Bustamante has exhibited regionally and nationally as well as abroad. As a community and education advocate, she has pursued teaching, learning, and involvement in local communities whenever and wherever she can. She has volunteered and worked as an instructor of art for a range of ages and skillsets at different institutions, and as a Studio Director at the Armory Art Center. Currently, she is teaching and making art in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Tristyn Bustamante
Virtual Apperception Test, The New MSR
Coiled and pinched porcelain, brass, pewter
"This collection of pieces is influenced by research into emergent technologies, ponderings of AI systems, and related ideas along with animals with exceptional sensory and perception capabilities.
This ongoing body of work “Post Biological Mutations” serves as an effort to communicate through subject matter, involving references to animals and technologies. Gestural or static qualities contribute to the emotional undertone connecting each piece with that same underlying influence within one’s self. The paring of references to animal senses or capabilities with related current or emergent machines/ devices, imparts some sense purpose to each form. The emphasis on such curiously ambiguous function, can further rouse reflection on what it means to exist in tech dependent societies."
– Tristyn Bustamante
About the artist
Tristyn Bustamante
Bustamante has exhibited regionally and nationally as well as abroad. As a community and education advocate, she has pursued teaching, learning, and involvement in local communities whenever and wherever she can. She has volunteered and worked as an instructor of art for a range of ages and skillsets at different institutions, and as a Studio Director at the Armory Art Center. Currently, she is teaching and making art in Salt Lake City, Utah.
