Detail, Head Full of Forgotten Things, 2019. Ontological Museum, Permanent Collection
Mixed Media was where I really started to experiment in making my own media and marrying it with other objects of curiosity.
The freedom to work with whatever I wanted in whatever way I wanted to actually focused me.
I began to envision art pieces that were made wholly of my own materials.
This required a lot of trial and error. I never considered any of it failure, just the learning process to getting new works from my head to the canvas, so to speak.
Vain Hope, 2021 Private Collection
“When I have everything laid before me my eye tends to land on the minutiae.”
—Star Trauth
Killing Time in the Pause, 2018 Artist’s Collection Say My Name, 2018, Artist’s Collection Momento Mori, 2018, Artist’s Collection. My Own Voice Echoing Back at Me, 2018, Private Collection
Star Trauth is an award-winning artist and writer she received her degree in Fine Art(Mt St Joseph University, Ohio, USA) and continues to study related to her field.
Her practice seeks to attract the audience visually with a desire for tactile engagement. She’s sought to create new art mediums with environmentalism in mind, using waste paper and plastic, and converting it to a flat pliable textile. Star hand molds and flame sculpts each piece, miniature original works in their own right, then melds them as free-standing sculpture, assemblage, or wall hanging. Her work is heavily inspired by music, experiences from her adventurous life, and currently a fierce battle with cancer.
Selected solo exhibitions include ‘Art Deco Weekend’ Life is Art, Miami, Florida(2015); ‘Sublimate: Totems, Tokens, and Lore’ Vargas Gallery, Pembroke Pines, Florida(2018); ‘Star Trauth: A Solo Show’ Worldwide Art Movement Gallery, Kochi, India(2020),
Selected group exhibitions include ‘Beyond Borders’ Chang Kil Hwan Museum, Gangneung, South Korea(2021); ‘Touch’ Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois(2020); ‘Atomic Peace’ Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea; ‘Artist Statement 4&5’ Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo, Korea(2019, 2020); ‘20th International Competition Incheon Metropolitan City Art Exhibition’ National Arts Association Incheon Metropolitan City Branch, Incheon, South Korea(2019); ‘Florida Biennial’ Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, Florida(2018).
Trauth has crafted two books; ‘One to Five’ Lulu Press, ISBN 978-0359402670(2019); ‘Sublimate: Tapestry and Lore’ Lulu Press, ISBN 978-1387803897(2018) and has been included in many prestigious publications including, ‘Dada Centennial: Day of the Dead’ Cecil Touchon, ISBN 978-1365877308, ‘Artist Statement 5’ CICA Press, ASIN B08879JT5C, and ‘Contrastes de Forma’ Rodrigo Franzão, ISBN 978-65-001-6078-9(2020). View all posts by Star Trauth