Garrett Gilbart
![Green and silver metal sculpture with irregular edges, folds, and cuts. Air plants are incorporated into some folds.](https://agp.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/KAST-2024-Garrett-Gilbart-Lichen-Composition.jpg)
Garrett Gilbart
Title: Lichen Composition
Date: 2024
Medium: hand cut stainless steel & air plants
About the artist:
With a background in welding and fabrication, coupled with formal training from Sir Sanford Fleming College, NSCAD University, and the Gerrit Rietveld Académie, Garrett possesses both a robust technical foundation and a versatile conceptual skill set. Their artistic practice is defined by the adept use of a handheld plasma cutter; a tool that enables them to shape a diverse range of materials with precision and fluidity. Garrett’s work explores material qualities through carving, forging, and welding. Their work often reflects the body, citing the relation between iron oxide (rust) and the colouring of blood as an example.
“My work often involves found objects, such as tools, that have been reworked and overgrown with steel foliage based on the native plants from around my farm. I am often brought heirloom tools to work on as commissioned pieces. My practice revolves around notions of labour, history and the natural world.” – Garrett Gilbart
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Exhibitions
Paul Nabuurs, Kawartha Highlands Reflected, 2023, acrylic on canvas
40th Anniversary: KAST Selections Exhibition
Jul 6, 2024 to Sep 29, 2024
Indwelling, 2022, mixed media, 36" x 36" (from the 2022 exhibition: Between the Lines)
It’s All About ART: Preview Exhibition
Oct 6, 2023 to Oct 22, 2023
Stephanie Ford Forrester, Northland Harmony, 2022, hand worked textile
Selections: 39th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Jul 8, 2023 to Oct 1, 2023
Miguel Hernández Autorino, Why I Left, 2022, oil on canvas KAST 2022 Selections Exhibition
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Jul 9, 2022 to Oct 2, 2022