Victoria Maria Zaba
About Artist
Victoria Maria Zaba is a Polish Canadian oil painter and digital illustrator who is currently completing a combined degree in Visual Studies, Greek and Roman Studies and a minor in architecture. Her passion for art was heavily influenced by her mother, who painted with oils herself and brought her to many museums regularly. As an artist, Zaba has grown a particular intrest in the themes of religion, mythology, and ancient history. Not only is she interested in studying religion and religious art academically, but she is also interested in contributing to the visual conversation by creating pieces that experiment with the themes and characters from these stories.
Zora, 2025, Oil on Canvas, 23” diameter
Zora, 2025
Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some people see things that others cannot? But there are things old and new which must not be contemplated by humanity’s eyes, because they know -or think they know- some things which other people have told them. Ah, it is the fault of our nature that it wants to explain all; and if it explain not, then it says there is nothing to explain