MAT KUBAJ – “SAWARU 06”

Mat Kubaj is a visual artist, painter, and performer whose creative practice is rooted in mindfulness, gesture, and the experience of presence. His work exists at the intersection of painting, performance, and installation, forming a cohesive artistic language centered on process, relation, and time. Kubaj’s art is not a closed object — it is an event, a trace of a moment, and an invitation to participate.

In his painting, the artist primarily uses Japanese ink, working on paper, canvas, and ceramics. His abstract compositions are built within a restrained, often monochromatic palette, dominated by black and white, enriched with organic tones obtained, among other methods, by staining the surface with tea leaf essence. Each work is a record of an intuitive gesture — a trace of concentration, breath, and decision made in the present moment. Kubaj’s practice reveals influences of Zen aesthetics, shodō calligraphy, and the idea of balance between expression and silence.