althea bartz-willis
List of Works
Projection Installation (TouchDesigner)
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The installation translates the viewer’s body into a live thermal imprint, activated only through movement. Without motion, the image collapses.
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
3x4’
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part of developing body of work
constructing surfaces that hold emotional residue
constructing surfaces that hold emotional residue
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
3x4’
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Paint as emotional projection onto textured surface.
part of developing body of work
constructing surfaces that hold emotional residue.
constructing surfaces that hold emotional residue.
Installation + sound work
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Seated between two projections of their own shadow, the viewer is held in place as overlapping laughter and singing gathers behind them. The shadows do not align, in scale or prespective. Estrangement emerges through closeness rather than absence.
005Before I Was Born, 2025
Oil on canvas
1 x 4ft
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An exploration of inherited memory—familial rituals absorbed before language, carried without direct experience
Installation & Sound Work
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An immersive installation exploring the tension between mass and light, using layered projection, painting, and atmosphere to stage memory as a living, spatial experience.
Animation and Sound Work
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Excerpt of a longer work that navigates self-consciousness, the tension of visibility, and a critical engagement with consumer culture
Mixed Media on Canvas
4 x 3ft
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An exploration of a personal anxious moment and the pressures of being “seen” as a young woman.
Oil on Canvas
2 x 3ft
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Consumption & cosmetics: influence of consumer culture projected over a dinner table.
Oil on Board
9 x 9in
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Recognizing familiar rituals demonstrated through a barrier by social media and parasocial relationships.
Oil on Unstreched Canvas
1 x 6ft
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Interrogation of memory as time, ephemeral projection onto landscape
Oil on Canvas
9 x 11in
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Study projection of abstract expressionist figure on impressionist landscape, examining how memories exist in place
000 / 012 Old Works
Wood & Cement
2x 13 x 12 in
Bartz-Willis, Thea
© Voyager Scholarship Finalist
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exploring inheritance & generational trauma
Blue Hour, 2025
Oil on Canvas
24 x 1 x 12 in
Bartz-Willis, Thea
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suspended comfort; between known & unknown
inspired by travel to Zakynthos , Greece
Ceramic
4 x 6 x 4 in
Bartz-Willis, Thea
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love across the world
inspired by travel to Zakynthos , Greece
Ceramic & Found Objects
4 x 4 x 2 in
Bartz-Willis, Thea
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Bronze
6 x 3.5 x 4 ft
Bartz-Willis, Thea
Completed for 3D Design Course,
Prof. Stouffer
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Wood & Fabric
2 x 4 x 2 ft
Bartz-Willis, Thea
Completed for 3D Design Course,
Prof. Stouffe
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Watercolor
9 x 13 in
Bartz-Willis, Thea
© WashU Black Anthology
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invocation of memory, resilience, and the belief that sanctuary lives in us