Maja Georg
     

CV

I was born in Denmark, but moved to the UK in 2001. I received a BA in Visual Theories in 2005 and am currently in my final year of a sculpture degree at Edinburgh College of Art.

My sculptural practice is influenced by science as well as the natural environment. I am interested in the connection between art and science and the ethical implications of scientific advances. I also seek to explore how technological and scientific developments broadens the scope for artistic work and experiment with new techniques in order to create works that are a result of the particular time and situation in which they were created. I see my work as a way of making sense of the world around me and explore themes that I find it difficult to grasp, such as time, weather, loss, ageing and the senses.


Although my research is theoretical and academic I enjoy the act of creating and use both traditional as well as cutting edge techniques. My work is currently very object based, but I hope to see it become more interactive in the future. A strand of my work incorporates kinetics and pieces such as nethermouth (2010) encourage audience participation. I also make use of casting techniques, casting in a variety of media. I work with a wide range of materials and techniques, choosing each material based on their symbolic, tactile or associative values to suit individual projects.  

My current work explores the area of touch and tactility. I am interested in the physicality of sculpture and experiment with works that can/cannot be touched and the traces left by touch. My most recent works make use of laser engravings on glass in order to make the transience of touch permanent.

 
       
  Selected Exhibitions

nethermouth (SpitfirePawn Exhibition)
39 Niddry Street
Edinburgh
9th-12th June 2010

 
    Q1
Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
18th March-ongoing
 
   

The Feral Mind
ECA Sculpture Court
Lauriston Place
Edinburgh
18th-28th February 2010

 
   

Hoy3
Pier Arts Centre
Victoria Street
Stromness, Orkney
9th-13th February 2010

 
   

Hoy Hoy Hoy
Tent Gallery
78 Westport
Edinburgh
20th November 2009-8th January 2010

 
 

 

1845, Bru-d group exhibition
Roxy Art House
Lady Glenorchy's Church
Roxburgh Place
Edinburgh
EH8 9EB
1st - 10th May 2009

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