"Snapshots" painting series tells a story of a species fading into something else entirely, by putting together images that are familiar, and those we no longer recognise.

They come from repeated journeys through the damp, airless passageways of the London Underground, with its tidal flocking together, all-seeing fisheye mirrors, distorted windows, its litter, treasure, and hallucination.

Some of them are like snapshots from a bad dream. Passengers and their surroundings reflect off each other in an endless line of mutating copies. The repetition and boredom feel confusing and overwhelming, yet safe.

Gabriela Cygan is born in 1990. In 2015 graduated Fine Arts Academy in Cracow with a Master’s degree. She works and lives in London. Gabriela is best known for her oil paintings. A principle theme in her work is tense, off situations. Through painting, she explores where the line is when events cross from in, to out of one’s control. Subtle emotions from the realization that one is becoming powerless translate into visual detail.