Victoria Tasch

medium: book arts

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Penny 2015 Graphic art	Centerfold Series 2015 Graphic art	Blue Bug 2014 Graphic art
Tokyo 2015 Graphic art	Vegas 2015 Graphic art	Venus in Transit 2012 Sculpture
The Butterfly Effect 2013 Sculpture	Katrina 2012 Sculpture	Gypsy 2012 Sculpture

Contact information
W285 N7357 Bark River Road
Hartland, WI 53029
Phone Number: 262-443-2262
Email Address: toritasch@sbcglobal.net
Web site: www.toritasch.com

Artist statement
Naturalists have made a practice of uncovering rare and unique species from their environment, and through meticulous processes they preserve and display these specimens to share with others in their field. As an artist I study the politics of collection, preservation, and exhibition as I come to understand the importance of the unique copy in our society.
Working in paper, fabric, and other fibrous materials, I appropriate traditional practices of printmaking and bookmaking, using them toward my own ends. The results are collections of objects that combine the intimate details of books, the dynamic form of sculpture, and the community engagement of social practice. Each book is a process containing layers of information that the viewer is invited to sort and sift through in the hopes of discovering hidden meaning.
The Centerfold series is an installation of 365 paper butterflies made of centerfold images from gentlemen’s magazines and catholic school science textbooks. I work across these two different texts to make an entirely new book, and examining issues of body image and the multiple as they intersect. The work abstracts the human form, revealing private moments only within the books innermost depths, which the viewer will need to find for themselves as they browse the pages.

Biography
Tori Tasch is a mentoring artist at Redline, an art educator working with K4-8th grade, and a printmaker who maintains a vibrant studio practice. She has exhibited extensively in the Midwest as well as Japan, Vancouver, and New York. Tasch has a studio at RedLine Milwaukee, serves on the Board of Milwaukee Area Teachers Of Art, and is the SE Exhibitions Chair for Wisconsin Visual Arts. She lives in Merton with her two dogs and husband of 30 years. She is an avid gardener and maintains an excessive number of bird feeders and birdhouses.