Anna Maria Brandys was born in 1987 in Sosnowiec, Poland. In 2011 she graduated from the Faculty of Painting of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań, Poland and in the 2013 she graduated from the Faculty of Artistic Education of the University of Fine Arts in Poznań. Founder of the Jak Malowana charity and co-author of the Dom Bajek project. Anna has been a recipient of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Grant and the City of Poznań Grant. She has participated in many exhibitions in Poland and abroad. For many years she has been engaged in educational programmes and art therapy programmes. She is the FIONA foundation volunteer. Anna collaborates with the Natural Dyeing Laboratory – Natural Art in the Institute of Natural Fibres & Medicinal Plants in Poznań. Her exhibitions include: 13th Polish National Exhibition of the Unique Textiles and the 11th Polish National Exhibition of Miniature Textile in Łódź, Poland in 2016; the Polish Biennale of Young Art “RYBIE OKO”; “Textile Art of Today 2015” Textile Triennial in Bratislava and Poprad, Slovakia; Bielsko-Biała, Poland; Győr, Hungary; Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; the “East meets West. Cultural Book Exchange” international exhibition programme in Romania in 2013 and 2015; 5th Triennial of Tapestry “Atelije 61” in Novi Sad, Serbia in 2014; and 7th International Painting and Unique Textile Biennial in Gdynia, Poland in 2013 – the City of Gdańsk Prize.