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Roy LaGrone is an American artist working with computer-generated prints and projections. Over the past decade, his work has been evolving into a unique form of interdisciplinary fusion with the production of various bodies of work at the intersection of art, video and photography. LaGrone blends discarded artifacts and the technological to explore issues of displacement, ecology and renewal. His work has been exhibited at numerous venues internationally. Roy LaGrone was born in Tupelo, Mississippi (1966). He received his MFA in Computer Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design (2000) and his BFA in Graphic Design from the Atlanta College of Art (1989). He is based in Daejeon, South Korea.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021      Galería Perimetral del Parque Juan H. Sánchez / Morales, Endémico verses Global,
San Luis Potosi, Mexico

2019      C3 – Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Univeridad Nacional Autónoma de México,
              Endémico verses Global, Mexico City, Mexico

2018     Haus der Kunst, Über schwebende, Baden, Austria

Gemeindeamt, Über schwebende, Yspertal, Austria

Dorfmuseum Roiten, Über schwebende Inseln und fliegende Menschen,
Rappottenstein, Austria

2012      Galerie Schleifmühlgasse, Constructed Photographs, Vienna, Austria

2011      Galerija Domžale, The Beta Projection Series, Domžale, Slovenia (solo)

2009      Galleria Comunale della Loggia, Pieces of the All, Motta di Livenza, Italy (solo)

              Mestna Galerija, (Not) a Photograph, Piran, Slovenia

2008      Gumtree Museum of Art, The Beauty of the Impossible, Tupelo, MS (solo)

              Casello di Guardia, Donne, Porcia, Italy

2007      Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Sun Pictures to MegaPixels:
              Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities, Brooklyn, NY

Libreria Menini di Pellegrini, Digital Catalysts: Experiements for Universal
Becoming, Spilimbergo, Italy (solo)

2006      Blue Star Contemporary Museum, Beta Projections and Artifacts from
              Earth, San Antonio, TX (solo)

2005      City Gallery, Pixel Pops: Prepare, Post, Present, New Haven, CT

2004      Cultural Center Pablo of the Torriente Brau, VI Salón y Coloquio
              Internacional de Arte Digital, Havana, Cuba

              Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, Soultronic,
              Jersey City, NJ (solo)

              Savannah College of Art and Design, La Galerie Bleue, Faculty Focus:
              Digital Media, Savannah, GA

2003      Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Museum, New Visions: Emerging
              Trends in African American Art, Washington, DC

              ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, CG03: Computer Graphics_2003,
              San Diego, CA

              Rush Arts Gallery, Impregnable Direction, New York, NY

2002      Hammonds House Museum, Archetypes, Modules and Sermons,
              Atlanta, GA (solo)

              Hampton University Museum, New Power Generation, Hampton, VA

              BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture Center, Reverberation: Visual Art & DJ Culure,
              Brooklyns, NY

              ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, CG03: Computer Graphics_2003,
              San Diego, CA

              Dillard University Fine Arts Gallery, Digital Diaspora,
              New Orleans, LA

2001      University Museum, Texas Southern University, Our New Day Begun,
              Houston, TX

2000      African American Museum, Our New Day Begun, Dallas, TX

              Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum,
              Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the New
              Millenium, Austin, TX

AWARDS and RECOGNITION

Telfair Museum of Art, The Telfair Spotlight on Art, Savannah, GA, 2004.
Hampton University Museum, The Elizabeth Catlett Printmaking Award, 2002.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Wynn, Toni. “Gallery Universe: A Multidimensional Fantasy Trip.” The International Journal of African American Art, Volume 24 Number 2, Winter-Spring 2013.
Nagy, Vasja. “The Beta Projection Series.” The Beta Projection Series catalogue, March 3, 2011.
Cotton, C. Richard. “GumTree Museum of Art.” DeSoto Magazine, September, 2008.
Morris, M. Scott. “Hometown artist's debut opens Friday.” Northeast Mississippi
Daily Journal, July 30, 2008.
Santin, Alessandra. “Digital Cataliysts: Experiments for Universal Becoming.”
Trans. Anna De Vita, Beauty of the Impossible catalogue, July 5, 2008.
Meek, Vicki. “Roy LaGrone: Beta Projections and Artifacts from Earth.”
ArtLies Magazine, Spring, 2007.
Hammel, Frank. “Used, Discarded, and Crackling with Vision.” The San Antonio
Current, January 3, 2007.
R. Goddard, Dan. “Artist Roy LaGrone Uses a Computer to Reshape Found Objects.”
The San Antonio Express-News, November 26, 2006.
Lorenzo Wellington, Darryl. “Beta Projections: The art of Roy LaGrone.” Beta Projections and
Artifacts from Earth catalogue, September 29, 2006.
M. Scott, Julia. “Heritage in His Art.” The Jersey Journal, February 7, 2004.
Sipp, Kevin. “Of Ancestors and Androids: The Virtual Works of Roy LaGrone.”
Soultronic catalogue, January 26, 2004.
Robinson, P.J. “Where Do We Go From Here? Contemporary African-American
Artists Answer.” The Metro Herald, January 9, 2004.
Hall, Robert L. “New Visions on Exhibit at Smithsonian's Anacostia Museum.”
Valentine New York The Magazine, Winter, 2003.
Sirmans, Franklin. “Rush Arts Gallery and Resource Center.” Sculpture Magazine,
January-February, 2003.
Aberjhani. “DarkMagusMilesAhead.” Essence Magazine, January, 2003.
Fox, Catherine. “Digging Digital: Prints Have Richly Textural Resonance.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 11, 2002.
Forster, Steven. “Digital U.” The Times-Picayune, March 25, 2001.
Bass, Shermakaye. “’New Day’ arrives at LBJ.” The Austin American-Statesman,
February 19, 2000.
Randall, Zoe. “Painting the Sounds of Jazz.” Connect Savannah, December, 1999.

COLLECTIONS

Comune di Motta di Livenza, Motta di Livenza, Italy
Cultural Center Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana, Cuba
Gumtree Museum of Art, Tupelo, MS
Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA
Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domzale, Domzale, Slovenia
Municipality of Porcia, Porcia, Italy
Palazzo Conti Toppo-Wassermann, Toppo di Travesio, Italy
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Private Collections



		Roy LaGrone is an American artist working with computer-generated prints and projections. Over the past decade, his work has been evolving into a unique form of interdisciplinary fusion with the production of various bodies of work at the intersection of art, video and photography. LaGrone blends discarded artifacts and the technological to explore issues of displacement, ecology and renewal. His work has been exhibited at numerous venues internationally. Roy LaGrone was born in Tupelo, Mississippi (1966). He received his MFA in Computer Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design (2000) and his BFA in Graphic Design from the Atlanta College of Art (1989). He is based in Daejeon, South Korea. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2021 Galería Perimetral del Parque Juan H. Sánchez / Morales, Endémico verses Global, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2019 C3 – Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Univeridad Nacional Autónoma de México, Endémico verses Global, Mexico City, Mexico 2018 Haus der Kunst, Über schwebende, Baden, Austria Gemeindeamt, Über schwebende, Yspertal, Austria Dorfmuseum Roiten, Über schwebende Inseln und fliegende Menschen, Rappottenstein, Austria 2012 Galerie Schleifmühlgasse, Constructed Photographs, Vienna, Austria 2011 Galerija Domžale, The Beta Projection Series, Domžale, Slovenia (solo) 2009 Galleria Comunale della Loggia, Pieces of the All, Motta di Livenza, Italy (solo) Mestna Galerija, (Not) a Photograph, Piran, Slovenia 2008 Gumtree Museum of Art, The Beauty of the Impossible, Tupelo, MS (solo) Casello di Guardia, Donne, Porcia, Italy 2007 Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Sun Pictures to MegaPixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities, Brooklyn, NY Libreria Menini di Pellegrini, Digital Catalysts: Experiements for Universal Becoming, Spilimbergo, Italy (solo) 2006 Blue Star Contemporary Museum, Beta Projections and Artifacts from Earth, San Antonio, TX (solo) 2005 City Gallery, Pixel Pops: Prepare, Post, Present, New Haven, CT 2004 Cultural Center Pablo of the Torriente Brau, VI Salón y Coloquio Internacional de Arte Digital, Havana, Cuba Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, Soultronic, Jersey City, NJ (solo) Savannah College of Art and Design, La Galerie Bleue, Faculty Focus: Digital Media, Savannah, GA 2003 Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Museum, New Visions: Emerging Trends in African American Art, Washington, DC ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, CG03: Computer Graphics_2003, San Diego, CA Rush Arts Gallery, Impregnable Direction, New York, NY 2002 Hammonds House Museum, Archetypes, Modules and Sermons, Atlanta, GA (solo) Hampton University Museum, New Power Generation, Hampton, VA BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture Center, Reverberation: Visual Art & DJ Culure, Brooklyns, NY ACM SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, CG03: Computer Graphics_2003, San Diego, CA Dillard University Fine Arts Gallery, Digital Diaspora, New Orleans, LA 2001 University Museum, Texas Southern University, Our New Day Begun, Houston, TX 2000 African American Museum, Our New Day Begun, Dallas, TX Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the New Millenium, Austin, TX AWARDS and RECOGNITION Telfair Museum of Art, The Telfair Spotlight on Art, Savannah, GA, 2004. Hampton University Museum, The Elizabeth Catlett Printmaking Award, 2002. BIBLIOGRAPHY Wynn, Toni. “Gallery Universe: A Multidimensional Fantasy Trip.” The International Journal of African American Art, Volume 24 Number 2, Winter-Spring 2013. Nagy, Vasja. “The Beta Projection Series.” The Beta Projection Series catalogue, March 3, 2011. Cotton, C. Richard. “GumTree Museum of Art.” DeSoto Magazine, September, 2008. Morris, M. Scott. “Hometown artist's debut opens Friday.” Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, July 30, 2008. Santin, Alessandra. “Digital Cataliysts: Experiments for Universal Becoming.” Trans. Anna De Vita, Beauty of the Impossible catalogue, July 5, 2008. Meek, Vicki. “Roy LaGrone: Beta Projections and Artifacts from Earth.” ArtLies Magazine, Spring, 2007. Hammel, Frank. “Used, Discarded, and Crackling with Vision.” The San Antonio Current, January 3, 2007. R. Goddard, Dan. “Artist Roy LaGrone Uses a Computer to Reshape Found Objects.” The San Antonio Express-News, November 26, 2006. Lorenzo Wellington, Darryl. “Beta Projections: The art of Roy LaGrone.” Beta Projections and Artifacts from Earth catalogue, September 29, 2006. M. Scott, Julia. “Heritage in His Art.” The Jersey Journal, February 7, 2004. Sipp, Kevin. “Of Ancestors and Androids: The Virtual Works of Roy LaGrone.” Soultronic catalogue, January 26, 2004. Robinson, P.J. “Where Do We Go From Here? Contemporary African-American Artists Answer.” The Metro Herald, January 9, 2004. Hall, Robert L. “New Visions on Exhibit at Smithsonian's Anacostia Museum.” Valentine New York The Magazine, Winter, 2003. Sirmans, Franklin. “Rush Arts Gallery and Resource Center.” Sculpture Magazine, January-February, 2003. Aberjhani. “DarkMagusMilesAhead.” Essence Magazine, January, 2003. Fox, Catherine. “Digging Digital: Prints Have Richly Textural Resonance.” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 11, 2002. Forster, Steven. “Digital U.” The Times-Picayune, March 25, 2001. Bass, Shermakaye. “’New Day’ arrives at LBJ.” The Austin American-Statesman, February 19, 2000. Randall, Zoe. “Painting the Sounds of Jazz.” Connect Savannah, December, 1999. COLLECTIONS Comune di Motta di Livenza, Motta di Livenza, Italy Cultural Center Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Havana, Cuba Gumtree Museum of Art, Tupelo, MS Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domzale, Domzale, Slovenia Municipality of Porcia, Porcia, Italy Palazzo Conti Toppo-Wassermann, Toppo di Travesio, Italy Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA Private Collections
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