The Triangle Gallery is pleased to present Maria Pogorzhelskaya's new solo exhibition "Reflection Angle". This is the artist's first collaboration with the gallery. The exhibition will feature paintings and graphics created using nail polish on a golden cake base.

Maria Pogorzhelskaya works at the intersection of the physical and the ephemeral. Through her long-standing practice, she explores how an internal gesture, a pause, or a silent glance can become a form of quiet yet persistent resistance. "The Angle of Reflection" is an exhibition about the right to time free fr om external demands, and the ability to maintain a connection with oneself when the world is increasingly demanding presence, reaction, and participation. 

In the new works, this right takes on a specific form: the bathroom becomes the main setting, one of the few spaces wh ere one can be alone with oneself. It is not about the image presented to others or the role to be played, but about the "real" that is often hidden fr om view.

In terms of its intonation and bodily proximity, this space is easily related to the female experience of everyday life. However, for Pogorzhelskaya, the woman remains primarily a conduit for a more universal experience. As the artist notes, "despite its gendered nature, the experience of doubt, insecurity, and the moment of preparation for a new challenge, a new day, and perseverance is a universal theme."

The bathroom is not a backdrop or a decoration, but a place of self-reflection and a universe of the private and intimate. It is in this silence that a subtle sense of harmony and long-awaited peace gradually emerges. Morning rituals such as applying a mask, drying one's hair, or silently gazing into the mirror take on an almost sacred quality. These moments gradually accumulate into fragile fragments of time, wh ere all external distractions fade away.

This inner focus also shapes the plastic language of the artwork. The figures exist between manifestation and disappearance, appearing transparent and almost ethereal, emerging from the light and dissolving back into it. It is no coincidence that the mirror turns out to be almost the only interlocutor. It transcends the boundaries of a household object, becoming a space for dialogue: the reflection eludes complete alignment with the person looking into it.