JENNIFER TRASK
Jennifer Trask creates intricate sculptures using bone, metal, resin, and antique fragments, drawing inspiration from biology, archaeology, and art history. Her work explores the tension between life and death, nature and artifice, transforming materials like antlers, vertebrae, and teeth into delicate, organic compositions that evoke cycles of decay and renewal.
Trask allows her materials to guide her process, respecting their physical and symbolic histories while refining surfaces with a painterly touch. Her fascination with preservation and display began during her studies at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, where she explored metalsmithing alongside anthropology and frequently visited museum collections.
Deeply influenced by vanitas paintings and their botanical illusions—where impossible floral arrangements symbolize beauty and mortality—Trask examines humanity’s impulse to curate nature. Her sculptures blur the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, challenging perceptions of permanence, transformation, and abundance.
