BORN IN ZURICH IN 1992, ONA SADKOWSKY HAS ALREADY GATHERED A STRONG FOLLOWING DESPITE HER YOUNG AGE AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF TODAY’S MOST ASPIRING YOUNG ARTISTS IN SWITZERLAND. IN ADDITION TO FINE ART (ORIGINAL PAINTINGS) SHE ALSO CARRIES OUT COMMERCIAL WORK. HER ARTISTIC WORK IS CHARACTERIZED BY BOTH LIGHTNESS AND DEPTH. PENETRATED BY HER OWN EXPERIENCE OF BEING OPEN AND EQUALLY CONTEMPLATIVE, HER WORKS SEEM EASILY ACCESSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, THEY HOLD THE MIRROR OF LIFE BEFORE OUR EYES AND THUS INITIATE THOUGHT PROCESSES. IN THE END, THEY ALWAYS SHOW US THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE FUTURE HOLDS READY FOR US. MANY DETAILS AND SNAPSHOTS IN ONA'S WORKS MAKE THIS TRUST IN LIFE CLEAR. WHEN ONE GETS INVOLVED IN ONA'S ART, IT SEEMS LIKE A CATHARSIS: ATTRACTED BY THE LIGHTNESS, CONFRONTED WITH THE COMPLEX MIRROR IMAGE, REDEEMED BY THE POSITIVE FUTURE PROSPECTS. AS IN THE ARISTOTELIAN TRAGEDY IN ANCIENT GREECE - IN WHICH THE SPECTATOR FELT FEAR (PHOBOS) AND PITY (ELEOS), BUT THEN PURIFIED AND MENTALLY CLEANSED - THE VIEWER OF ONA'S WORKS ALSO EXPERIENCES SUCH A CATHARSIS, A PURIFICATION OF THE SOUL. THE WORK OF ONA IS ALWAYS VERY PERSONAL AND AUTHENTIC, SHAPED BY HER OWN EXPERIENCES, HER UNRESTRAINED ENERGY, HER MELANCHOLY, HER HOPE AND HER UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE FUTURE. AS A LITTLE GIRL PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE ALLEYS OF ZURICH'S OLD TOWN WAS SOON NO LONGER ENOUGH FOR HER AND THE CAREER OF A PASSIONATE ARTIST BECAME APPARENT EARLY ON. GROWING UP IN A FAMILY OF ARTISTS (WWW.SADKOWSKY.CH), PENS, PAINTS AND CANVAS WERE ALWAYS AT HAND AND THUS FACILITATED ONA'S ACCESS TO ART IN A PLAYFUL WAY. THE REMINISCENCE OF POP ART GREATS LIKE KEITH HARING IS ONLY SUPERFICIAL. THE DENSITY OF INFORMATION, THE COMPLEXITY AND THE SURPRISING MOMENTS IN ONA'S PAINTINGS CREATE A WORLD OF THEIR OWN AND CAPTIVATE THE VIEWER. THEY GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PICTURES, THE FIGURES AND BEINGS IN THEM STILL WANT TO TELL US.