zita ra

This artist accepts commissions

Mediums Used

Zita Ra`s sculptures invite you on a personal journey of liminality, eroticism and fear. She carves figurative wood sculptures with spiritual context. They aim to create awareness of threshold experiences. Being conceived in a real life situation they evolve naturally to archetypal level. They are expressions and not illustrations of the archetypes and as such emblematic.

Zita Ra carves her images in all sorts of wood playing with the features of the natural wood to build up unusual effects with various techniques, added materials and small objects. Her style incorporates a wide selection of figurative and organic forms. She carves in a meditative way that is based on non-institutionalized, non-dogmatic spirituality and developed through “try and error”. She aims to find a personal way of wholeness and coherence that stimulates the unique, creative process and results in healing and inspiring artworks. She also enjoys facilitating participatory sculptural installations in communities.

Sculptures by zita ra

Credentials

Biography

Zita Ra (officially Zita Baracsi) was born 1967 in Hungary. Since she moved with her family to the UK twenty years ago, she has been teaching at various Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf School. She also has extensive experience in working with people with special needs. In the last 8 years, she also worked as a self-employed sculptor and tutor.

Influences

Zita Ra`s Influences
Story and poetry are also important elements of Zita Ra`s work; not only at an inspirational but often at mythopoeic level as major parts of the expression. They drive the inner movements which create the forms.For my work, I am inspired by Professor Michael Tucker?s thoughts on Art and Shamanism and his book Dreaming with Open Eyes.

Teaching Experience
Zita Ra`s Teaching Teaching at various Rudolf Steiner/Waldorf School. She also offers private woodcarving and sculpture tuition, both individual and group, in her studio, Forest Row UK. She runs regular weekly courses and intensive holiday and weekend courses.