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graduated from the University of Kentucky in December of 2003, completing the requirements for the bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis in Photography and Digital Imaging. While there, I was on the Dean’s List from the fall semester of 2002 to fall 2003. I have also recently been accepted to Virginia Commonwealth Universality, where I plan to complete my Masters of Fine Arts Degree in photography.While pursuing my BFA, I spent many hours in the lab with professors and peers working to perfect my images and concepts. Overall I have taken four classes with Ruth Adams ranging from slightly advanced black and white photography to advanced non-traditional methods in photography. Professor Adams was always one to push me and urge me to try different things. She encouraged me to be open with my first series of self portraiture and allowed me to feel more comfortable putting myself out there for everyone to see. She has also been a great friend to me and was always there to just hang out or get a quick lunch (especially where you can’t understand the menu).
My work was exhibited at the Barnhart Gallery in a solo exiting show entitled Interior Personas. Selected images were also shown in the Tuska Gallery of Contemporary Art in an exhibition arranged by El Anatsui, a visiting artist from Africa. Some were also shown in “What Matters? Art Matters,” a show to benefit the United Way at the O. A. Singletary Center for the Arts in the President’s Room.
I enjoy reading the New Yorker, writing, and exercising in my spare time. I work for the University Press of Kentucky as an assistant in the marketing department. I feel fortunate to have the opportunity to work with authors, research new books, and be a part of the publishing process.
It has been said that every time a photographer makes a photograph he or she is making a self-portrait. With this body of work, Bryce has brilliantly illustrated this statement. What started as a simple exercise in taking pictures of a face, grew into a deep exploration of self through images, first of just Bryce and then of those close to him. The images that made up Bryce’s Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibition, Interior Personas, range from traditional Black and White photographs to multi-layered digital composites. But, the consistent theme through all of the work is using the external portrait to convey an internal message about the subject. Images of Bryce, his family and friends, and text
that convey his and their emotions and feelings, blend to create a composite of Bryce himself. It takes a courageous artist to bare his or her soul through images in a way that keeps an audience’s interest, and Bryce has succeeded in doing just that.
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