Women’s health

Driven by personal experiences, Kuchta’s work is largely invested in topics of social justice and contemporary social issues, particularly women’s experiences, women’s health and domestic landscape. Her special attention is dedicated to invisible disability, stress related illnesses in women, recognition of domestic labour and emotional wellbeing. The projects closest to her heart relate to human struggles in social, political and economic context. She was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2020, following a series of traumatic life events. She lost her mother to cancer. She is actively involved in social and educational projects with an aim to bring social justice and social change for better while unlocking human potential. She is outspoken about social issues such as poverty, housing, domestic labour, women’s health, invisible disability, domestic violence, emotional wellbeing and childhood.

Being nice will kill you

Morley Gallery, 2024

Macrame cord and nylon fabric

Drawing on personal experiences and academic background the piece delivers a powerful message bringing to the audience's attention the link between stress and illness. Purposefully employing the laborious macrame textile technique mirroring the undervalued domestic labour and urges its recognition and status in the society. Multilayered knots represent the complexities, connections between fields, experiences and data, as well as a trap women find themselves in. The colour red represents the sacrifice care givers and home makers often must suffer as a part of the social role and expectations placed on them. The artwork is intentionally displayed in the basement portraying the depth of human psyche as a metaphor of denial and refusal to confront the issue, consequently pushing it down to unconscious.

In the memory of my mother

All The Men Who Failed Me

Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, 2025

ALL THE MEN WHO FAILED ME: MY FATHER, MY BROTHER, MY HUSBAND, MY FRIEND, MY BOYFRIEND. The project delivered under the elective of Housing and Social Reproduction under lead of Steve Salmbier and School of Architecture at Royal College of Art explored the theme of domestic landscape. In this particular work Kuchta represented the topic of home not as physical location but emotional and psychological state. The artwork dealt with the importance and impact of close intimate and family relationships within the sphere of home, addressing the silenced, undermined and unmet emotional needs. It was also a metaphor for the issues of abuse, neglect and domestic violence happening behind the closed door. The blanket symbolises the warmth, safety and comfort of home with raptured expectations and betrayal suffered from the hands of the people who were ment to protect and provide. The work addresses the issue of patriarchy and the necessity of emotional intelligence, maturity and education. It signifies the importance of early childhood experiences within home setting which serves as a template for future relationships. The brutality of uncomfortable truth and trapped, unresolved, unprocessed and damaging emotions finally coming to light portraying a starting point of healing, empowerment and taking control over the narrative, addressing the issue openly, seeking accountability and reparation.

Do you want to toy with me?

The work illustrated in a symbolic way the demands and expectations placed on women in the contemporary society. Barbie, the global brand dominating social imagination symbolising female body as a toy, a sexualised and idealised object of entertainment, pleasure and fun. Combined with Durga, a multi-armed Hindu goddess representing motherhood, protection, strength but also war and destruction, symbolises the multiplicity of roles put on women. The work advocates for recognition of domestic labour.