Marta Racskowska

Artist’s statement

Curiosity has brought me here.
Curiosity is what feeds my work.
Spaces are curious. They hold a certain mystery.

Ever since I was a little girl I loved digging holes in the sandbox, always in search of a surprise. There were times when I found nothing, but those few times I found a worm always kept me digging for more. A space can be both tangible and intangible. It can protect as well as expose. It can be precious or it can be threatening. It can project noise or shelter silence. It can be sensed between people and portrayed on form. It can be nothing or it can be everything. Spaces are what I explore in my work. It’s an ongoing exploration of its interaction with colour, texture, and form.

“Interaction”, Blown glass, cut, fused & slumped, cast aluminum, 22” x 9”, 2003

Biography

Marta Raczkowska is one of Canada’s new contemporary artists. Born in Poland, she emigrated to Canada at the age of seven and has spent most of her life living in Toronto, Ontario.

In 2004, having graduated from the glass program at Sheridan College, Marta ventured off to Calgary in pursuit of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Now a graduate from the glass program at the Alberta College of Art and Design, Marta is pursuing a second degree in Printmaking.

Marta continues to actively work in glass and regularly exhibits her work within Canada. Her work has been exhibited nationally at Material Matters in Toronto, Ontario; Galerie Elena Lee in Montreal, Quebec; and the Canadian Clay and Glass Museum in Waterloo, Ontario. Internationally her work can be found in the U.K., Dubai, San Francisco and Philadelphia.