Tanya
Zaryski
Blown Glass
I
consider myself to be an image-maker. Many of my pictorial narratives
re-invent scenes I remember from my childhood. Growing up on a
farm in rural Ontario, I have become again interested in that
familiar landscape as a constant backdrop for the events (past
and present) which are acted out. Certain rooms - familiar fragments
of furniture, of architecture - or fields and houses reappear.
Some images read as allegories - I have created myths out of my
own history. There is a collapsing of the ordinary and the sublime
into a single moment, where every event is laden with symbolism
and significance.
I
began my art training at the University of Toronto, studying art
history, painting, drawing and sculpture, before discovering glass
blowing at Sheridan Collage. Upon graduation I completed three
years working as an artist-in-residence at the Harbourfront Glass
Studio in Toronto. Currently I live and work in the Beaver Valley
near Georgian Bay where my loves of painting, glassmaking and
gardening are allowed to peacefully co-exist.
