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Malgorzata Mirga-Tas’s cultural identity is an integral aspect of her practice, which includes sculpture, painting, installation and textiles. She lives and works in Czarna Góra, a small village in southern Poland near the border with Slovakia and is a member of the Bergitka Roma, which like other Romani groups has a unique dialect and set of laws.

In textile creations such as ‘Andro Drom (On the Way)’ (2016), Mirga-Tas explores the daily lives and experiences of her community, creating patchwork scenes depicting members participating in everyday activities, conversing or just relaxing. The artist starts with photographs of her subjects and then sketches them on paper, before “dressing” them in clothing and fabrics donated by friends and family. Along with a team of seamstress-assistants including family members, Mirga-Tas sews the parts together, finally painting in the faces and other details. She eschews pure documentation, incorporating ornamental details like animals and flowers to introduce an element of fantasy. As in her commission for the Polish Pavilion at the 59^th Venice Biennale, her compositions are sometimes intended to be parts of cycles revealing more extensive narratives with large casts of historical and contemporary characters. In this way, Mirga-Tas offers unique insights into her world, offsetting stereotypical views and misconceptions regarding the Romani.

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