Tricia Butski is an artist and educator living and working in Buffalo, NY. Trained in drawing and oil painting, she holds a BFA from SUNY Fredonia and an MFA from the University at Buffalo’s Department of Art. Through drawings rendered in charcoal, Butski’s recent work examines issues related to memory by exploring its limitations and aestheticizing the instability inherent in portraiture. The work allows the viewer to enter the subconscious space between remembering and forgetting. The figure, which has been distorted through a repetitive layering process, manipulates our sense of familiarity, corresponding to the experience of forgetting the semblance of the face, the body, and the subject.
tbutski@gmail.com