About

As bodies negotiate the space of the world, they mark/alter/change surfaces. The records of these changing surfaces and gestural marks serve to preserve a kind of body talk or resonating chatter. This kind of collaborative mark-making helps to define what it means to be human and is the central focus of my expanded drawing practice. Therefore, my work takes on many forms simultaneously from drawing and design, to video installation, to social practice and seems to be self-generating. With this philosophy, I synthesize images, objects, and experiences that examine the fuzzy and fragile boundaries where surfaces, processes, and bodies intersect.

CLAY DUNKLIN is an interdisciplinary artist whose expanded practice includes design, installation, and socially oriented works. Dunklin’s work has shown nationally including exhibitions at the Orlando Science Center, The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, and the Delaware Contemporary. He received his BFA in drawing from the University of Central Florida in Orlando and his MFA from the University of Maryland College Park. Dunklin lives and works in Savannah, GA and is a Professor at Savannah College of Art and Design.

dunklinclay@gmail.com