TORONTO, CANADA
Collection: MICHAEL POLUBIEC
ARTIST STATEMENT
Michael’s art practice investigates the material and conceptual possibilities of clay at the intersection of architecture and geology. Using the idea of the reconstituted architectural fragment as a framework for inquiry, he explores the evolving interplay between architecture and natural systems, uncovering relationships that unfold across temporal and geological scales.
Through a process-based approach to hand-building and form-finding with extrusions, he works with clay bodies, glazes, and firing techniques to create forms that celebrate both the structural capacity of the ceramic medium and its potential to reflect geological processes. These forms contemplate the aesthetics of permanence while embracing their inevitable weathering by nature and time.
Michael James Polubiec is a Toronto-based artist. He graduated from the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture before pursuing further study in clay through Sheridan College’s Craft & Design program.
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