Christina Garmasiy

I graduated from Lviv National Academy of Arts (Ukraine) in 2010 and migrated to Bristol in 2018, after participating in different exhibitions, festivals, workshops around Eastern Europe.
Pop art, meditative practices and psychedelic art, which smoothly transitioned into minimalism, became the basis of my artworks. I create glass wall art on plates of different styles and like to work with shapes, designs, colour and space. I am inspired by simple, natural and laconic forms, playing with light, searching for ideas and compositions. Visual pleasure from perception, imagery, aesthetics, balance, expression- this is what I want to captivate the viewer with.
I work with blown and fusing glass techniques and like to experiment with different materials such as foil, cooper wire, epoxy components, patterns, plaster moulds, glass threads, paints and powders, glass crumb, millefiori.
For me art glass is a way of self-expression and a part of the family tradition because my grandfather was a glass blower.
Working with glass is a challenge, it is impossible to predict the result. It is a mystery especially when it is blown glass and fusing.
In 2017 I was a participant of the Professor AndriyBocotey Award, presented to young glass artists by ...

2010 Lviv National Academy of Arts: MA Fine and Decorative-Applied Art, Art Glass, Lviv, Ukraine
2008 Lviv National Academy of Arts: BA (Hons), Art Glass, Lviv, Ukraine
2004 Transcarpathian College of Arts: Graphic Design, Uzhgorod, Ukraine

2023 Space of Glass Solo Exhibition, The Vestibules Gallery, City Council, Bristol, UK
2023 Buried Moons Art Exhibition of Folklore Stories from around the World, Centrespace Art Gallery; Folk House, Bristol, UK
2005 -2019 Participant in various group exhibitions, festivals, symposiums, projects in Ukraine, Slovakia and Poland.