1931–1999 Sculptor and performer, author of installations and environments, considered as one of the pioneers of feminist art. Wife of the sculptor Jerzy Bereś and mother of the painter Bettina Bereś. A graduate of the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts (1956). From 1979, a member of the II Kraków Group. Long-term organizer and curator of the Sculpture of the Year exhibitions (1962–1980).

Works in collections i.a.: National Museums in Krakow, Wrocław, Poznań and Warsaw, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Silesian Museum in Katowice, Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, The Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko, BWA in Bielsko-Biała, Museum in Bochum, Migros Museum in Zürich, Museum Jerke in Recklinghausen.

Selected exhibitions: Arsenał, Warsaw (1955); Współczesna Gallery, Warsaw (1973); Haags Gemeentemuseum, Hague (1979); São Paulo Art Biennial (1982); Krzysztofory Gallery, Kraków (1988); The National Museum of Women in Arts, Washington, USA (1991); The Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko (1993); National Museum in Warsaw (1991); Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, BWA Gallery, Bielsko-Biała, Arsenał, Poznań, retrospective exhibition (1999); The State Art Gallery in Sopot (2012).