# Kelly Jazvac

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{{short description|Canadian artist (born 1980)}}
{{Infobox artist  <!-- See Template:Infobox artist -->
| name = Kelly Jazvac
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1980}}
| website = {{URL|kellyjazvac.com}}
| field = Sculptor, Installation artist, Collagist
| training = [University of Victoria](/source/University_of_Victoria), [University of Guelph](/source/University_of_Guelph)
}}

'''Kelly Jazvac''' (born 1980) is a Canadian artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She is based in [Montreal, Quebec](/source/Montreal%2C_Quebec), where she is an associate professor at [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University).

== Education ==
Kelly Jazvac received her Bachelor of Arts from the [University of Guelph](/source/University_of_Guelph) in 2003, and her Master of Fine Arts from the [University of Victoria](/source/University_of_Victoria) in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uwo.ca/visarts/about/facultypages/jazvac_k.html|title=Kelly Jazvac|website=Department of Visual Arts, Western University|access-date=2017-03-18|archive-date=2017-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707071411/http://www.uwo.ca/visarts/about/facultypages/jazvac_k.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Artistic practice ==
Jazvac works primarily in sculpture, installation, and collage. Her work has often expressed environmental concerns pertaining to pollution, environmental waste, the fetishization of images and products, and the afterlife of human activity and presence.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Cormier|first=Stephanie|year=2013|title=Kelly Jazvac and Kelly Wood|journal=Border Crossings|volume=32|pages=140}}</ref> Jazvac describes her own views on sculpture and installation as, "a practice that addresses the way objects and human bodies coexist in the world."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://canadianart.ca/tips-and-advice/2012/02/23/kelly-jazvac-sculpture-and-installation-artist/|title=Kelly Jazvac, Sculpture and Installation Artist - Canadian Art|date=2012-02-23|work=Canadian Art|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

She often works with salvaged vinyl, which she physically transforms to create compressed sculptures.<ref name=":0" /> Her practice has been described as having, "ecological overtones, as a salvaging enterprise that might result in a wearable quilt or a habitable shelter."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.artforum.com/picks/id=21095|title=Kelly Jazvac at YYZ Artists' Outlet|last=Adler|first=Daniel|work=artforum.com|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en-us}}</ref> Some have compared Jazvac's textile-like wall hangings to the work of [Robert Rauschenberg](/source/Robert_Rauschenberg).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2010/05/20/kelly-jazvac/|title=Canadian Art -- Kelly Jazvac: Vinyl Virtuoso|last=Nicholas|first=Vanessa|website=canadianart.ca|access-date=2017-03-18}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/landscapes-capture-the-rush-and-tumble-of-time-passing/article4316117/|title=Landscapes capture the rush and tumble of time passing|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=2017-03-18|language=en-ca}}</ref>

Jazvac is also known for the ''[Plastiglomerates](/source/Plastiglomerates)'', which were collected from [Kamilo Beach](/source/Kamilo_Beach), [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii). The name was proposed by Jazvac alongside Charles Moore and Patricia Corcoran, and it designates a type of stone that contains mixtures of natural debris melded with hardened molten plastic. The plastiglomerates have been displayed as both sculptural ready-mades and as natural history specimens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-flux.com/journal/78/82878/plastiglomerate/|title=Plastiglomerate - Journal #78 December 2016 - e-flux|website=www.e-flux.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-18}}</ref> It has been suggested that the plastiglomerates may be considered a marker of the [Anthropocene](/source/Anthropocene).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/science/earth/future-fossils-plastic-stone.html|title=Future Fossils: Plastic Stone|last=Nuwer|first=Rachel|author-link=Rachel Nuwer |date=2014-06-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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