ABOUT
Visual artist and architect – currently working at the intersection of both disciplines through experiments with light and space. Her practice encompasses multimedia installations, photography, graphic works, and interdisciplinary research. She explores the processes of perception and the formation of personal models of reality.
Light is the medium she most frequently engages with, as its ambiguous and fluid nature resonates with the processes that unfold within the human mind. She also sees it as a conduit of Presence. Years of experimentation with light have led her to create interactive, immersive installations in which the viewer becomes an active agent of transformation. Her works often reflect the coexistence of opposites: positive–negative, material–immaterial, presence–absence.
Inspiration
At the foundation of my creative explorations lies a reflection on the process of perception. The interpretation and organisation of sensory data is a subjective process - one that varies depending on our personal experiences as well as external factors. The way mental imagery forms, and the diversity of these inner representations of reality, serve as a profound source of inspiration for me.
A significant influence on my artistic search has also come from observing light and the transformations it introduces. The experience of the all-encompassing emptiness of an abandoned house torn by a stream of light became the impetus for creating my light installations. I began to perceive light through the prism of the Presence it could evoke. This encounter became the catalyst for a series of experiments that led me to creation of interactive, immersive installation. Floating images - appearing like quasi-holographic, fluid sculptures - hover in midair, shifting in form as viewers move through the space. The installation forms a living system shaped by the presence of observer. The dynamic and ambiguous nature of light resonates deeply with the processes that unfold within the human mind.
Art & Science
She is a co-initiator of research on the perception of art at the Center for Systemic Risk Analysis affiliated with the Faculty of “Artes Liberales” at the University of Warsaw.
Co-author of publications on the impact of art, including “A Hidden Message: Decoding Artistic Intent” and “Art’s Hidden Topology.”
She is involved in organizing interdisciplinary events that connect art and science, including those at the Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP) in Paris and the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) in the United States.
Awards
Her creative practice has been acknowledged through awards including competitions such as The International Photography Awards (IPA),
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3), The Warsaw Graphic Print Competition.
Exhibitions
Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions among others: The International Print Triennial in Kraków, The Tadeusz Kulisiewicz International Graphic Arts Triennial in Warsaw, The International Photography Festival in Rybnik, Berlin Foto Biennale, The Warsaw Art Photography Festival.
Reviews
Anna Jelonek Socha
The central idea underlying Beata Bajno's work is a philosophy of relationships,
according to which she exposes the emotional tension between the people-actors (animated photographs) and the space and viewers surrounding them.
© 2026 by Beata Bajno