Roy LaGrone

Roy LaGrone (born America, 1966) is a digital media artist. His work, which ranges from large-scale photomontage, animation and video installations, often involve intricate illusions of three-dimensional space constructed from found objects.

LaGrone studied at the Atlanta College of Art (BFA, 1989), and the Savannah College of Art and Design (MFA, computer arts, 2000).

LaGrone’s work has been exhibited at numerous venues including the Smithsonian Institution’s Anacostia Museum; SIGGRAPH; and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum.

References

Meek, Vicki. Beta Projections and Artifacts from Earth, Art Lies: Contemporary Art Quarterly 53 (Spring 2007), p. 122
Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, New Visions: Emerging Trends in African American Art (catalog), pp. 12–13
ACM SIGGRAPH 2003, "Electronic Art and Animation" (catalog), p. 105
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, "Our New Day Begun: African American Artists Entering the Millennium" (catalog), pp. 7, 41, 56

Artist's statement in New Media Caucus journal, Bits Bytes and the Rhetoric of Practice, NMC Media-N: Journal of the New Media Caucus v3.1, August 2007
LaGrone's website

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