Cari Buziak currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, with her husband, her two cats, and two gerbils. She also plays a little wire strung Celtic harp named Meghan. Her favourite mediums are watercolor, acrylic and her Macintosh. Using many of the old mediums and techniques, such as hand made gesso, egg tempera, and gold leaf, she creates original Celtic paintings, and recreations of ancient manuscripts.
Cari is a member of the Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild, and is the Regional Director for Central Canada for the International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen.
Cari had the recent honor of being invited to Ireland for the summer of 2000, to work as the artist for an archaeology dig. The Ballykilcline Project, centered in Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, gave her the opportunity to reconstruct artifacts by sketching, create promotional paintings of the dig site, and also to further her own research into Celtic art and mythology.
Current works include illuminated pagework, book and CD cover illustrations, computer game graphics, rubber stamp designs, decorative knotwork designing for Irish Dance dresses, jewelry designs, and other commissioned works. She has had showings of her artworks in London, England (1998), The Glenbow Museum of Calgary (1998), the Con-Version Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention (1994-2000), Nolan & Reid's Fine Art and Framing in Calgary (1997-2000), The Centre Gallery in Calgary (2001), and in the Comhaltas Exhibition in Toronto (2001). Two pieces of her artwork have also been selected for Alphamark, a juried international exhibit which will be traveling on a world tour from 1999 through to 2002. Cari has sold worldwide, and her artwork appears in private collections in Canada, Europe, and the United States. |
