Ph.D THESIS by ANNA BIELA

IDENTITY
Human identity is not obvious as it is a continuous process from birth to death. It therefore becomes a task, a challenge, a choice, and a construct. In painting, I make references to my own identity. I look at its multiple faces. I am inspired by motifs associated with personal identification since they accompany and shape an objective picture in everyday life. The adventure with identification was a way for me to discover the right direction and form. My reflections led me to monotypes of a narrow colour palette. In my works, I make references to self-portraits, fingerprints and data from identity documents. I refer not so much to a single identity, but rather to identities and the plural form reflects the fact that contemporary human have many identities. Under these circumstances, artistic and scholarly reflection regarding identity has become a unique challenge.

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ART WORK
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (I)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (II)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (III)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (IV)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (V)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (VI)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (VII)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (VIII)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (IX)
ANNA BIELA 10N3 / SELF PORTRAITS I-X / ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 50X40 CM / 2011 (X)