Julia Białas
Julia Białas explores the relationship between humans and other living beings by creating images of hybrid human–animal creatures. She refers to the old philosophical idea that animals exist mainly for human use and questions this way of thinking. By using AI to blend human and animal forms into new, semi-abstract figures, she challenges the boundaries between “us” and “others,” inviting viewers to rethink what it means to be human.
Artist statement
I paint without precise sketches, guided instead by intuition. Beginning with the human figure, over time I began to weave in animal and botanical motifs, giving rise to new layers of narrative.
It is not the creatures themselves that matter, but the stereotypes and hidden associations they carry. The presence of a figure alongside such beings shifts its meaning, placing it in another context.By drawing on familiar motifs, I seek to hover at the edge of figuration and abstraction.
My paintings grow largely out of subjective impressions—an attempt to grasp what is most elusive within human nature. Through hybrid figures and subtle deformations, I aim to reveal the human being as a creature in constant metamorphosis.
As an artist, I do not see myself as a coherent entity; rather, I try to capture this inner chaos on the canvas. Painting, for me, is a deep immersion into the invisible layers of my own reality.
