Kari Achatz
Kari Achatz is a dynamic multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Buffalo, New York. Kari's artwork spans across sculpture, installation, print, and mixed media. Driven by a deep interest in the physical act of cutting, removing, revealing, and layering, she uses this process as both technique and metaphor, creating work that is visually compelling and conceptually resonant. She has exhibited widely across Western New York, and her work is included in the Permanent Art Collection of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Her collaboration with Buffalo-based Rigidized Metals Corporation for Highmark Stadium, highlights the power of innovative partnership between artists and local industry.
Between the Rush and the Release, 2026
Stamped aluminum with powder coated ïŹnish
Originating as hand-cut and painted paper compositions, the artwork was transferred to stamped aluminum and ïŹnished with a red, white, and blue powder-coated surfaces. The layered cuts and sweeping movement evoke the rush and rhythm of a Bills game, pulsing with color, energy, and depth. Balancing precision with unpredictability, the shifting surface reveals new moments of light, shadow, and perspective as viewers move around the work, inviting reïŹection, curiosity, and repeated discovery.
Fabrication by Rigidized Metal Corporation.
