ARTIST PROFILE SERIES | Christopher Truax

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Christopher Truax

Christopher Truax’s sculptures seem as though that they can come alive and start moving at any moment. After experimenting with animation and model making, Truax was inspired to express himself in a 3-D format. His figures seem almost robotic. His sculptures are a combination of hard and soft materials. His mix of metal and organic wings adds an element of the unexpected to his sculptures. His flying Toaster, a suspended shinny toaster with a giant wingspan, is a perfect example of this creative juxtaposition. “Inspiration is all around me everyday, sometimes I can’t help but to see things pop out. My art is far more than the finished piece; it’s the flashes and glimpses of otherworldly insight. It’s the joy of the process, it’s the dance.”

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ARTIST PROFILE SERIES | MICHELLE RAMIN

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Michelle Ramin was raised in the small town of Williamsport in Central Pennsylvania. She attended the Pennsylvania State University, from where she graduated in May 2005 with her B.A. in Drawing and Painting, Soon after, Michelle decided to venture to the eclectic city of Portland, Oregon to continue her artistic endeavors.

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ARTIST PROFILE SERIES | TYLER JACKSON

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It was simple luck that Tyler Jackson was born as the eleventh of fifteen seriously deprived children in Wilton, NH. This situation had a profound influence on Tyler because, although toys were hard to come by, paper and pencils were not. As a result Tyler spent a majority of his childhood drawing robots and ninjas and imagining toys that he would like to own.

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