1930 – 2020 A Polish painter, co-founder of the St-53 and Oneiron groups, and one of the most important figures of the Silesian art scene of the second half of the 20th century. Associated with the neo-avant-garde, spiritual abstraction and Buddhist philosophy. Her work evolved from post-cubist and matter painting toward meditative compositions and mandalas inspired by Zen, tantra and Jungian thought. Together with Andrzej Urbanowicz, she co-created the legendary artistic and intellectual circle around the studio at Piastowska 1 in Katowice, which became a centre of underground artistic and Buddhist culture in Poland. Co-founder of the first Buddhist community in communist Poland and co-editor of the first Polish Buddhist magazine “Droga”, later “Droga Zen”. Awarded the honorary distinction “Meritorious for Polish Culture” (2014).

Works in collection i.a.: National Museum in Warsaw, Museum of Art in Łódź, BWA Gallery in Jelenia Góra, private collections in Poland, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan and the United States.

Selected exhibitions: exhibitions of the St-53 Group, Katowice and Warsaw (1953–1957); exhibitions at Krzywe Koło Gallery, Warsaw (1950s–1960s); retrospective exhibition, BWA Jelenia Góra and BWA Katowice (2005); Atman znaczy Oddech, Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture in Królikarnia / National Museum in Warsaw (2020); numerous group and individual exhibitions in Poland, France, Germany, Sweden, Japan and the United States.