Jonathan Trayte
A native of Huddersfield, England, Jonathan Trayte has a background in fine art sculpture and received a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the University of the Creative Arts Canterbury in 2004 and a Master’s of Fine Arts from Royal Academy Schools in 2010. His approach to making sculptures and insta lations is heavily informed by the natural world. He uses castings and facsimiles to examine the many ways in which we perceive and utilize the planet’s resources and environments.
"The work that I tend to make comes together a l at once, like a cast of characters... There’s always some weird older brother, the ‘black sheep’, that doesn’t quite fit."
Taking inspiration from our modern language of consumption and the manipulation of consumer decision-making, Trayte creates surreal, seductive artworks in a wide variety of forms and textural compositions. Trayte combines his broad experiences in other fields—including as a chef and foundry metal worker—with his keen eye for finding the obscure aspects of daily life that would typically go unnoticed.
