Who is V?

Victoria Szydlak

One is the work. One is the artist.

"The world without art is like a life without flavor. Would you love your life without meaning?"

THE FOUNDATION

CLASSICAL DISCIPLINE, FROM POLAND TO UAE

Victoria is a mixed media artist based in the UAE, trained at the Fine Arts School in Poland, the American University in Dubai, and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah. This classical foundation still shapes how every V is built, stitch by stitch and layer by layer.

THE INNOVATION

The first to give the palm a second life

Victoria is the first artist to bring palm fiber into mixed media, a technique she pioneered herself.

Inspired by the UAE’s landscape and history, she took a material this land had set aside and gave it a second life on canvas.

Her signature series, Flow of Nature, grew from that discovery: a body of work honoring Emirati and international women living in the UAE.

Her work has been shown across the UAE and internationally, including COP28, ADIHEX Abu Dhabi, World Art Dubai, and the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival, among many others.

AN EXPLORER AT HEART

Never limited to one surface

Victoria rarely stays within one medium.

Oil paint meets palm fiber, wood, resin, and fabric.

Each surface is then enriched with spice, sand, gold leaf, dried flowers, or whatever the story needs.

“My experience covers a wide range of media, yet there’s still so much more to explore. Although I have my own particular preferences that I keep coming back to, I’m an explorer at heart.”