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anchored in intricate layering and dynamic textures, and pollution, highlighting the vulnerability of Earth’s most
transforms each piece into an experience, something to be essential resource.
felt rather than merely observed. The duality of fragility and
endurance permeates her oeuvre, revealing a sophisticated Gagic’s mixed media approach seamlessly integrates
interplay of elements that mimic nature’s rhythm. photographic elements and digital enhancements, allowing

the compositions to transcend traditional artistic boundaries
The Water Series is a poetic meditation on water as both a and take on a near-dreamlike quality. The result is a collection
sustaining force and a vulnerable entity. Within this collection, that speaks to both the intellectual and emotional cores of

Gagic crafts compelling narratives where water is depicted those who encounter it, compelling them to re-evaluate their
in various states, fluid, disrupted, reflective, and silent, relationship with nature.
each composition serving as a metaphor for the precarious
balance between human intervention and environmental The Buddha - Kauai Paper Series reflects Gagic’s fascination
preservation. Her ethereal color palette, ranging from muted with the tactile and sculptural qualities of paper as an artistic

tones to bold contrasts, enhances the emotional weight medium. Inspired by the organic forms and landscapes of
of each piece. Light, shadow, and texture merge to create Kauai, Hawaii, this series explores themes of impermanence,
imagery that appears simultaneously ephemeral and eternal, transformation, and spiritual enlightenment through

capturing water’s paradoxical nature, its ability to give life meticulous layering, folding, and tearing of paper. Here,
while remaining endlessly at risk. The series challenges paper is not merely a surface upon which imagery is applied,
viewers to confront the urgent realities of climate change it becomes an integral aspect of the work itself, lending its

THE GARDEN ISLE SERIES, KAUAI NO. II, 2025 PAPER SCULPTURE- DIVERSE SIZES, EXPLORING DIFFERENT SPATIAL COMPOSITION

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