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EDUCATION
1998          M.F.A.  Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1994          B.F.A. University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

AWARDS
2013         Honorable Mention, Dave Bown Projects 6th Semianual Competition, New York, NY
2011         West Prize Purchase Award, West Collection, Oaks, PA
2009-10    Pollock-Krasner Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
2007-08    Fellowship Award, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA
                ArtMelt 3rd Prize, Shaw Center - Brunner Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2003         Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Louisiana, Beacon Club, Lafayette, LA
2003         Bolton Ford Purchase Award, McNeese University, Lake Charles, LA
1998         Angel Orensanz Installation Art Award, Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY
1994         Acadiana Art’s Council Scholarship, Acadiana Art’s Council. Lafayette, LA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014        New Work Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013        The Shape of Relics, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
               Modernized for Mildness, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2011        New Work Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010        Centered, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009        New Label Work, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008        Merge Linked, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2006        Mad Mission, Architects + Artists, Lafayette, LA
2003        brand NEW, Galarie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
1997        MFA Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1994        BFA Exhibition, University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014        Seven Artists, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
               Trivial Pursuit: Compulsion’s Allure, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2012        Analog Collage: Larger than Life, Southwest University Gallery, San Diego, CA
               Six Artists Speak to Us, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA
2011        Old Methods, New Visions, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
               Good Folks, Cooper Cole Gallery, Ontario, Canada
               Finalist Exhibition, The West Collection, Oaks, PA
               Morgan as Mentor, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Museum, Lafayette, LA
               Gallery Artists Group Show, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, TX
2010        Artists from the Arthur Roger Gallery, Meadows Museum Centenary College, Shreveport, LA
2009        Gallery Artist Group Show, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008        Artmelt, Brunner Gallery at Shaw Center, Baton Rouge, LA
2007        Southern Open, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA, Juror: Jerry Cullum
               31st Juried Exhibition, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY, Juror: Amy Smith-Stewart
               20 x 20 x 20, LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA, Juror: David Rubin
               Ephemeral, Ephemeral Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2006        Introductions 06,  Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
               Exit 101, Abercrombie Gallery, McNesse University, Lake Charles, LA
               Images of Scouting,  Gueydan Museum, Gueydan, LA
2005        Faculty Exhibition, Paul and Lulu Hilard University Museum, Lafayette, LA
               Spirit of Place, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
               Spirit of Place, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
               Les nouveaux artistes d’Acadiana, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2003        16th National Works on Paper, Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles, LA, Juror: Frances Colpitt
               Fresh Spaces Fresh Faces, Architects + Artists Gallery, Lafayette, LA
               Try This, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002        Many Happy Returns, The Artists’ Alliance, Lafayette, LA
2001        Projects ’01, Islip Art Museum’s Carriage House, Long Island, NY
1998        Picasso: Homage to a Modern Icon, Fraser Gallery, Washington DC

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gilbert, Cat “The 22 Magazine” Brooklyn, NY 2014
Perrin, Mary and Warren “Acadie Then and Now” Erath, LA 2014
Guidry, John “Artist Interview” Overture Magazine, Lafayette, LA 2014  
Volkmar, Karl “Review” New Orleans Art Review, New Orleans 2013
Zevitas, Steven “12 Must See March 2013” Huffington Post 2013
Bookhardt, Eric “Review” Gambit, New Orleans, LA  2013
Stillman, Nick “Review” Pelican Bomb 2013
Rodrique, Reggie “Pattern Recognition” Louisianaaesthetic 2013
Lash, Maranda “New American Paintings” Open Studio Press, Boston, MA 2013
“The New Superstars of Southern Art” Oxford American Magazine, Little Rock, AR 2012
Volkmar, Karl “Patterns of Perspective” New Orleans Art Review, New Orleans, LA 2011
Bookhart, Eric “Strange Alchemy” Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, LA 2011
Cameron, Dan “New American Paintings” Open Studio Press, Boston MA 2011
Blankenship, Jessica “Troy Dugas’ Centered at Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2010
Rinehart, Natalie “Two Exhibitions” New Orleans Art Review, New Orleans, LA, 2009
Daigle, Cody “Recycled Creations” Times of Acadian, Lafayette, LA, 2008 
Feaster, Felicia "High Art?" The Atlantan, Atlanta, GA, 2008
Lash, Michael “Studio Visit Magazine” juried publication v. 1, Boston, MA, 2008
Cohen, David “Artworld Digest” 2nd Edition, New York, NY, 2007
Cullum, Jerry “Promising Talent Showcased” Access Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 2006
MacCash, Doug “Small Touches of Acadiana” Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, 2005
Bookhardt, Eric “Cajuns for all Occasions” Gambit, New Orleans, LA, 2005
Przybilla, Carrie “New American Paintings” Open Studio Press v. 52, Boston, MA, 2004
Tutwiler, Mary “A Sense of Place” The Independnet, Lafayette, LA, 2004
Taylor, Claire “Artspace” The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, LA, 2004
Colpitt, Frances “16th National Juried Works on Paper” catalog, Lake Charles, LA, 2003
Meriwether, Judith “KRVS Radio Interview” Lafayette, LA, 2003
Peterson, Joel “Visionary” The Vermillion Lafayette, LA, 2003
McNeal, Meredith and Janet Ryker “Try This” Rotunda website, Brooklyn, NY, 2002
Bell, Annie “Raiders of the Lost Art” Time Out New York April 11-18 (341), Brooklyn, NY, 2002
Rault, George “The Viewer as Artistic Participant” Flatbush Life April 1(350), Brooklyn, NY, 2002
Mary Lou Cohalan “Projects ‘01” catalog, Long Island, NY, 2001

 

COLLECTIONS
Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA)
McNeese University (Lake Charles, LA)
Cousins Properties Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Baron & Budd, P.C. (Dallas, TX)
Weisman Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
West Collection (Oaks, PA)
Buffalo Trace Distillery (Franklin County, KY)
Dominica Restaurant (New Orleans, LA)
Meadows Museum @ Centenary College (Shreveport, LA)
Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossman (New York, NY)
West Collection (Oaks, PA)
Iberia Bank (Little Rock, AR)
Rosewood Abu Dhabi (India)
Capital One (Plano, TX)
Chicago Athletic Club (Chicago, IL)
Petroleum Club (Houston, TX)
Hilliard University Art Museum (Lafayette, LA)