Eric Tkaczyk
April 2023 AiR
Eric Tkaczyk is an interdisciplinary, multimedia artist whose work navigates spaces of real and unreal through both material and digital investigations. His work explores notions of disembodiment, fragmentation, and sentimentality through queer sensibilities with painting, computer software, collage and video installation. Tkaczyk’s practice considers the possibilities of otherworldliness, as well as the psychological impacts of existing in a digitally-partitioned world.
Recent exhibitions include a distance, a heart felt at Duplex Artist Society (2022), beyond the scrim at the Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen (2022), and /ˈsent(ə)nəl/ at Burrard Arts Foundation’s Garage in Vancouver, BC (2021-22). Tkaczyk’s work /ˈsent(ə)nəl/ was featured in an article by Clara Dubber in Discorder Magazine (2022). He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2020) and is also a board member and co-facilitator at Duplex Artist Society.
As an uninvited guest living and practicing on the ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh) Nations, Tkaczyk recognizes his privilege as a white-bodied settler, and strives to practice mindfulness, sensitivity, care and respect on these lands.
Image: Eric Tkaczyk holding wildflowers on property
My time at the Similkameen Artist Residency was deeply inspiring and refreshing. The sage-covered hills of the valley glowed with magical energy and the Log House became a comfortable home very quickly. I was very fortunate to befriend the other artists I was living alongside, which brought me a sense of community and kinship.
I would spend my days between time in nature picking wildflowers and in my studio working both digitally and materially. The work I produced during my month-long residency consisted of oil paintings, digital collage, drawings, as well as a collection of dried flowers for use in future projects.
The atmosphere and pace of the rural setting allowed me to slow down and focus on my work in a deep and meaningful way, and I am very grateful to have had this experience.
Eric Tkaczyk
scansofdriedflowers04, digital image, 52 x 50 in, 2023. Eric Tkaczyk
scansofdriedflowers05, digital image, 52 x 50 in, 2023. Eric Tkaczyk
scansofdriedflowers06, digital image, 52 x 50 in, 2023. Eric Tkaczyk
Glass Swan I, oil on canvas, 16 inches x 20 inches, 2023. Eric Tkaczyk
Glass Swan II, oil on canvas, 16 inches x 20 inches, 2023. Eric Tkaczyk
Silver Swan, oil on canvas, 16 inches x 20 inches, 2023. Eric Tkaczyk
dried flowers, Eric Tkaczyk
studio space, Eric Tkaczyk
studio selfie, Eric Tkaczyk
research images, Eric Tkaczyk