The 2025 BGS Art Show

Will feature a couple of my biochrome images. I created these images through an experimental biochrome process I developed by fusing organic and photographic materials, thus merging art and science to join in the global discourse of bio art.

my images in the exhibition: 

• Tree fern (Cyathea australis), Astringent, Archival pigment print on paper, framed. from the Gondwanan Biochromes series.
• Roots and Returns,  Archival pigment print on paper, framed. From the Wildflowers of the Granite Belt series.

 

“The BGS Art Show provides a unique opportunity to come together and celebrate with parents, friends, and the broader Brisbane Grammar School community and support the School’s Art Program.

Enjoy an exhibition featuring over 300 professional artworks from local talent, as well as esteemed national and international artists. The show will include a diverse range of paintings, mixed media, sculptures, and jewellery, with all pieces available for purchase on the evening.”

Gondwanan Biochromes

Recently, I undertook the role of Artist-in-Residence at the Binna Burra Cultural Landscape in the Scenic Rim, nestled within the World Heritage Gondwana Rainforests of Australia, at Woonoongoora (Lamington National Park), Yugambeh region. 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 …”.

In this series Biochrome images go beyond mere representation, embodying a collaboration with nature itself. They capture the essence of plant life on various mediums such as paper, textiles, and time-lapse videos, fusing my lifelong passions for nature and photography.

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.

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. Most are available, and a few are 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 to get updates.

 

Images on this page:

• Banner image: Renata Buziak, Tree fern Cyathea australis, Astringent, Archival pigment print on paper (detail). Also available as a large 197 x 150cm textlie.
• Centre artwork: Renata Buziak, Roots and Returns, 2025, from the Wildflowers of the Granite Belt seriesArchival print on paper 50 x 65cm, Edition of 3, Also availabe 200 x 150cm on velvet.