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“Trubert’s work blends materials such as tree limbs, shells and plants, with text evoking physiological and psychological unravellings, and the pursuit of balance….Her nature-based sculptural materials are at once evidence of her literal collecting, seeking, and searching, and a metaphor for the complexity and solace of the cycle of life.” - Marcella Hackbardt A Celebration of 50 Years of Women Artists at Kenyon College Edited by Marcella Hackbardt and Claudia Esslinger, 2019 |
Driven by a deep connection to nature, an interest in ecology and the environment, and non-traditional art spaces, my art is a vehicle for deep thinking and processing trauma and grief, concerns and experiences. My early photography and multimedia work explored the societal conditions of my life – marriage, religion, the beauty industry – through a feminist lens. A museum career and parenting have informed how I understand the role of art in public and private life.
A crisis led to a recent body of work about intergenerational trauma, which I contemplated in the solace of nature. I found that being out-of-doors in a natural setting was often the only place where I could process those events in a calm, unfocused way. As I walked and thought, I picked up objects and brought them back to the studio where that practice joined the creative one, each supporting the other. For example, a large surf clam became a sculpture containing broken shell shards each lettered with the name of a relative who had experienced trauma or addiction.
I have developed an ongoing contemplative walking practice leading to the creation of sculptural works assembled from gathered and altered natural materials. I often incorporate text in the form of lettering applied to branches and bark and, more recently, words and phrases written with stones on beaches and boulders. These works allude to impermanence and interconnectedness, and rely on human and non-human collaboration and audiences. I create these pieces during my walks and leave them for others to find. They will be washed away or changed by natural processes.
I frequently create small, ephemeral, circular pieces as a way of pausing and centering while marking time and my presence in a variety of locations, using objects found while walking. Meditation is a part of my life and has become part of my practice. I also make larger, intricate Mandala-like installations combining a broad range of materials and recently I was able to share this process with the public through a participatory project at a nearby park where I have been invited to make site-specific installations. Moving forward I will continue to explore ideas of healing, communication, and interconnectedness.
A crisis led to a recent body of work about intergenerational trauma, which I contemplated in the solace of nature. I found that being out-of-doors in a natural setting was often the only place where I could process those events in a calm, unfocused way. As I walked and thought, I picked up objects and brought them back to the studio where that practice joined the creative one, each supporting the other. For example, a large surf clam became a sculpture containing broken shell shards each lettered with the name of a relative who had experienced trauma or addiction.
I have developed an ongoing contemplative walking practice leading to the creation of sculptural works assembled from gathered and altered natural materials. I often incorporate text in the form of lettering applied to branches and bark and, more recently, words and phrases written with stones on beaches and boulders. These works allude to impermanence and interconnectedness, and rely on human and non-human collaboration and audiences. I create these pieces during my walks and leave them for others to find. They will be washed away or changed by natural processes.
I frequently create small, ephemeral, circular pieces as a way of pausing and centering while marking time and my presence in a variety of locations, using objects found while walking. Meditation is a part of my life and has become part of my practice. I also make larger, intricate Mandala-like installations combining a broad range of materials and recently I was able to share this process with the public through a participatory project at a nearby park where I have been invited to make site-specific installations. Moving forward I will continue to explore ideas of healing, communication, and interconnectedness.
Exhibitions
M Galleries, Washington, NJ: The Future is Plastic - a group exhibitions of Co11ective members
October 2022
ASC Gallery, London:
September 2022
Sala752, Zaczernie, Poland: Day on Earth
August 2022
Rotunda Gallery, Metuchen, NJ: Are We Fiddling While the World Burns? Activism, the environment and the artist's responsibility
Curator: Joseph Castronova
March-June 2022
M Galleries, Washington, NJ: Twenty 20 UK/US
April 2022: M Galleries, Washington, NJ
M Galleries Fellowship, Bernardsville, NJ: Centered
An exhibition of cyanotypes
March 2022
Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona: Souls of Forgotten Objects
Juror: Geoffrey Gorman
December 1-23, 2021
Hemlock Art Space & Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania: Exposé
Virtual Exhibition
November 13, 2021 - January 3, 2022
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: 11th Annual InVision Juried Exhibition
Juror: Jason Chen
November 2021-January 2022
M Galleries Pohatcong Native Arboretum, Washington, New Jersey: “Wishful” solo exhibition of wands, talismans and mandalas
September 2021
Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey: Drawing from Life
February-April, 2021
Stay Home Gallery, Paris, Tennessee: Hope - Revolution
Juror: Lauren Harris
October 2020 - January 2021
Northwest Area Arts Council, Crystal, Illinois.: Heaven and Hell
Jurors: Joe & Kathleen Isacson
August 2020
M Galleries, Washington, New Jersey: The Great Beyond Solo Exhibition
July 2020
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, New Jersey: Prayers for the Pandemic
Curator: Anne Trauben
May 20-ongoing
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, New Jersey: Co11ective - Room 814
February 21-23, 2020
Jurors: Peter Gynd, Lesley Heller Gallery, Kristina Huntington, KH Fine Art Projects |Lincoln Center Editions, and Elizabeth Sadoff, Elizabeth Sadoff Art Advisory
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey: 41st Annual Juried Exhibition
January 18 - March 15, 2020
Recipient: Juror's Award
Juror: Grace Graupe-Pillard
Brick + Mortar, Easton, Pennsylvania: "A Collection of Lines"
August 2019
Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 7th Annual Juried Exhibition
June-July 2019
Juror: Jane Irish
Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, New York: Small Works 2019 (online)
June-December 2019
Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey: Viewpoints 2019 Annual Juried Exhibition
May 2019
Juror: Jeanne Brasile, Seton Hall University
Juror's Statement
Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, New Jersey: 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition
April 2019
Juror: Jocelyn Miller, PS1
Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey: "Arborescence"
March 2019
Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey: "Divergent Evolution"
March 2019
Juror: Emma Wilcox, Artistic Director, Gallery Aferro, Newark
M Galleries, Washington, New Jersey: "Nature/Nurture: A Family of Artists"
November 2018
October 2022
ASC Gallery, London:
September 2022
Sala752, Zaczernie, Poland: Day on Earth
August 2022
Rotunda Gallery, Metuchen, NJ: Are We Fiddling While the World Burns? Activism, the environment and the artist's responsibility
Curator: Joseph Castronova
March-June 2022
M Galleries, Washington, NJ: Twenty 20 UK/US
April 2022: M Galleries, Washington, NJ
M Galleries Fellowship, Bernardsville, NJ: Centered
An exhibition of cyanotypes
March 2022
Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Arizona: Souls of Forgotten Objects
Juror: Geoffrey Gorman
December 1-23, 2021
Hemlock Art Space & Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania: Exposé
Virtual Exhibition
November 13, 2021 - January 3, 2022
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: 11th Annual InVision Juried Exhibition
Juror: Jason Chen
November 2021-January 2022
M Galleries Pohatcong Native Arboretum, Washington, New Jersey: “Wishful” solo exhibition of wands, talismans and mandalas
September 2021
Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey: Drawing from Life
February-April, 2021
Stay Home Gallery, Paris, Tennessee: Hope - Revolution
Juror: Lauren Harris
October 2020 - January 2021
Northwest Area Arts Council, Crystal, Illinois.: Heaven and Hell
Jurors: Joe & Kathleen Isacson
August 2020
M Galleries, Washington, New Jersey: The Great Beyond Solo Exhibition
July 2020
Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, New Jersey: Prayers for the Pandemic
Curator: Anne Trauben
May 20-ongoing
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, New Jersey: Co11ective - Room 814
February 21-23, 2020
Jurors: Peter Gynd, Lesley Heller Gallery, Kristina Huntington, KH Fine Art Projects |Lincoln Center Editions, and Elizabeth Sadoff, Elizabeth Sadoff Art Advisory
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey: 41st Annual Juried Exhibition
January 18 - March 15, 2020
Recipient: Juror's Award
Juror: Grace Graupe-Pillard
Brick + Mortar, Easton, Pennsylvania: "A Collection of Lines"
August 2019
Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 7th Annual Juried Exhibition
June-July 2019
Juror: Jane Irish
Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, New York: Small Works 2019 (online)
June-December 2019
Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey: Viewpoints 2019 Annual Juried Exhibition
May 2019
Juror: Jeanne Brasile, Seton Hall University
Juror's Statement
Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, New Jersey: 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition
April 2019
Juror: Jocelyn Miller, PS1
Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey: "Arborescence"
March 2019
Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey: "Divergent Evolution"
March 2019
Juror: Emma Wilcox, Artistic Director, Gallery Aferro, Newark
M Galleries, Washington, New Jersey: "Nature/Nurture: A Family of Artists"
November 2018
Awards
Chateau Orqueveaux, France, 2023 artist residency
Trillium Arts, Mars Hill, North Carolina, 2021 artist residency
Trillium Arts, Mars Hill, North Carolina, 2021 artist residency
Publicatons
Prayers for the Pandemic: 2020
50 Years of Women Artists at Kenyon College: 2019
50 Years of Women Artists at Kenyon College: 2019
