About

Bialke embarked on the series in pursuit of a sense of belonging in a new city, following a relocation from New York. Transplanted into new surroundings, the artist sought out the city’s green spaces as a means of anchoring herself within a new territory. Bialke looked to create a common language for London’s trees and foliage as a vessel through which she may find her commonality with an unfamiliar setting. Initially using a list of the great trees of London as a point of departure, Bialke quickly deviated towards those less familiar and more inconsequential. As in her paintings, which often …