Olivia Mròz (AU/PL)
![Image: Olivia Mròz, [Baba Jaga] from the series [Lalka]. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Olivia-Mròz_Lalka_Baba-Jaga_008-131x200.jpeg "Olivia Mròz_Lalka_Baba Jaga_008")
Image: Olivia Mròz, Baba Jaga from the series Lalka. Courtesy the artist.
Image: Olivia Mròz, Baba Jaga from the series Lalka. Courtesy the artist.
Born 1989, Melbourne, Australia
Lives and works Melbourne, Australia
Olivia’s practice is self-reflexive and examines themes surrounding identity, sex, queerness and the interconnectedness of the emotional state and trauma. A large portion of her work speaks to transgenerational trauma, the church, her Polish background and Parts Psychology. Parts Psychology is also known as parts-work-therapy or integrated family systems, which goal is achieving trauma resolution by recognising disowned parts, usually younger parts and sub-personalities, by giving these parts a voice. Currently there’s a larger focus on liberation within Olivia’s experiences with queerness and sex. All of Olivia’s works are manipulated through layers of erasure and distortion.
![Image: Rachel Main, [Jannie at the 1010 Session, Melbourne], 2021. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HERO-WEB-Rachel-Main_Jannie-at-the-1010-Session-Melbourne-2021-142x200.jpg "HERO WEB Rachel Main_Jannie at the 1010 Session, Melbourne, 2021")