Artist statement
A commitment to social and environmental issues drives my work and presents through conscious choices of materials, processes, content, and an interest in collaboration, interactivity, and accessibility. Recent work translates personal data from daily drawings into experimental adornment and objects, exploring the space where rationality and intuition collide.
Bio
Self employed since 2004, Mia Straka is a partner at collective jewellery studio Workshop6 in Auckland. Straka’s jewellery, sculpture, installation work and interactive projects have been exhibited widely and toured public museums, galleries and libraries both locally and internationally. The artist has run workshops and taught classes both at Workshop6 and various public institutions and galleries, the most recent being in 2022 at Objectspace as part of the exhibition Mark Work’s public programme. Work is held in the public collection of The Wallace Arts Trust, NZ.
Data Structure
Pictographs and data structure, a daily diary over three months… finding the way.
Everything wants to be a necklace
Practicing NOT making jewellery NOT using metal To move beyond where I’m at It’s a challenge Everything wants to be a necklace Collecting, Deconstructing, Reconstructing A double sided homemade cardboard loom with a built in hole Site for experimental...
Bubble, Struggle, Breathe and Weave
This past month we have moved beyond full lockdown, after the dissolution of my bubble I shifted back to my flat and set up my home studio again. Now I am able to get back into my shared workshop. Manon and I had our first face to face meeting via Zoom two days ago, I...
Net Connections
My first interactions with Manon have been via email, introducing my practice with images and writing as the world closes borders and our bubbles cope as best we can behind closed doors.
Mia Straka‘s art works:
