ABOUT

Gretchen Funk is a proud Minnesotan. Alongside several other careers, she is an artist and designer, with a degree in Studio Art and a minor in Digital Media from Metro State University 2022. 

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Artist Statement:

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I like to think about ever-present items we have used, then stopped using due to overtaking technology - ubiquitous things in our life that remain in the world long after we do, while the drive and cost of owning and collecting is universal. My work also contains infrastructure we pass without noting, such as power utilities, cell towers, and parked semi-trucks, and the unacknowledged quiet community they create.

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These things are a large part of our lives, yet they exist differently in history before us, and long after our deaths. How does that impact their importance? What if we saw them differently? When we contemplate collections, what do they become when the collector is gone? When these items, thoughts, or images linger in my head, I create art to process them. 

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Clean lines, features of architecture, and graphic images are things I admire and aspire to. 
Printmaking, digital art, photography, and painting are some of my preferred mediums. Some important steps in my practice involve layering images and playing with focal points. I use my own photographs exclusively for my work, as it gives the viewer another level of personalization and direction to my perspective. Carrying my camera with me gives me the opportunity to collect images constantly.

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