Glass Art Association of Canada

Ciara Travers

Ciara Travers

Calgary, AB, Canada

Ciara Travers is an emerging artist based in Calgary, Alberta, whose practice centres on glass as a vessel for memory and material storytelling. Working through a combination of studio-based research and process-driven experimentation, she investigates how objects carry meaning and how material transformation can echo the movement of people across place and time.

Her studio process is technically rigorous and research-driven, involving both digital fabrication tools and traditional hand-built approaches. She treats failure, revision, and material testing as essential modes of knowledge production, positioning the iterative studio process itself as a form of research.

She completed her undergraduate studies at the Alberta University of the Arts, where she focused on material research and the evolution of visual language within contemporary craft. Her practice continues to grow through travel, archival study, and a commitment to connecting historical narratives with present-day experienc