Cicatrize (2022)
“We all have our own unique scars, visible or not, and they tell a story of where we’ve been, what we’ve endured, and how we’ve grown and healed from that trauma.”
- Kit Trytten, 2023
Euphoria (2019)
“Each person behind these stories is real, and simply daring to exist joyfully is an act of resistance to the othering we often experience.”
- Kit Trytten, 2019
The Human Body
Travel with Kit through the beauty and complexities of the human body through raw and intimate figure studies.
About
Born in rural Southwestern Ontario, Kit Trytten explores the intersections of gender, sexuality, disability and the human body through contemporary mixed media installations. They have a fascination with textiles and found objects, and how they can be incorporated into a new understanding of portraiture. They are currently studying textiles and garment production, with the aim of utilizing this medium in their future practice.
Exhibitions
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Tangled Art + Disability | Toronto, ON | 2022-23
[Image credit: Tangled Art + Disability]
GRADEX 104
OCAD University | Toronto, ON | 2019
[Image credit: OCAD University]
FIRST YEAR ARTS CELEBRATION
OCAD University | Toronto, ON | 2016
[Image credit: OCAD University]
EXPERIENCE SONDER: GENERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE STUDENT SHOWCASE
Algonquin College | Ottawa, ON | 2014
[Image credit: Algonquin College]
SKETCH
Galerie SAW Gallery | Ottawa, ON | 2013
[Image credit: Galerie SAW Gallery]
Education
GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE
Fashion Techniques and Design (Diploma) | 2022 - Present
OCAD UNIVERSITY
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts: Drawing and Painting | 2015 - 2019
ALGONQUIN COLLEGE
General Arts and Sciences: Introduction to Fine Art (Certificate) | 2013 - 2014