Studio 4
Avery Bonnette (August '25 – Current)
Printmaking: Focused on aquatint etching, paper mache, and laser engraving.
Avery Bonnette is a printmaker based in Lubbock, Texas. She received her BFA in Studio Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking from Texas Tech University in December 2024. Avery has studied at Penland School of Craft, learning how to make paper from bark fibers.
Throughout her time as an undergrad at Texas Tech, she has been focused on aquatint etching, paper mache, and laser-engraving. Her work explores the intersection of human intervention in nature and womanhood, critiquing patriarchal structures through symbolic imagery such as flowers, deer, and the female figure.
Avery's work has been featured on the cover of The Wall Literary Journal and has talked about her work at the Stewarding Our Water Future conference in Amarillo, Texas. She worked as a studio tech at the Texas Tech printmaking studio, as an assistant to the Curator of Art at the Museum of Texas Tech University, and was the president of the Tech Print Club.
