AGA KUBISH ARE
Born in Poland and currently based in Wales, UK, Aga Kubish is a fine artist and printmaker working across drawing, printmaking, photography and artist’s books. Her practice explores what she describes as Human Rooting - an embodied methodology of establishing presence within complex, interconnected systems.
At the centre of her work are monumental linocuts, printed entirely by hand without a press. Through dense networks of lines, organic structures and repetitive manual processes, Kubish develops large-scale works that investigate presence, participation and the emergence of form within layered environments.
Using improvised physical methods of pressure, Kubish approaches printmaking as an extension of drawing — a durational and embodied process in which gesture becomes embedded directly within the structure of the image. Printed entirely by hand without a press, her monumental linocuts retain traces of time, repetition and physical engagement, emphasising material presence as much as visual form.
Her work explores organic and relational systems: root structures, botanical networks, architectural frameworks and layered environments that operate as spatial fields rather than static representations. Rather than resolving complexity, Kubish inhabits it, allowing structure to emerge gradually through dense and repetitive mark-making. Within these intricate systems, a distinctly human trajectory becomes visible — not as control, but as presence.
Since discovering printmaking in 2021, the medium has become central to her practice. Kubish is an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Printmakers (elected 2022), and her large-scale linocut Green House was acquired for the RE Diploma Collection. In 2026, she became a member of the Bath Society of Artists.
In 2025, she founded and directed ART GALLERY & STUDIO in Weston-super-Mare, curating group and solo exhibitions while developing collaborative relationships between artists and audiences. Following the closure of the space and her relocation to Wales, Kubish established a new Aga Kubish ART STUDIO in Pontypool - a dedicated environment for the development of her large-scale printmaking, installation and participatory projects.
Her practice draws from the visual language of historical engraving and print traditions, including hatching and dotwork, alongside an ongoing interest in artist’s books, traditional bookbinding and plant-based photographic processes. Working predominantly in black ink and at large scale, Kubish embraces slow and labour-intensive methods that foreground duration, structure and embodied experience.
While informed by artists such as Albrecht Dürer, Katsushika Hokusai and Alphonse Mucha, her work develops a distinctly contemporary visual language rooted in systems, perception and participation.
Since 2025, Kubish has been an Ambassador for St Cuthbert’s Mill. She is currently completing an MA in Fine Art (Printmaking) at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS:
Associate Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (elected 2022)
Member of the Bath Society of Artists (2026)
Ambassador for St Cuthbert’s Mill (since 2025)
Printmaker’s Printmaker Award, Printfest, Ulverston (2025)
The Essdee Award, Printfest, Ulverston (2024)
BA Print Prize, Bath Society of Artists Annual Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (2024)
Highly Commended, RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham (2024)
Canns Down Press Prize for Panoramix, RE Original Prints Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London (2023)
Society of Wood Engravers Prize for Green House, International Original Print Exhibition, London (2022)
Green House acquired for the RE Diploma Collection.
Member of the Bath Society of Artists (2026)
Ambassador for St Cuthbert’s Mill (since 2025)
Printmaker’s Printmaker Award, Printfest, Ulverston (2025)
The Essdee Award, Printfest, Ulverston (2024)
BA Print Prize, Bath Society of Artists Annual Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (2024)
Highly Commended, RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham (2024)
Canns Down Press Prize for Panoramix, RE Original Prints Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London (2023)
Society of Wood Engravers Prize for Green House, International Original Print Exhibition, London (2022)
Green House acquired for the RE Diploma Collection.
SELECTION PANELS & JURY ROLES:
2026:
Selection Panel Member, Bath Society of Artists, 121st Open Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Selection Panel Member, No Place Art, London
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS:
2026:
Printfest, Ulverston - Artist Talk (Printmaker’s Printmaker Award)
CFPR / UWE Bristol - Habitat: Working at Scale with Paper, Paper Symposium
Printfest, Ulverston - Artist Talk (Printmaker’s Printmaker Award)
CFPR / UWE Bristol - Habitat: Working at Scale with Paper, Paper Symposium
2024:
RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham - Artist Talk
RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham - Artist Talk
EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS:
2026:
121st Open Exhibition, Bath Artists Society, Victoria Art Gallery
No Place Art, London
Degree Show, MA Fine Art: Printmaking, UWE Bristol
Printfest 2026, Ulverston, Cumbria
RE Original Prints, Bankside Gallery, London
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA Print Prize, Birmingham
2025:
120th Annual Open Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Wells Art Contemporary, Wells Cathedra
RWA 172 Annual Open Exhibition, Bristol
Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition 2025, London
Printfest 2025, Ulverston, Cumbria
RWA Biennal Open 2025: Paper Works, Bristol
2024:
Bath Society of Artist Annual 119th Open Exhibition at Victoria Art Gallery in Bath
International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Open Exhibition 2024, Sidmouth
Society of Botanical Artists, Plantae 2024
SOLO Exhibition 'Silent Narratives', ART GALLERY & STUDIO by Aga Kubish, Weston-super-Mare
RE Original Prints 2024, Bankside Gallery, London
PRINTFEST2024, Ulverston
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA Print Prize, Birmingham
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham
International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Open Exhibition 2024, Sidmouth
Society of Botanical Artists, Plantae 2024
SOLO Exhibition 'Silent Narratives', ART GALLERY & STUDIO by Aga Kubish, Weston-super-Mare
RE Original Prints 2024, Bankside Gallery, London
PRINTFEST2024, Ulverston
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA Print Prize, Birmingham
The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA Friends Exhibition, Birmingham
2023:
Small but Mighty, Bankside Gallery, London
Solo Exhibition at Heart of the Tribe, Glastonbury
118th Open Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
RE Original Prints, Bankside Gallery, London
Solo Exhibition at Heart of the Tribe, Glastonbury
118th Open Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
RE Original Prints, Bankside Gallery, London
2022:
69th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West Academy, Bristol
International Original Print Exhibition, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London
Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
Steam Art Exhibition, Tropicana, Weston super Mare
117th Annual Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Society of Botanical Artists, Plantae 2022, Mall Galleries, London
Solo Exhibition, Heart of The Tribe Gallery, Glastonbury
International Original Print Exhibition, Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London
Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
Steam Art Exhibition, Tropicana, Weston super Mare
117th Annual Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Society of Botanical Artists, Plantae 2022, Mall Galleries, London
Solo Exhibition, Heart of The Tribe Gallery, Glastonbury
