Tanner Frobisher Info
Artist Statement
My work examines the way an emotional imprint persists after presence gives way. I am particularly interested in points of narrative collapse,
where emotional resonance cannot be depicted or narrated fully, and instead reside within environmental components such as atmosphere, spatial tension, and material restraint.
In my work, figures are not treated as individual subjects, but rather as traces of an event. When depicted, they can be seen broken, partially
obscured, or suspended in space, resisting any definitive resolution. For me, space is not a passive background but an active force that presses
against the figures; the materials function within this same structure of tension, shaping how the emotional residue is built and sustained.
Even when the composition of my work is perceived as quiet or static, it is built around a persistent melancholia that acts as a structural element, as
opposed to being solely expressive. I am interested in work where emotion is held, yet exists in a state of unresolve, allowing the emotional weight to
remain legible without solution and continue to linger in space, rather than settle.