GABY MLYNARCZYK THE CERAMIST BEHIND ZIEMNIAK, HAS WORKED AS A CERAMICS TEACHER IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES AND LONDON AND HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED AN MA IN CERAMICS AND GLASS AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART.
ZIEMNIAK, THE POLISH WORD FOR POTATO TRANSLATED LITERALLY MEANS EARTHLING OR OF THE EARTH.
GABY IS ALSO A VETERAN OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY, HAVING WORKED IN HOSPITALITY FOR MICHELIN STARRED CHEFS FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. SHE IS A PUBLISHED AUTHOR AND HAS PENNED TWO RECIPE BOOKS INSPIRED BY THE BOUNTY OF THE PLANT WORLD.
Described as an innovative fuse of ceramics and bio-plastics. her current body of work is an examination of the what happens when humanity and nature collide. With her speculative designs, she imagines how fragile marine and plant ecosystems will evolve as they proliferate and take over islands of human made detritus, because of course nature always wins.
Within tragedy there is also hope.
In the pursuit of sustainability, many of her works are aggregates constructed from broken ceramics she’s found around the studio 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, fictioneer and activist pursuing social change.
Selected work can be found at Mint Gallery, London.
BIOGRAPHY
RESIDENCIES
2024/2025 - Ceramics Artist in Residence, UCA Farnham, Surrey
GROUP SHOWS
2024 - Fringe Arts Bath, Bath, Somerset UK
2024 - “Boundless”, Mint Gallery, Mayfair, London UK
2024 - “Porcelain of China, Azure of the Sky” , Museum of Fine Arts Jingdezhen Vocational University, Jingdezhen China
2024 - “In The Corner Of My Eye” , Fresh Salad Art Koppel Collective, London UK
2024 - “Reciprocity”, The Hockney Gallery, London UK
2021 - “The Canvas Project”, Los Angeles CA
2019 - “ Pleistocene Revolution”, Angel Orensantz Foundation, NY NY
AWARDS
2024 - Shortlisted Hyundai awards for excellence in sustainability and creative practice ( category Aesthetics and Craft)
2024 - Awarded Charlotte Fraser Prize
2023 - Awarded Charlotte Fraser Scholarship
2021 - Bombay Sapphire Canvas Project Grant