Tributaries

Artist: Trey Hurst Instagram

Opening Hours: 

Tuesday-Thursday: 10.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. 

Friday - Sunday: 10.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Concept : In Tributaries, the artist chooses to celebrate change and transformation through an array of new works on canvas, paper, and wood. 

   His abstract depictions of water-carved landscapes in “Tributaries,” alongside the drifting brushwork of his first large-scale mural, invite the audience into the artist's ever-evolving world. In works like “Atchafalaya” he weaves shredded canvas by hand into new surfaces, dramatically shifting his canvas toward the realm of sculpture. Artworks that illustrate the core of his practice, like his ink drawings on Saa paper, illuminate the techniques and forms which feed these new bodies of work as winding tributaries feed into wide rivers. 

   When considering this collection of work, the artist asks his audience to move beyond the fear of disruption, disillusionment, and failure which sometimes haunts us as we embrace change. And to instead celebrate opportunities for renewal, clarity, and growth through transformation. 

Biography :

   Trey Hurst (b. 1988) is a visual artist and designer, born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and currently living in Bangkok, Thailand. His abstract work is an exercise in Pattern-Building, using simple and repetitive brushwork. Trey’s portfolio consists mostly of abstract ink and watercolor drawings on handmade Saa paper, and bold paintings on raw canvas. 

The artist groups his work under two theme

   Memory and Place: Complex patterns that articulate his own memories, emotions, history. They represent his experience in a given place and time. 

   Material and Process: Simple compositions using both repetitive mark-making and fluid brushstrokes.

   Trey draws inspiration from the constant making and remaking of patterns in our built environment, the lines and grids of urban infrastructure, and the ways in which our man made structures interact with nature.

   Additionally, his work is heavily influenced by the history and tradition of pattern in Textile Design. In particular, the use of woven, printed, tufted, and dyed patterns in fabrics and rugs as mechanisms for storytelling and cultural identification. 

   Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture from The Illinois Institute of Technology in 2011, Trey went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from The California College of the Arts in 2013. In recent years he has returned to his passion for visual arts, and now exhibits his work in Thailand and abroad.

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