{"id":5645,"date":"2017-09-26T15:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T15:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/?page_id=5645"},"modified":"2025-07-21T03:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:14:21","slug":"about-monika-urbaniak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/about-monika-urbaniak\/","title":{"rendered":"about Monika"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; content_text_aligment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1511811852762{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/about-header-newest-1-1.png?id=6325) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1511887073838{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1753067652439{padding-right: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #666666;\"><em>Monika Urbaniak<\/em> , a metalsmith, studio jeweler and mixed media artist, graduated from NSCAD University in 2008. \u00a0Over the years she has worked with fiber, paper and metal, but a fascination with sculptural experimentation led her to focus on jewelry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">She is especially passionate about art-jewelry that creates a dialogue between its conceptual and material elements. That pursuit fuels her one-of-a-kind works that aim to tell a story, generate surprise, and alter expectations of what jewelry can represent. Her current choice of materials seeks to challenge the standard notion of value in jewelry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Monika finds harmony in asymmetry and tensions among varied textures. She often counterbalances precious metals with pebbles and found objects. Her inspiration comes from sculptural forms , natural or human-made; from a curious mind; from walking with her dog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">She is currently enrolled in the MFA in Craft Media program at Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, AB, with a planned graduation date of May 2026.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6620&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; content_text_aligment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1511811852762{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/about-header-newest-1-1.png?id=6325) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1511887073838{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1753067652439{padding-right: 30px !important;}&#8221;]Monika Urbaniak , a metalsmith, studio jeweler and mixed media artist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5645","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5645"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6622,"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5645\/revisions\/6622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikaurbaniak.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}