About Tric

About Pat "Tric" Nelson Pat "Tric" Nelson is an interdisciplinary artist and visual arts educator whose work spans physical mediums and digital platforms. As a practicing artist exhibiting nationally and internationally, Tric’s work hovers in the spaces in-between, inviting the viewer to question the familiar. With a unique dual-foundation in Fine Arts and Special Education, Tric specializes in building rigorous, inclusive learning environments that bridge traditional studio practice with digital media and fabrication.  Holding an MFA from SUNY New Paltz—where they were a Sojourner Truth Fellow—and an MA in Special Education from the Catholic University of America, Tric treats "access as a design constraint." This philosophy ensures that complex concepts, from "screen-to-machine" digital workflows to analog craft, are accessible to neurodiverse and general education students alike. Tric's academic foundation also includes an undergraduate degree in Fine Art with departmental honors from Hunter College, NYC, and a major in Integrative Studies and International Relations at Hendrix College. Having taught at the university level, in public and independent schools, and held residencies at internationally recognized art centers, Tric currently serves as the K-12 Visual Art Curriculum Coordinator and secondary teaching artist at a leading arts focused independent school specializing in language-based learning differences.