Between Space and Abstraction

2026 Australia Taiwan Imagery & Cultural Exchange

This exhibition, curated by Melody Chen, brings together Australian and Taiwanese artists to foster cultural exchange and greater understanding between the two countries. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the multicultural character of contemporary Australia through art.

Biochrome Textiles

Renata Buziak’s Rainfores Biochromes explore the space between seeing and knowing.

Developed during her residency at Binna Burra, the works emerge through interactions between Gondwanan, and other rainforest plants, analogue photographic materials and natural processes over time.

Moving between botanical forms and abstraction, they invite viewers to pause, look closely and discover connections between nature, place and imagination.

Artist-in-Residence at the Binna Burra Cultural Landscape*

Renata: Immersed in the rainforest, I drew inspiration from Gondwanan lineage plants to capture their essence, while collaborating with local paleobotanist Dr Ray Carpenter who remarked “… nowhere else on Earth is there such a rich representation of vegetation with links to ancient Gondwanan floras …”.

The Biochrome images, which go beyond mere representation, embody a collaboration with nature itself and capture the essence of plant life.

The works serve as a reminder of our interconnectedness with nature’s rhythms. Through my exhibitions, I invite you to pause, reflect, and rediscover the beauty that surrounds us, deepening our appreciation for the unique ecological heritage preserved within our landscapes.

*Binna Burra is located in the Scenic Rim, nestled within the World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, at Woonoongoora (Lamington National Park), Yugambeh region.

In her essay Time, Transition and Transformation: Renata Buziak’s Gondwanan Biochromes Dr Lisa Chandler wrote:

“Renata Buziak’s intriguing biochrome images take us on a metaphorical journey into the Gondwana rainforests surrounding Binna Burra – a rich environment containing plants with lineages that can be traced back to the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. Buziak’s work provides a fresh perspective on this complex ecosystem, helping us distinguish and learn about individual plants, and revealing their connection to a wider ecology and its ongoing cycles of growth and decay that stretch back over 50 million years – before the continents of Australia and South America separated from Antarctica. But perhaps what is most surprising about Buziak’s biochromes is that the plants themselves are vital collaborators in the creation of these fascinating images.” (L. Chandler, Art. Nature. Science. at Binna Burra, 2022).

Gondwanan Biochromes Online

You can view most of the works in this exhibition in my Portfolio page: Gondwanan Biochromes. Five works are available at the Temple exhibition, and a few in my online Store. Please enquire via the contact page.

I look forward to seeing you at the exhibition, or connecting with you online. I’ll have updates, images and videos on my social media during the exhibition, please follow me for updates.

Images on this page:

Banner image: Fragments of biochrome textiles.

Centre images:

• Exhibition Poster
• Five textiles featiring Rainforest plants, including Gondwanan leniage flora, by Renata Buziak. Images from left to right, textiles – prints on Deluxe Satin Chiffon, 2022:
  – Rough Tree Fern (Cyathea australis) Stings Remedy, 97 x 64cm, 1/3
  – Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea sp.) Resin, 197 x 64cm, 1/3
  – Yellow Carabeen (Sloanea woollsii) long-lived, 197 x 85cm, 1/3
  – Staghorn fern (Platycerium superbum) Forest, 197 x 85cm, 1/3
  – Antarctic Beech (Nothofagus moorei) Gondwanan Family Fossil, 197 x 90cm, 1/3