TANYA ZARYSKI

"I have always considered myself an image-maker, and a decorator of surfaces. Attracted to the highly colored and densely populated surfaces of folk art images, textile designs, and ancient enamelled glass ware, I have striven to create the same "look" but in the context of my own experiences. Rows of town houses replace traditional abstract borders, and familiar faces stand in for figures of mythology."

Tanya Zaryski began her art training at the University of Toronto, studying art history, painting and drawing before discovering glass blowing at Sheridan College. She graduated from University of Toronto and Sheridan College in 1997. Her unusual combination of fine art and craft techniques then earned her a three year residency at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. Tanya currently lives in the Beaver Valley near Georgian Bay, running Beaver Valley Glassworks with her partner Mark Lewis.