As a child in Poland, Dr Renata Buziak would collect plants from her family garden and the nearby forest to create all kinds of natural remedies.
It was part of life – knowing which plants were useful for healing.
It sparked a passion that would eventually lead her to the Queensland College of Art, working at a unique intersection between art and science.
Dr Buziak creates biochromes – images that form as plant matter and photographic materials decay together over time.
RENATA BUZIAK
“Science and art were one discipline in the past, before people and industry separated them,” she said.
“There are many similarities in the way artists and scientists work. We experiment, we look at results, we keep developing processes. We have questions we want answers to.”
Dr Buziak began creating biochromes when she was studying a Bachelor of Photography.
“I experimented with different processes, but I specifically chose this one because nature has always been my