Exclusive: Kasia Muzyka on Abstract Art, Philosophy, and the Mystery of Existence

What does it mean to exist?
Why do we exist in the form that we do?
What invisible threads shape us into who we are today?

Kasia Muzyka, like the rest of us, might not be able to fully answer these questions, but her abstract art seeks to explore them deeply. Painting with natural minerals and pigments, the Polish-American artist captures themes of consciousness and the connection between humanity and the earth through a process that “feels more like alchemy than technique.”

Muzyka’s interest in the arts traces back to childhood. “It began not with ambition, but with a deep need to feel—to understand the world beyond language.” She drew inspiration from the realm of abstract art, particularly painters like Agnes Martin and Anselm Kiefer, but also from poets like Leonora Carrington. Her most prominent influences, however, came from the philosophical world: “Carl Jung’s insights on archetypes, dreams, and the unconscious shaped my early inner world. I also draw from the wisdom of mystics like Rumi and Teilhard de Chardin, the fierce tenderness of bell hooks, and the revelations of quantum physicists like David Bohm.” Muzyka’s most important source of inspiration, however, is not a person but rather the mystery of the universe itself.

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That which is unseen or beyond human understanding appears frequently in Muzyka’s work. Her most recent exhibition, The Sacred Condition of Being, focused on “travel[ing] through the unseen architecture of life itself.” For Muzyka, creating art is a method of communicating with the primordial forces of the universe. “I don’t plan the final image. In fact, I try not to. Instead, I enter into a kind of dialogue with the unseen. I listen, layer by layer. Sometimes I close my eyes and place my hands on the canvas, waiting until I can feel where to begin. The painting tells me what it wants to become. My job is to stay present enough to follow.”

This focus on the primeval extends into every aspect of her work—even the type of paint she uses. Citing an interest in materials that “hold a sense of time, place, and transformation,” Muzyka paints with coffee, wine, and even volcanic ash. “These substances feel alive to me. They’re not just materials—they’re messengers.”

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However, Muzyka’s work is not just a reflection on matters of existence and metaphysics; it is meant to connect people to their truest selves. She wants to encourage artists to “Create before you think you’re ready. Honor what’s true in you, even if it doesn’t fit the mold” and to “Trust your intuition more than the algorithm.”

It was this ethos of empowering people to live authentically that led her to cofound a wearable art brand. In 2021, Muzyka created Call2Love. “Call2Love was born from the same place my paintings are—from the desire to embody beauty, truth, and transformation. I wanted to create garments that felt like wearable art—pieces that carried intention, presence, and power.” Muzyka wants to use this brand to motivate others to embrace love, “Not as something soft or passive—but as something radically honest, embodied, and awake.”

If there is one throughline in all of Kasia Muzyka’s pieces, it is the act of rediscovery—of finding oneself through art and through a connection with something more. “I never set out to ‘be an artist.’ I simply followed the thread of what felt most alive. Over time, I realized that art wasn’t just something I did—it was how I listened, how I healed, and how I remembered who I truly am.”

by Abigail Hogewood