Here and Now: Gold Coast Triennial 2024 Digital Gallery
Renata Buziak
b.1973 Rybnik Poland, lives Brisbane QLD
Tree Fern (Cyathea australis) Astringent , 2022
archival pigment print on paper
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Image courtesy of the artist
Artist Statement
In 2022, as the inaugural Artist-in-Residence on Binna Burra Cultural Landscape, situated within World Heritage Rainforest of Australia on Yugambeh Country, I had an opportunity to work with Gondwanan lineage plants, guided by a local paleobotanist Dr Ray Carpenter.
In my studio I collaborate with nature, embrace organic decomposition and fusing photographic and organic materials in a process I call biochrome. It facilitates a transformative dialogue between the materials over time. The resulting abstract images maintain characteristics of the depicted flora.
About the Artist
Renata Buziak is a biochrome artist, researcher, educator, and ECO Harmony Guide, working at the intersection of art & science. Renata’s experimental process that she calls biochrome, merges her passions for nature and photography by blending photographic and organic materials. This fusion produces striking images and fosters a deeper connection with nature while enhancing well-being.
Renata holds a PhD in Philosophy from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, where she has also taught. Her research delved into the healing plants of Minjerribah, in consultations with members of the Quandamooka community. Renata has completed several artist residencies; she engages in multidisciplinary collaborations and intercultural collectives. Renata's biochromes have been showcased in exhibitions nationally and internationally, received awards, feature on ABC Gardening Australia, and are held in public and private collections.
In 2022 Renata led the Art. Nature. Science. Program at Binna Burra, and she currently lecturers at JMC Academy.
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