Carissa Baktay is a multi-media sculptor, designer and craftsperson. As an experienced glass maker she has earned degrees from Alberta University of the Arts, attended the Rhode Island School of Design with scholarship, and received her Masters’ from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Using traditional hand work, experimental technologies and materials combined with time honoured glass making methods, she has been invited to work in studios in Bulgaria, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Portugal. Recently her work has been recognised with multiple grants from The Canada Council for the Arts, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, SÍM, KÍM, and the Icelandic Design Fund. Her multifaceted body of craft based works have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including most recently in multiple museums in Iceland and Denmark. 

Carissa Baktays’ process based practice is deeply connected to material and femininity, and through reimagining materials she transforms their presence, presenting a new poetic material understanding that borders art, craft and design. Ironic and playful, these mixed material sculptures come to life through intuitive process and intimate performative acts.