based projects in which printmaking becomes both a medium and a method of dialogue, empowerment, and collective storytelling. This socially engaged dimension of her practice seeks to reclaim silenced narratives and transform shared experiences into acts of creative resistance.

Zawiślak’s works have been exhibited in Poland and internationally, including at Eleven Ten Studio, Artstübli, Salon Mondial, and Dock in Basel. During her 2025 residency at Laurenz Haus Stiftung, she developed Monster of Loneliness, a project and artist’s book published by Edition Valnod. Combining linocut and text, it personifies emotions tied to migration, offering a deeply human reflection on isolation, belonging, and emotional resilience.

Currently, Zawiślak investigates printmaking as a tool to challenge post-truth culture, spiritual capitalism, and patriarchal structures in the digital age—examining the power of the image as resistance, protection, and transformation.