Students will learn about the development of a large multimedia installation for an exhibition in a gallery context. Students will be expected to help in all stages of the production from research to execution to completion. The final installation artwork will be exhibited in Canada Fall/Winter 2023. While much of the work can be done remotely on a computer, intensive periods of hands-on building of models, sets and characters will take up about 25% of the time.
ARTIST BIO: Ryan Sluggett was born in 1981. He obtained his Master of Fine Arts from the University of California in 2008. Sluggett’s work has been exhibited at a national and international level and is included in various private and public collections across Canada and the United States including the Hammer Museum Los Angeles, the TANG museum New York, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Rubell Family Collection, Florida among others. Ryan Sluggett’s practice as a painter, collagist and video artist incorporate observed narratives of the perilous glamour and endless materialistic pursuits of consumer culture. His works play upon sensory overload and satirical commentary, layering highly engaging images that emerge as colourful abstract paintings overlaid with fragmented figurative elements.
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This opportunity has been pre-vetted as a Yale Arts Apprenticeship (https://ocs.yale.edu/apprenticeship) with potential funding through the Summer Experience Award (SEA). Students on financial aid at Yale can find more about this funding opportunity at https://ocs.yale.edu/sea.
SEA-eligible students will be given priority, so please include information regarding your funding plans with your cover-letter.
