Photography by David Moog/ Courtesy Burchfield Penney

​Tricia Butski is an artist and educator living and working in Buffalo, NY. Trained in drawing and  painting, Tricia holds a BFA from SUNY Fredonia (‘13) and an MFA from the University at Buffalo’s Department of Art (‘15). She is currently a Resident Artist at Buffalo Arts Studio ('16) and Fine Art Teacher at Buffalo Seminary High School ('21). Through drawings rendered in charcoal, graphite, and ink, Butski’s work examines issues related to memory by exploring its limitations and aestheticizing the instability inherent in portraiture. By challenging the boundaries between representation and abstraction, and questioning the relationship between fluctuation and constancy, the works become entangled and distorted, mirroring the viewer’s innate desire for clarity and their proclivity for drawing meaning out of partiality.