Olek

Olek (Agata Oleksiak), is a Polish-born artist living in the United States. She creates knit graffiti / guerilla knitting. Olek’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and public spaces worldwide and featured in numerous publications such as TIME Magazine, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine. She draws inspiration from the movies she watched while crocheting. She crochet everything. She said “You have to pull the end of the yarn and unravel the story behind the crochet. Her goal is to produce new work and share it with the public. She also said : “I intend to take advantage of living in NYC with various neighborhoods and, with my actions, create a feedback to the economic and social reality in our community". 

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