The Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery is pleased to present the Annual Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Series, March 21 - April 8, 2022. Our MFA exhibitions are a highly anticipated annual spring series of solo shows that are presented in fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree at the Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University, Atlanta. You will enjoy viewing these shows which are the culmination of three years of research and art making.
About the Artist:
Travis Dodd was born and raised in the dense suburban sprawl of Miami, Florida. He moved to Savannah, Georgia in 1998 and competed his BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2002. In 2006 Dodd moved to Atlanta and began to participate in various group exhibitions in the southeast with shows at: Marcia Wood Gallery (Atlanta, GA), Gallery 5 (Richmond, VA), and Bridge Art Fair (Miami, FL). In Atlanta he has had solo exhibitions at: Eyedrum, Whitespec, and Beep Beep Gallery. Internationally Dodd has shown in Mexico, Scotland, and Italy. In 2010 he received an MA in sculpture from SCAD-Atlanta. In 2016 Dodd was a finalist for the Emerging Artist Award presented by the Forward Arts Foundation. His work has been collected by: Museo Riso, Savannah College of Art and Design, Lucinda Bunnen Collection, as well as private collections. Currently Dodd is an MFA candidate at the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University.
About the Work:
Do You Remember the Sun? is an interdisciplinary installation that explores gold’s function as a utilitarian material within technology. Once reserved for the Gods, gold can now be found within the circuitry of cutting-edge space exploration technology or plated against the surface of mundane consumer electronics. Gold’s utilitarian shift away from adornment and capital began in the 1970’s when digital technology first entered the home. First generation personal computers and video game systems, both latent with gold, allowed access to new interactive virtual worlds that would evolve into technologies that currently dominate culture and society. The imagery of Do You Remember the Sun? documents gold’s fall from grace by showcasing the extraction and refinement of gold from this first wave of interactive digital technology.
Reception 5:00-8:00pm Thursday, April 7.
MFA series schedule
On view March 21 -April 8
Week 1 - March 21-25 MFA Gallery 150 front & back - David Robertson
Week 1 - March 21-25 MFA Gallery 130 - Bethany Grabert
Week 2 - March 28 - April 1 MFA Gallery 150 front - Jordan Gum
Week 2 - March 28 - April 1 MFA Gallery 150 back - Lizzy Storm
Week 2 - March 28 - April 1 MFA Gallery 130 - Felicia Castro
Week 3 - April 4-8 MFA Gallery 150 front - Travis Dodd
Week 3 - April 4-8 MFA Gallery 150 back - Darya Fard
Week 3 - April 4-8 MFA Gallery 130 - Paula Saavedra