Artist Profile: TJ Volonis

My work focuses on the dependent relationship between the whole and the segment and the fragile balance between order and disorder. In particular I work with patterns–portraying them simply and in their entirety, or through the prism of a larger pattern. In this way I can focus on specific elements of dependency within the pattern that produces a seemingly chaotic effect. For example, a piece that appears to have a stable logic will also expose the chaos that binds it together. Conversely, in other pieces which are more deliberately chaotic, the underlying order that renders it viable is exposed.