Subject and object are only one.
The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down
as a result of recent experience in the physical sciences,
for this barrier does not exist.
— Erwin Schrödinger, Mind & Matter
Jarek Wierny
Born in 1973, he has worked with computer graphics and electronic music since 1984, beginning with early home computers—a Commodore 16 and later an Amiga 500, both bought for him by his father. These machines became his first tools for exploring digital image, sound, and computation. His engagement with fractals began around 1991, when he experimented with FractInt on a PC at school and encountered custom Mandelbrot routines within his Amiga demoscene circle.
In 2006, his work Xolis, created with Ultra Fractal 3, was selected for the international exhibition Fractal Art: Beauty and Mathematics, presented in conjunction with the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid. The competition jury was chaired by Benoît Mandelbrot. The exhibition was subsequently featured in the American Mathematical Society’s Mathematical Imagery gallery. Since 2026, Wierny has expanded his practice to include generative AI, approaching it as a continuation of his long-standing engagement with computational and algorithmic image-making.
Alongside his visual practice, he works as a translator and publisher of Buddhist literature and develops projects at the intersection of culture, spirituality, and new media. As president of the Rogaty Budda Foundation, he is involved in publishing, cultural initiatives, and multimedia projects promoting literature, art, and Buddhist traditions. He also writes prose and poetry and creates experimental music through Contemplatron, an audiovisual project active since 2003, as well as through other interdisciplinary works.