Little energy away from your fingers: An artist talk by Kelly Jazvac 

Kelly Jazvac will discuss her art practice which crosses intersections of sculpture, installation, plastic, science, and ecology. She is currently an artist in residence in New York City as part of the Conseils des Arts et Lettres du Québec’s studio program. Here she is carrying out a year-long research project on non-toxic art materials, waste management and plastic pollution research.

Kelly Jazvac, Artist, Assistant Professor, Concordia University, Montréal, Canada 

Kelly Jazvac makes art that explores relationships between the material of plastic and consumerism, eco-systems, empathy and apathy. Jazvac is also part of a plastic pollution research team called The Synthetic Collective, which includes scientists, artists, and humanists. The work of this research group is highly influential on Jazvac’s artistic practice. Recent exhibitions include Broken Nature at The Museum of Modern Art (New York); The Musée D’Art Contemporain (Montréal); the Eli and Edyth Broad Museum (East Lansing); Ujazdowski Castle CCA (Warsaw); and FIERMAN Gallery (New York). Her work has been written about in National Geographic, e-flux Journal, Hyperallergic, Art Forum, The New Yorker, Canadian Art Magazine and The Brooklyn Rail. Her co-authored art/science research has been published in scientific journals including Nature Reviews, GSA Today, and Science of the Total Environment.  Jazvac is based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal where she is an Associate Professor in Studio Arts at Concordia University.   

This lecture is a part of a lecture series, held every semester in the Fine Arts department, and is open across departments and to the public. In six lectures during the semester, experts in the field of art and exhibition production will discuss their own research, experiments and artistic creation.

More information on the series HERE.