Carissa Baktay: Form(er)
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C2 Centre for Craft 1-329 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1T2
Carissa Baktay, "Form(er)," 2021
Carissa Baktay: Form(er)
Opening: May 7, 5-9pm
The Manitoba Craft Council is pleased to present Form(er), a solo exhibition of new work by Carissa Baktay. Curated by Jenny Western, this exhibition features a series of works in glass and horse hair.
“Both glass and horse hair have been used as utilitarian and artistic materials for millennia but are often over looked as a commonplace material we no longer notice, or in the case of horse hair, an unsightly animal byproduct. This exhibition seeks to present these materials in an altered and beautiful state. Echoing one another aesthetically, this partnership inspires new ways of looking at ancient materials.” ~Carissa Baktay
Carissa Baktay is a multi-media sculptor, sharing her time between Iceland and Alberta. As an experienced glass-maker, she has earned degrees from Alberta University of Art, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Universidade de Nova Lisboa. Using experimental technologies and mediums combined with time-honoured glass-making methods, she has been invited to work in studios in Bulgaria, Norway, Finland, and Portugal. Recently her work has been recognised with multiple grants from The Canada Council for the Arts, the Icelandic Artists Association, the Icelandic Design Fund and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Her process-based practice is deeply connected to material and memory and uses glass-making as part of her deconstruction/construction process. By collecting, repurposing, and transforming materials, she transforms their presence in space and presents a new poetic material understanding that shares the borders between art, craft, and design.