F E L I X T R I V A Z N E
I'm a local trans-masc genderqueer artist, basically making art as a form of free therapy. Insomniac painter by night, sex store wagey by day.
My art celebrates the beauty of the human body in unconventional, and grotesque ways. There is an inherent sacredness in every trans body--in every form.
Reject gender! Embrace queerness!
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Artist Bio:
Oliver Lawrence Rinne is a Washington based painter and current student of Emily Carr University of Art + Design. He was born in Bellingham but as lived in Skagit County for most of his life. Oliver has been creating art for around a decade using multiple mediums, focusing on oil paints and pencil. He did not receive any formal training for his artwork but has taken multiple art classes and participated in numerous art competitions including the Congressional Art Competition and Celebrate the West.
Oliver maintains the goal of creating a connection between the viewer and his artwork, especially those who feel ostracized. He concentrates on portraiture and realism while also implementing anatomy in larger scale pieces. The subject of his artwork varies depending on the message he plans to relay in regard to the experiences he’s been through. Oliver experiments with multiple mediums but is currently working towards capturing a broader range of subjects. Oliver’s creative process begins with a concept sketch and references if needed. He then begins to refine the sketch and renders the piece with his chosen medium. There are multiple inspirations he pulls from depending on the mood and techniques the piece calls for including but not limited to the Baroque style, Dark Romanticism, and the Renaissance. He hopes to continue refining his techniques while learning new ones through his studies as well as exploring a stronger use of color theory.
Artist Statement:
I am Oliver Rinne. I am a traditional and digital artist who creates art from the perspective of a bisexual, transgender man. I grew up with art being a large part of my family with both my mother and father being artists in graphic design and my Opa (Father’s father) being a traditional painter. For me, art has never not been present in my life and ultimately became the outlet for intense emotions and experiences happening in my life as well as something that gave me a sense of stability in our ever-changing world.
Typically, I create my artwork in my room considering it’s my safe space. I tend to sketch wherever, but I find it easier to sketch as soon as I have a concept whether I’m in my bed, at my desk or on the floor. However, when it comes to completing the sketch whether that be rendering it with paint, ink, etc., I work at my desk to keep the process organized and easy to navigate. One necessary aspect to my process would include playing music while I’m creating. I tend to listen to the same playlist of Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, She Wants Revenge, and many other musicians because their music inspires me to create pieces that entail for myself rather than focus on how it satisfies those viewing my artwork. As for my preferred medium, at the moment I really love to work with oil paints and pencil. I’ve always focused on portraiture because I feel as though there is so much to be said with portraits and the emotions they can translate to not just myself, but for those viewing them. More recently I’ve been actively trying to spread my horizons and work on anatomy to challenge myself to show emotions in my art through body movement as well to refine my own style given I wouldn’t consider myself to currently have an art style. I can’t specifically place a single influence for my art as I admire a plethora of artists from Francis Bacon to Robert Gober. The artists that influence my work don’t solely influence my work based on their techniques, but how they portray incredibly intense and necessary topics throughout their work. They have given me courage to create art that involves topics like mental health, abuse, and the life experiences of being transgender because they are topics that are prevalent and almost all consuming in my life. I strive to create artwork that shows a realistic side of the struggles and triumphs in my life to create a space for others to find a connection that validates their own experiences. I want to create art that allows others to feel seen as I have felt seen by the artists that influence my work.
A S H P O R T I L L A - Q U E S A D A
Artist Statement/Bio: My work explores the abstract relationship between color and emotion within memory. With influences as diverse as Terry Urban, Pablo Picasso, and my wife, Chloe Halbert; new variations are generated from simple to complex understanding. Ever since I was a kid, I have been fascinated by the traditional understanding of the moment. What starts out as contemplation soon becomes corroded with a sense of chaos in mind.
The thought processes, which are private, highly subjective and unfiltered in references to mind tunnels, are frequently not complete structures. This results in being able to easily imagine my own interpretation without being hindered by outside elements. By applying abstraction, personal moments are created by means of rules, acceptance and refusal, luring the viewer round and round in circles.