Kasia Ozga
Education
Ph.D. EDESTA – Doctoral School in Esthetics, Sciences and Technologies of Arts, University of Paris 8, France, 2013. Dissertation: Public Sculpture Today as Object and Event: Experiencing Time and Activating Space
M.A. Aesthetics and History of Art and Photography, University of Paris 8, France, 2008.
M.F.A. Sculpture, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych im. Jana Matejki (Academy of Fine Arts), Cracow, Poland, 2006.
D.F.A. Museum School Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2004
Study Abroad: L’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), Paris, France
B.F.A. Studio Art, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2004
B.A. International Relations, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2004
Biography
Kasia Ozga is a Polish French American sculptor and installation artist based in Greensboro, NC. She reuses, revalues, and reanimates mass-produced materials into singular artworks and inverts associations we make with different types of waste. Ozga is a former Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship recipient, Harriet Hale Woolley grantee from the Fondation des Etats-Unis, Jerome Fellowship recipient at Franconia Sculpture Park, and Paul-Louis Weiller award recipient from the French Académie des Beaux-Arts. Her work has been exhibited in over 15 different countries and she has participated widely in residencies in Europe and North America (Shakers, Nekatoenea, Pépinières Européennes de Création, ACRE, KHN). Currently an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at UNCG, Ozga holds a Ph.D. from the University of Paris 8, an M.F.A. from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, and a B.F.A. from the SMFA at Tufts University, Boston.
Subjects Taught
- Sculpture
- Public Art
- Installation Art
- Grad Seminar
- Arts-based Research