FSU’s Department of Visual Arts Presents “pursues integrous deliverables,” a Solo Exhibition by Gabrielle Duggan

Frostburg State University’s Department of Visual Arts will present its second exhibit of the fall semester, a solo exhibition by Gabrielle Duggan, “pursues integrous deliverables,” which will open with a reception on Friday, Oct. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Stephanie Ann Roper Gallery in FSU’s Fine Arts Building. Duggan will give a brief talk at 6:30 p.m. This exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on display through Tuesday, Nov. 26.

Duggan has had residencies at Fish Factory, Creative Center of Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland; Sculpture Space Inc. in Utica, N.Y.; Praxis Fiber Workshop in Ohio; Cooler Ranch, Landfalls and Governors Island Art Fair in New York; the Musk Ox Farm in Alaska; Ponyride, as a Knight Foundation Emerging Artist, in Michigan; and Rob Dunn Lab at North Carolina State University and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.

Awards include the Juror’s Prize at Art on the Trails by Sarah Montross; the Integrated Coastal Programs Coastal Fellowship (Coastal Studies Institute), RCAA, East Carolina University; and project grants from the North Carolina Arts Council. An associate professor at East Carolina University, Duggan has also taught at the University of North Texas, Georgia State University and Penland School of Craft.

Duggan’s work simulates binary systems, drawing attention to inter-reliance between dichotomies by positioning grey areas in balanced tension. Textile strategies, technology and materials have been a reliable foundation for the artist’s work to reflect social, political and historical implications of power.

Duggan constructs installations in three-dimensional space by applying principles of tension and repetition to post-consumer and post-industrial materials. These works range from intimate to significant in scale through material choice and context. When performing with sound, image or as image, Duggan steps into these roles directly inhabiting spaces of lost and self-possessed agency.

For this show, the Roper Gallery is open Mondays through Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information on the artist, visit https://www.gabrielleduggan.com/index.html.