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Johnny Doley

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Johnny Doley (b. Virginia) (he/him) is an artist and curator based in Chicago, IL. His practice focuses on the entanglement of living and non-living things, and the ways that anthropocentric ideologies can be broken down though actions of care. He has exhibited nationally, including The Mildred Complexity(ity) (Narrowsburg NY), Comfort Station (Chicago IL), Compound Yellow (Oak Park IL), Produce Model (Chicago, IL), and Laconia Gallery (Boston MA). He is also one of the founders of Tiny Table Gallery, an artist-run transient exhibition project focusing on small-scale sculpture, and has curated exhibitions with performative events at Watershed Art and Ecology (Chicago IL), Ohklahomo (Chicago IL), and the Chicago Athletics Association (Chicago IL) among others.

His work is in the collections of the Boston Public Library (Boston MA) and Mildred’s Lane (Beach Lake PA). He holds a BFA in Painting from Boston University (2019), and an MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2023). He currently is the co-director of Tiny Table Gallery and a lecturer in Sculpture at SAIC.

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Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic techniques of subtractive sculpture. Students will be encouraged to develop an innovative body of work within a material based format. A wide range of carving techniques and materials will be introduced. Historical models will provide vocabulary for understanding methodology and ideas. In class presentations will also acquaint students with artists who approach carving within postmodern ideologies. New technologies such as laser cutting will be introduced. A directed and productive approach to studio practice will be cultivated.

Class Number

1772

Credits

3