Kelsey Tynik, "Human Nature Baby, grab it and growl"
2022
Acrylic on canvas, found fabric, pastels, ink, thread, polyester stuffing, and hand carved wood
20” H x 30” W x 60” D
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
ABOUT
Kelsey Tynik is an interdisciplinary sculptor working in Storrs, CT. She believes that as children, we are encouraged to play, explore, and fail. As adults that encouragement declines. Instead, we are encouraged to keep busy, interact less, and cast off our fantasy worlds. Her work investigates glee and sentimentality realized through material, technique, and play. The work allows the adolescent in us to thrive. It provides fantasy without shame or guilt, and allows us to engage with the present. The exchange between the viewer and the work removes the adult preoccupation with the daily grind and provides a space for make-believe. Her work offers a chance for repressed play to overflow and, in turn, gives the opportunity for unification of humanity through experience.
Tynik has exhibited in New York, Connecticut, Arkansas, Texas, and California. She most recently exhibited at Hesse Flatow (NY), Ely Center of Contemporary Art (CT), and JEFF (TX). She has been an artist-in-residence at Mass MoCA, Arts, Letters, and Numbers, and ChaNorth. She is entering her final year of graduate school at The University of Connecticut. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Artforum, create! Magazine, The Coastal Post, and I Like Your Work.
2022
Acrylic on canvas, found fabric, pastels, ink, thread, polyester stuffing, and hand carved wood
20” H x 30” W x 60” D
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
ABOUT
Kelsey Tynik is an interdisciplinary sculptor working in Storrs, CT. She believes that as children, we are encouraged to play, explore, and fail. As adults that encouragement declines. Instead, we are encouraged to keep busy, interact less, and cast off our fantasy worlds. Her work investigates glee and sentimentality realized through material, technique, and play. The work allows the adolescent in us to thrive. It provides fantasy without shame or guilt, and allows us to engage with the present. The exchange between the viewer and the work removes the adult preoccupation with the daily grind and provides a space for make-believe. Her work offers a chance for repressed play to overflow and, in turn, gives the opportunity for unification of humanity through experience.
Tynik has exhibited in New York, Connecticut, Arkansas, Texas, and California. She most recently exhibited at Hesse Flatow (NY), Ely Center of Contemporary Art (CT), and JEFF (TX). She has been an artist-in-residence at Mass MoCA, Arts, Letters, and Numbers, and ChaNorth. She is entering her final year of graduate school at The University of Connecticut. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Artforum, create! Magazine, The Coastal Post, and I Like Your Work.
2022
Acrylic on canvas, found fabric, pastels, ink, thread, polyester stuffing, and hand carved wood
20” H x 30” W x 60” D
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
ABOUT
Kelsey Tynik is an interdisciplinary sculptor working in Storrs, CT. She believes that as children, we are encouraged to play, explore, and fail. As adults that encouragement declines. Instead, we are encouraged to keep busy, interact less, and cast off our fantasy worlds. Her work investigates glee and sentimentality realized through material, technique, and play. The work allows the adolescent in us to thrive. It provides fantasy without shame or guilt, and allows us to engage with the present. The exchange between the viewer and the work removes the adult preoccupation with the daily grind and provides a space for make-believe. Her work offers a chance for repressed play to overflow and, in turn, gives the opportunity for unification of humanity through experience.
Tynik has exhibited in New York, Connecticut, Arkansas, Texas, and California. She most recently exhibited at Hesse Flatow (NY), Ely Center of Contemporary Art (CT), and JEFF (TX). She has been an artist-in-residence at Mass MoCA, Arts, Letters, and Numbers, and ChaNorth. She is entering her final year of graduate school at The University of Connecticut. Her work has been featured in Hyperallergic, Artforum, create! Magazine, The Coastal Post, and I Like Your Work.