Her practice seeks to attract the audience visually with a desire for tactile engagement. She’s sought to create new art mediums with environmentalism in mind, using waste paper and plastic, converted to a flat pliable textile. Star hand molds and flame sculpts each piece, miniature original works in their own right, then melds them as free-standing sculpture, assemblage, or wall hanging. Though she has created her own medium Trauth will use other forms of traditional media to achieve her vision. Her work is heavily inspired by music, experiences from her adventurous life, and a fierce battle with cancer. This has also led her to dabble in new media while regaining her strength. Star's work has been curated into over 100 exhibitions, including 22 museums in the last 8 years. Selected solo exhibitions include ‘Art Deco Weekend’ Life is Art, Miami, Florida (2015); ‘Sublimate: Totems, Tokens, and Lore,’ Vargas Gallery, Pembroke Pines, Florida (2018); and ‘Star Trauth: A Solo Show,’ Worldwide Art Movement Gallery, Kochi, India (2020).
Star Trauth
What's Left
Hand/heat-manipulated fiber from paper, plastic waste
"I work in the abstract because I feel that if something has already been created, it is already its perfect vision of itself. My work explores how much my material can take before it burns to nothing. It starts as waste converted to fiber. I give it life again just to see how far I can stretch it. Literally. I hand mold and fire mold each component. Each one its own work of art. I assemble it into mounted or freestanding low-relief sculpture. I’m taking waste from man and bending it to my will to give back something interesting and beautiful."
— Star Trauth
About the artist
Star Trauth
American
Her practice seeks to attract the audience visually with a desire for tactile engagement. She’s sought to create new art mediums with environmentalism in mind, using waste paper and plastic, converted to a flat pliable textile. Star hand molds and flame sculpts each piece, miniature original works in their own right, then melds them as free-standing sculpture, assemblage, or wall hanging. Though she has created her own medium Trauth will use other forms of traditional media to achieve her vision. Her work is heavily inspired by music, experiences from her adventurous life, and a fierce battle with cancer. This has also led her to dabble in new media while regaining her strength. Star's work has been curated into over 100 exhibitions, including 22 museums in the last 8 years. Selected solo exhibitions include ‘Art Deco Weekend’ Life is Art, Miami, Florida (2015); ‘Sublimate: Totems, Tokens, and Lore,’ Vargas Gallery, Pembroke Pines, Florida (2018); and ‘Star Trauth: A Solo Show,’ Worldwide Art Movement Gallery, Kochi, India (2020).
