2026
Artist Book / Zine · Wearable Design @decanted
Flying Boobs is a visual, wordless zine by Marianna Serocka, taking the reader on a humorous and absurd journey through a series of flying breasts
The publication explores visual storytelling without words, using rhythm, repetition and sequential imagery to create a playful and liberating narrative
The project has also been developed into a small series of T-shirts featuring selected designs from the zine, extending the visual language of Flying Boobs from the printed page into wearable form
Format: Zine · approx. A4
Printing: Risograph, black ink · Munken Lynx paper
Publication: https://effemera.com/
Related: Limited T-shirt series featuring Flying Boobs designs @decanted
2016
Graphic Novel
Disco Cry is a 240-page graphic novel written and illustrated by Marianna Serocka, published by Centrala Ltd., London
The book follows one long Saturday night from the first drinks and excitement to the blurred, chaotic hours of the morning. Through an absurd and darkly humorous story, Serocka explores nightlife, desire, heartbreak and the aftermath of a night that does not quite go as planned
The visual language of the book combines expressive drawing, ornament and vivid colour. The imagery becomes increasingly intense as the night progresses, mirroring the protagonist's growing disorientation
Format: 240 pages · 130 × 170 mm · full colour
Role: Author · Illustrator
Publisher: Centrala Ltd., London
Selected Press: TVN24 · Polskie Radio · natemat.pl
2026
Visual Storytelling / Picturebook · Gdańsk City of Literature https://miastoliteratury.com/
Ofelia is a visual story by Marianna Serocka, published by Gdańsk City of Literature in issue no. 41 [3/2026] of their literary magazine Pismo
The publication presents the work as an “opowiadanie obrazowe” (visual story) — an experimental picturebook created for adult audiences, exploring the relationship between literary and visual storytelling
Concept: A visual commentary on digital overstimulation and the struggle to maintain focus in a modern, notification-heavy environment
Medium: Charcoal on A4 paper
Role: Author, concept, illustration and execution
Published: Pismo Gdańsk Miasto Literatury, no. 41 [3/2026], 26 March 2026
2022
Graphic novel Timof i Cisi Wspólnicy.
Set in Marianna's home region of Kociewie, based on interviews with family, neighbours, and stories from her grandmother. Eight interweaving booklets blending Polish, the Kociewie dialect, and German, drawing on local folklore. Kuch Luftowy: Uniwersum, an expanded edition, is forthcoming in 2026
2024
Łąkowo was a collaborative exhibition inspired by the meadows of the Kociewie region. Developed with students from a Special Educational Centre under the artistic guidance of Marianna Serocka, the project combined visual art, ceramics, and site-specific installations. Through workshops, participants explored local flora, fauna, and biodiversity, creating immersive works that celebrated the relationship between nature, community, and creative expression. The exhibition invited visitors to experience the harmony emerging from the richness and diversity of the natural world.
All Eyes on Me
2019
Choreographic performance, BWA Katowice, 2019. Role: lighting and spatial design. Collaborators: Monika Kiwak (text and direction), Aleksandra Kulus (photography).
Recognition
2026 Participant of the 40th International Comic Seminar in Erlangen
2026 Metal, Southend-on-Sea, UK — residency,
2026 Krakauer House, Nuremberg, DE — residency, (first Polish comic artist selected for this Artist-in-Residence programme)
2017 Visegrad Residency Programme, Budapest, HU
2017–2018 Creative Scholarship of the City of Kraków (two-time recipient),
2017 Seismograph — Young Polish Artistic Scene
Select Exhibitions
2023 Windows 2023, Łaźnia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdańsk
2023 Bajdy ze wsi (Village Tales), Zamek Cieszyn / Wrocław
2019 All eyes on me, BWA Katowice
2018 Ozimina, Widna Gallery, Kraków
2016 Das ist Wiksa, Henryk Gallery, Kraków
Education
Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, 2009–2014
Aalto University, Helsinki, 2012–2013
Marianna Serocka is a Polish visual artist, illustrator and comic artist. Her practice encompasses drawing, comics, graphic novels, illustration, animation, publications, as well as spatial and site-specific projects.
She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where she studied painting, and later studied Fine Art at Aalto University in Helsinki on a scholarship. She has lived and worked in Poland, Finland and the United Kingdom, with her artistic path shaped by travel, encounters with different cultures and experiences gathered across Europe.
Travel is an important part of her life and one of her sources of energy and inspiration. Moving between places, meeting new people, languages, landscapes and ways of life fuels her curiosity and influences the way she observes and interprets the world. During her travels, she collects images, stories, observations and experiences that later find their way into her work.
She is the author and illustrator of the graphic novels Disco Cry, published in 2016 by Centrala Ltd. in London, and Kuch Luftowy, published in 2022 by Timof i Cisi Wspólnicy. Her work has been exhibited in Poland and internationally.
She has participated in international residencies and artistic programmes, including the Visegrad Residency Programme in Budapest, Krakauer Haus Artist-in-Residence in Nuremberg, and the International Comic Seminar in Erlangen. In 2026, she presented and sold her work at the comic fair in Erlangen, where several of her original comic pages were acquired by a comic museum.
Alongside her artistic practice, she is developing her work in 2D animation, storyboarding, art direction and moving image.
For sales and individual inquiries please contact:marianna.serocka@gmail.com