Erik Tollas

In Erik Tollas’s practice, the central focus lies in the dialogue between different materials, forms, and colors. His works incorporate remnants, rejects, and recycled materials—leather, wood, plastic, and textiles—through which he constructs a richly textured new world. In his most recent series, he engages with totemic systems and their magical significations, where traditional animal motifs emerge subtly only through sinuous movement. Childhood experiences immersed in nature continue to resonate in these works: vine-like plant motifs, organic structures, and the atmospheres of riversides and forests evoke processes of memory and transformation.