Gaby Mlynarczyk

About

Gaby’s current body of work is inspired by evolution, or what happens when you make soup with man-made disasters + marine and plant biology that’s seasoned with a heavy dose of Darwinism.

She also loosely borrows from Rococo-esque motifs and the Ikebana ethos of making the inanimate come alive.  For her sculptural fictioning she looks beyond what is to what if with forms that anticipate new modes of existence. She looks at sea and landscapes that encompass the great pacific garbage patch and the marine life unwittingly making it home, forced there by increasingly violent ocean currents. Or landfills that have mycelium set loose on them, creating edible delights out of human waste.  She imagines how fragile ecosystems will evolve as nature proliferates and takes over these islands of detritus, because of course nature always wins!

In the pursuit of sustainability, many of her works are aggregates constructed from broken ceramics she has salvaged, that are connected using a low fire ceramic mortar developed at the RCA. This eco conscious theme continues with the inclusion of bioplastics made from seaweed-based agar and fish gelatin often taking the place of glaze.

In her practice she seeks to fulfill the role of storyteller and activist pursuing social change.