Britta Fluevog is a third-generation-matriarchal artist; her grandmother was a printmaker, her mother is a mixed media artist, as well as her father, who is a shoe designer. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Estonian-Canadian Artist Britta Fluevog is currently living in Jülich, Germany. Fluevog’s art practice primarily uses weaving and ceramics to create sculpture, and performance pieces. Fluevog completed her Master’s of Fine Art from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2015. Her thesis work looked at combining a material-based practice of textiles into the realm of social justice. In 2007, she received her Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Upon graduating from her bachelors, Fluevog established a small ceramic co-op in a rural Ghanian village.
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