artist

Mary has been painting, creating assemblages and has produced several series of limited edition prints. Her works have been exhibited internationally and are in public and private collections. Recently, she has had her first book published: Mary Bogdan | Paintings, Assemblages, Prints. A graphic designer by profession, Mary Bogdan is co-founder and partner of Crayon Design & Communication, a Montreal-based graphic design firm, with husband artist/photographer, Sol Lang, and has won numerous international awards

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mary bogdan | paintings & assemblages

I am a “glaneuse”, a gleaner… In scrap heaps of abandoned or demolished buildings, alleyways and flea markets, I find rare treasure. Garbage. Remnants of wood and metal, books, boxes, old paintings, all that have been discarded are interesting to me. My work deals with obsolescence. Each “found” object has out-lived its time and has therefore been scrapped. Dead. I rescue and assemble them with collected items from my own past. I sense the object’s energy guiding its reincarnation to a higher purpose. Art. These artifacts that have chosen me, tell stories of where they have been, where I have been, where I am and where I am going. Stories of passion and anger, strength and weakness, love, hate and fear. Revealing me to me.