Tiff Frost
Home: Montréal, Quebec
Title: Caught
Media: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 76 x 61 cm
Instagram: @tiff.frost_
ARTIST STATEMENT
This painting is a self portrait, conveying the experience of being an unprotected young woman in the world. It is a reaction to the artist’s experience of being sexualized and preyed upon in grief, and having her grief reinterpreted, repackaged, and monetised by someone else.
The subject stands behind a market display of fish packed in ice, beautiful, glistening, and staring with dead eyes. Her arms are outstretched as a purveyor, but also carry a challenging defiance, evoking both vulnerability and self sacrifice. The work draws a clear parallel between the dehumanisation of female beauty and the double meaning of predator and prey. On close inspection, the subject herself is flayed like the shining fish stacked before her.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Tiff Frost is a Canadian artist whose practice blends portraiture, literature, and philosophy. Self-taught, their work explores the intersection of personal memory and collective experience, using narrative as a bridge between individual lives and the moral architecture of humanity. She draws on her influences ranging from classic novels to contemporary cultural debates, she creates portraits that meditate on dignity, vulnerability, and the weight of existence. Her current work focuses on representational painting that incorporates chiaroscuro, symbolism, and narrative detail, with projects in development that explore feminist and philosophical themes through traditional fine art methods.