About

BIO
Sabina Rak lives and works in Montreal. She recently obtained a Master's degree in Print Media at Concordia University. She also holds a B.A. in Art History from McGill University, an M.A. in Art History and a BFA (Studio Arts) both from Concordia University. Beside her career as a visual artist, she has worked in Communications within various art institutions, and is currently both teaching art in a primary school and a teaching and learning consultant for an undergraduate course at Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts.

ARTIST STATEMENT
I am interested in human connections, deconstructing patterns, metaphorical interactions, power relations, labour as existence, absurd meanings, futile explanations.

As artistic tools, I employ curiosity, repetition, patience, impatience, questions, impositions,
superposition, association, humour, absurdity. I enjoy both the doing and the undoing.

My current work follows these ethical principles: must not be monumental, but rather all must be easily disassembled and movable; must not be more than 10% new material; must be easily mended/repaired, or modified according to the resources available; must be worth nothing in terms of material value.

Each piece is the site of various collaborations : sometimes named, but mostly hard to pinpoint as conversations, current events, and personal feelings mix into the concept and the making of each piece. 

How I collaborate: more conventional artistic collaborations; conversation as research; with material properties such as textures, shapes, use, value; through networks of material exchanges.

Artistically, I identify with DIY movements: at the opposition of technologically assisted art, I prefer hand labour and imperfections; at the opposition of art as product, my materials are ignoble.

My Instagram account is an archive of my most recent work.