Have You Ever Been to Space? by Maciek (Magic) Peter Kozlowski

Have You Ever Been to Space?
by Maciek (Magic) Peter Kozlowski
Saturday, August 8 - Friday, August 27
Vernissage: Saturday, August 15, 1:00 - 4:00pm


Have you ever been to Space?
Come experience the Overview effect.
The effect astronauts experience when seeing the Earth from space. Experience what it would be like to be looking through the window of a spaceship, looking at the Earth. And imagine you are travelling with a galaxy hitchhiker, that is most curious about the Earth, has many questions like: how many people are born every hour, how many people sneeze per hour, how many cigarettes are smoked per minute, how much methane cows produced and other vital characteristics about our planet.
?Only thing is, he/she/they/them can only communicate in light patterns. So you convey this important information only with moving light patterns like music, but in light. Then experience far away places in the galaxy of your imagination stimulated by 10 works. Places where you can only travel to with your mind. See one interactive 3-D piece installation and 10 mixed media imagination provoking scenes in person.

BIO
Maciek “Magic Peter” Kozlowski is an artist-explorer who creates at the intersection of intuition, engineering, and wonder. Born in Warsaw in 1958 and now based in Ottawa, his earliest lessons came from his grandmother, an artist who taught him to find hidden characters and quiet stories in everyday surfaces, even the cracks of an old pink bathtub.
Trained as an engineer and guided by instinct, Magic Peter works from the subconscious, deliberately stepping aside so the work can emerge through him rather than from him. This balance between precision and surrender fuels his mixed media, paintings, sculptures, and immersive exhibition experiences. Each body of work shifts style and medium, pushing boundaries while inviting joy, curiosity, and reflection on human experience, nature, and social connection.
His work has been exhibited in Ottawa, Toronto, and Brooklyn, and is collected internationally. In 2017, he was named Artist of the Year in the U.K. An avid collector himself, he creates distinct collections that invite viewers into the pleasure of discovery, the moment when a piece quietly claims you as its own.


Carleton Place Gallery
210 Bridge St.
Carleton Place, ON
K7C 3G9
613-253-2080