Tristan Boyar is an artist and printmaker based in Missoula, Montana. After graduating with dual B.A.s in Art and German Studies from the University of Montana in 2023, Tristan started his own small printing press, The Gastropod Press, working primarily in relief and letterpress processes. Inspired by the work of mid-century printmakers, Tristan uses traditional printmaking techniques to explore our relationship to our surrounding environment through lenses of modern-day isolation and alienation