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Brent Bukowski is a Canadian artist who works with found objects--- primarily metal and glass. His sculptures achieve a high level of detail, in which broken and cut glass are layered in and around metalwork. His work is executed in a modest studio lost within an imposing arrangement of materials---the majority of which have been reclaimed from a resource based (forestry and mining) regional landfill that serves a community of 1000 people. The tools that he uses for his assemblages are minimal--- in essence, it has been such limitations that have defined his work up to this point. His self-study of the visual arts has resulted in the completion of a number of bodies of work, including three environmentally-themed installations: Invasive Species (2000-02), A Piece of the Pie (2005-06), and FLOW (2008-09). Born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan (1968), he has lived on a secluded acreage in the mountains of the West Kootenays since 1992--- where he and his partner Arin Fay have designed and constructed their house and gardens and care for their two children.
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