Troy
Dugas
Born Rayne, Louisiana 1970
Education
1998 MFA Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York
1994 BFA University of
Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, LA
Solo
Exhibitions
2012 “Making is the Meaning” / McMurtrey Gallery / Houston, TX
2011 "New Collage
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
Group
Exhibitions
2012 “Analog Collage: Larger than Life” / Southwest University Gallery / San
Diego, CA
“Louisiana Artists” / Hilliard 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
Publications
2012 “The New Superstars of Southern Art” Oxford American Magazine, Little Rock, AR
2011 Volkmar, Karl, “Patterns
of Perspective” New Orleans Art Review, New Orleans, LA
Bookhart,
Eric, “Strange Alchemy” Gambit
Weekly, New Orleans, LA
Cameron Dan, "New American Paintings" Open Studio Press, Boston
MA
2010 Rubin,
David "Psychedelic: Optical
and Visionary Art since the 1960s" MIT Press
Blankenship, Jessica "Troy Dugas @ Barbara Archer Gallery" Burnaway.org
2009 Rinehart,
Natalie "Two Exhibitions" New
Orleans Art Review, New Orleans, LA
2008 Daigle,
Cody “Recycled Creations” Times
of Acadian, Lafayette, LA
Feaster, Felicia "High Art?" The Atlantan,
Atlanta, GA
Lash, Michael “Studio Visit Magazine” juried publication v. 1, Boston, MA
2007 Cohen,
David “Artworld Digest” 2nd Edition, New York, NY
2006 Cullum, Jerry “Promising
Talent Showcased” Access Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
2005 MacCash, Doug “Small
Touches of Acadiana” Times Picayune, New
Orleans, LA
Bookhardt,
Eric “Cajuns for all Occasions” Gambit,
New Orleans, LA
2004 Przybilla, Carrie “New
American Paintings” Open Studio Press v. 52, Boston, MA
Awards
2010 "Pollock-Krasner
Grant" / Pollock-Krasner Foundation / New York, NY
2009 "Artists
Entrepreneur Grant " / Louisiana Division of the Arts / Baton
Rouge, LA
2008 “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
“Bolton
Ford Purchase Award” / McNeese University / Lake Charles, LA (2003)
Collections
Weisman Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans, LA)
McNeese University (Lake Charles, LA)
Cousins Properties Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Baron & Budd, P.C. (Dallas, TX)
Buffalo Trace Distillery (Franklin County, KY)
Dominica Resturant (New Orleans, LA)
Meadows Museum @ Centenary College (Shreveport,
LA)
Bernstein, Litowitz,
Berger & Grossman (New York, NY)
West Collection (Oaks, PA)