Contact : carissabaktay@gmail.com

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 experimental processes and materials combined with time honoured glass blowing techniques, she has been invited to work in studios in Bulgaria, Poland, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Portugal. Recently her work has been recognised with multiple grants from The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The Canada Council 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 memory and by collecting and reimagining materials, she transforms their presence in space and presents a new poetic material understanding that shares the borders between art, craft and design. Ironic and playful, these mixed material sculptures come to life through intuitive process and intimate performative acts.

Studio C is Icelands only female run glassblowing studio, located in historic Korpúlfsstaðir in Reykjavík, Iceland. 

It is a passion project that combines her love for well crafted and accessible hand made objects and the environment. Using geothermal energy and recycled post consumer waste glass, she creates limited edition design objects in her eco-centric studio when not sharing her deep knowledge of the material through teaching classes and workshops.