Mary Kroetsch’s creative practice is research-creational integrating mixed methods of making to push and explore issues arising from limitations and disconnects that happen when many layers impact surfaces, production, and fabrication.
Her recent works revolve around mini installations acting as a metaphor for the complexities in life, exploring identity mapping encompassed through memories, experiences, relationships, and numbered values that add up to one’s sense of self.
She obtained Certification in Textile Surface Design from the Haliburton School of the Arts, studied Visual Arts Foundations at Central Tech Art School, Toronto, and completed the Ontario Arts Council’s Artist-Educator Foundations Course.
She completed her Studio Arts Degree at the Guelph Ontario University in 2023.
Her work has recently been part of exhibitions at the Elora Centre for the Arts (Elora, Ontario) the Propeller Art Gallery, (Toronto, Ontario), the Guelph Civic Museum (Guelph, Ontario), the Art Gallery of Guelph (Guelph, Ontario) and the King City Heritage Arts Centre, (King City, Ontario).
Mary’s works are part of private and public collections including St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto, Ontario) and the Ilkley Museum, (Yorkshire, England).