Laura Makabresku (b. 1987, Poland) is an internationally recognized photographic artist whose work blurs the line between reality and reverie. Through symbolic imagery, she crafts what have been called visual psalms in a style she refers to as mystical realism. Her photography explores themes of suffering and comfort, melancholy and hope, faith and transformation, often drawing inspiration from Biblical narratives, mysticism, fairy tales, and personal experiences and relationships. There is a tenderness and a touch of the divine in all her work that is profoundly affecting.

Laura Makabresku: Mystical Realism is her first solo exhibition in the United States and features 46 photographic works from a variety of creative periods over the last ten years, all available for purchase. This collection of her painterly photographs offers an immersive encounter with her symbolic sacral world in which she longs to ‘be united with God in love.’ Makabresku’s images offer an invitation to experience the healing comfort and beauty of the divine presence that she experiences herself in life.

Makabresku’s quiet, arresting compositions have earned her a global following, including more than a quarter of a million followers on Instagram, where her work circulates widely among those drawn to its intimate yet transcendent beauty. Based in Poland, her photography has appeared in international publications including Juxtapoz, Kinfolk, and L’Officiel, and it has been exhibited across Europe and Japan. Her recent interview by Yahia Lababidi in World Literature Today revealgs much about her ‘otherworldly art' which Lababidi says ‘is a sanctuary we visit so that we can return to this world spiritually refreshed.’ A printed version of this interview is available in The Kairos Gallery.

She lives a simple contemplative life in the Polish countryside with her husband Radek, where she continues to create quietly and intuitively, drawing inspiration from the land, her faith, and the interior life.