“Stream of Light”
Author of the MADOA HeartGLO Project: Dr. Anna Biela
Venue: Plama / Gdańsk Archipelago of Culture
Opening: September 17, 2025, at 6:00 PM
Exhibition open until: November 14, 2025
Curator: Anna Brudzińska
A unique multidisciplinary installation will be presented at Galeria Plama — a paper sculpture resembling a flowing stream, created collectively by participants of the Bulvary Design and Food event in April 2025. Made using spray techniques on paper by many hands, the form radiates the energy of collective action and intuitive gesture.
The installation will be accompanied by elements of light and sound: a blue-green illumination evokes water, while the sound of a stream deepens the sensory dimension of the experience, immersing the viewer in a space of contemplation and flow.
This work marks the first realization within the international artist residency program MADOA HeartGLO, conceived and initiated by Dr. Anna Biela. The project, which includes residencies in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania, aims to create art in dialogue with the local context, people, and nature.
The culmination of the program will be a creative residency of the artist in Bethlehem, where she will spend the Christmas period in silence, meditation, and spiritual preparation of the aura of Bethlehem for what is to come.
As part of MADOA HeartGLO, a series of 100 paintings, each measuring 70 × 140 cm, is currently in progress. In the autumn, the project will expand with new creative actions in Jastarnia and Bali.
“Stream of Light” is more than a sculpture — it is a space of co-creation, energy flow, and transformation through art.
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Biography
Dr. Anna Biela — an interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and initiator of international creative projects — began a new chapter in her artistic practice in 2025, which led to the birth of her spiritual alter ego: White Mother / Biała Matka.
During her ROVAS artist residencies in Slovakia and Hungary, she developed a deep connection with local cultures and landscapes, experiencing profound unity with nature and people. A symbolic play on language revealed her new identity: Ania in Hungarian is Anya — meaning “mother,” and Biela in Slovak means “white.” From this combination emerged White Mother — a figure of the creator, the guide, a channel of energy and light.
A turning point in this transformation was the village of Debrad in Slovakia, where in 2024 the first paintings from the “Flow” series were created — inspired by the flow of the local stream, which became a symbolic inspiration for the current light-and-sound installation co-created with participants of the Bulwary Design and Food event in Wrocław.
In 2025, the MADOA HeartGLO project began with the performative painting of the “Stream of Light” on the Bulvary in Wrocław and continued during artist residencies in Tihany (Hungary), Gombasek (Slovakia), and Debrad, where the first paintings were created with eyes closed and the third eye open.
It was in Debrad that the artist wrote the Manifesto of Flowing Beauty — a vision of a new aesthetic rooted in movement, energy, and spiritual connection. The manifesto proclaims that beauty is not a static attribute but a motion of energy flowing through form, awakening and dissolving it. It opposes stillness and the idol of perfection, emphasizing that the soul is a conduit allowing energy to pass through a person to move others.
Symbols and numbers such as 111, 333, 999, and 11:11 are pulses of the rhythm of the universe, reminding us that beauty connects form with flow in an eternal dance of repetition. Art is a gateway opening the passage from the visible to the invisible, and its value lies in what it stirs in the soul. The new aesthetic is a complete openness to the flow of energy — allowing it to become form and then dissolve once again into energy.
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Education and Professional Background:
• 1998–2002: Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Faculty of Design, Graphic Design Studio
• 2002: Graphic Design diploma, Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD)
• 2005–2007: Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław, Poland; Faculty of Graphic Arts, Graphic Design Studio (Prof. E. Smoliński); Faculty of Media Art, Multimedia Installation Studio (Prof. R. Jędroś)
• 2007: Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
• 2007–2011: Academy of Fine Arts, Kraków, Poland; Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Painting, Interdisciplinary Studio (Prof. Z. Bajek)
• Since 2012: Curator at MADOA (Multicultural Art and Design Open Air)
• 2015–2016: Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Painting, Warsaw, Poland
• 2016: Ph.D. in Fine Arts
• 2017–2020: Member of ZPAP Gdańsk, Association of Polish Artists and Designers
• Since 2020: Member of ZPAP Warsaw, Association of Polish Artists and Designers
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ANNA BIELA
Ph.D / MFA / OCAD
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