Sympatheia Exhibition
Agriel's Sympatheia was born as a project that is both personal healing and a form of revenge. At its very root, the photograph represents the cyclical nature of trauma, healing and rebirth—while referencing a story that relates to St Agnes's martyrdom.
The works were created during a turbulent time in the artist's life, during her solo travels and finally in the forests of Agriel's homeland, Latvia. Here her practice evolved the ideas of how personal feminine experience is inextricably linked to larger social and historical systems, something her project 'Sympatheia' explores in depth.
Rooted in surreal self-portraiture and intimate collaborations, Agriel's work becomes both ritual and revelation, a space where pain is transmuted, and new ways of being are imagined and created.
