Travis Rice - Lunar Debris
Travis Rice - Synthetic Core
Travis Rice - Suspended
Travis Rice - Strand
Travis Rice - Hover
Travis Rice - Space Junk
Travis Rice - Disrupted
Travis Rice - Virtual Bluff
Travis Rice - Subtle Shifts
Travis Rice - Erratic
Travis Rice - Drift
Travis Rice - Balanced
Travis Rice - Disarray
Travis Rice is influenced by his background in architecture, his work incorporates 3D modeling to create complex hard edge compositions that give an illusion of space through both form and materiality. This initial digital process allows forms to rupture, fracture, glitch, and pixilate, but the analog translation is meant to always bring the work back to being a primitive human process. Wandering between painting, drawing, and sculpture, Rice investigates various motifs inspired by the southwestern landscape; the butte, the mesa, and the plateau, incorporating media that test codes of taste through finish, color and application. His interests lie in creating a language of image making that speaks to our current digital era, but roots itself in a historical context through analog translation.
Travis Rice was in our Digital Process show September 20th – November 9th, 2019.
A two-person show featuring new works by Mike Jacobs and Travis Rice. These two artists highlighted the shift occurring in art making today through the use of cutting-edge technology. They explored our post-digital world where instead of exclusively working with paint and canvas they integrate bytes and pixels. Both artists use digital tools to create exquisitely crafted works of art that cut through the visual noise of our everyday.
Travis Rice was in our Color Spectrum show March 14th – May 11th, 2019.
A group show featuring works by Chul Hyun Ahn, Dion Johnson, Eric Zammitt, and Travis Rice in the Project Room. Working across disciplines including fluorescent lights, mirrors, and acrylic paint, the artists in this exhibition expand our understanding of both the complexity and variant nature of color and how it operates within a two and three-dimensional surface. Making daring visual choices and utilizing a wide array of materials, these artists explore the tensions between content and materiality, symmetry and asymmetry and light and dark.
Travis Rice was in our Works On Paper show November 16th – January 12, 2019.
The group show featured 9 artists and their works on paper. From oil to ink, these thoughtful artworks celebrate a variety of styles, culminating in a diverse and affecting exhibition.
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Travis Rice received his MFA from Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Influenced by his background in architecture, his work incorporates 3D modeling to create complex hard edge compositions that give an illusion of space through both form and materiality. This initial digital process allows forms to rupture, fracture, glitch, and pixilate, but the analog translation is meant to always bring the work back to being a primitive human process. Wandering between painting, drawing, and sculpture, Rice investigates various motifs inspired by the southwestern landscape; the butte, the mesa, and the plateau, incorporating media that test codes of taste through finish, color and application. His interests lie in creating a language of image making that speaks to our current digital era, but roots itself in a historical context through analog translation.
EDUCATION
2017 MFA Drawing and Painting, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2013 Post-Baccalaureate Study in Fine Arts, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
1993 Master of Landscape Architecture Study, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI.
1991 Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, Ball State University, Muncie, IN., Cum Laude
AWARDS & HONORS
2016 Zhou B Spirit Award selected by the Zhou Brothers in recognition of outstanding talent.
2016 Katherine Herberger Student Scholars Award
2015 New American Paintings, Competition Winner, Open Studios Press, Boston,MA (One of 40 artists selected out of 1000 applicants to have their work exhibited in the New American Paintings MFA Annual book)
2015 Arizona Artist’s Guild Marigold Linton Scholarship Award
2015 Arizona State University School of Art Special Talent Award
2011 Voted Gallery Exhibition of the Year by Cityview Magazine
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2017 Fodderland, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014 OBJECTive, CSPS Hall Main Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA.
2013 Accumulation, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2012 Cotton Candy Cesspool, Pearson Lakes Art Center, Okoboji, IA.
2011 Contamination, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2008 Topographic Delusions, Hentschel Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2007 Consumable Fragments, Fitch Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
SELECTED GROUP
2017 Abstraction in the Singular, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Four Solos, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2016 Chaos Theory 17, Legend City, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Eleven, Eric Fischl Gallery of Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ.
2016 Lisa Von Hoffner + Travis Rice, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ.
2016 National Wet Paint MFA Biennial, Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL.
2016 Texas National 2016 Exhibition, SFA Galleries, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
2016 Geometry in the Expanded Field, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ.
2016 ExPats, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN.
2016 Grey Area, Three person exhibition with AJ Nafziger/Jessica Palomo, MonOrchid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2016 Mas Attack with ARTRA, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ.
2016 Surfacing, An Abstract Show, Brill House, Phoenix, AZ.
2015 InCept, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2015 2 Conversations, Two person exhibit with Rachel Goodwin, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2015 10th International Drawing Annual Publication, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2015 35th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley Univ. Galleries, Peoria, IL.
2015 Order and Chaos, Xico Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2015 New Art Arizona, Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
2015 All Art Arizona Juried Exhibition, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ.
2015 Summer Juried MFA Show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2014 Works on Paper, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2014 New Grad Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2014 Texas National 2014 Exhibition, SFA Galleries, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
2014 46th Clay Fiber Paper Glass Metal National Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA.
2012 Artstop 2012, Des Moines, IA.
2012 10 Year Anniversary Exhibit, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2011 62nd Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA.
2010 Annual Large Works Show, Icon Gallery, Fairfield, IA.
2009 Small Works Group Exhibit, Moberg Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2009 Annual Large Works Show, Icon Gallery, Fairfield, IA.
2007 New Beginnings, Hentschel Gallery, Des Moines, IA.
2007 EVAC City Wide Online Juried Show, Des Moines, IA.
2006 Strands, Art 316 Open House Installation, Art 316, Des Moines, IA.
2006 Multiple Universes, Art 316 Installation, Art 316, Des Moines, IA.
2002 Faculty Group Exhibit, Gallery 181, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
1998 50th Anniversary Iowa Artists Show, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA.
1998 13th Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University Art Gallery, Warrensburg, MO.
1997 Arts & Sustainability in the Iowa Landscape, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA.
1997 Art Show Nine, Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA.Iowa Artists ’97, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA.
1996 Arts in Celebration Fifth Biennial Regional Exhibition, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL.
1996 Iowa Artists ’96, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Aviva Corporate Headquarters, West Des Moines, IA.
Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA.
Dice.com Urbandale, IA.
Merchants Bonding Company, West Des Moines, IA.
Raven Industries, Sioux Falls, SD
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Corporate Headquarters, Des Moines, IA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Conference Proceedings. (co-authored by Michael Martin and Chris Seeger Assistant Professors Iowa State University)
PRESS/DIGITAL MEDIA
Trimble, Lynn, “The 10 Best Artworks We Saw in Metro Phoenix in July 2016”, Phoenix New Times, August 2, 2016.
Jasmine, “Colorful Shredded Paper Installations by Travis Rice”, Strictly Paper, May 31, 2016.
Plancarte, Fernanda, “Travis Rice instaura el dominio cromático”, Fahrenheit Magazine, June 1, 2015.
Ginger, “Colorful Shredded Paper Installations”, HAHA Magazine, May 10, 2015.
Voynovskaya, Nastia, “Travis Rice’s Rainbow-Hued Installations and Paintings”, Hi Fructose Magazine, April 15, 2015.
Griffis, Kelcee, “Colorful Paper Installations by Travis Rice Made with a Document Shredder”, My Modern Met, April 7, 2015.
Davies, Craig, “Installations made from Thousands of Pieces of Shredded Paper by Travis Rice”, art-sheep, April 7, 2015.
Nafziger, Christina, “Travis Rice Creates Installations of Rainbow-Like Waves made from Thousands of Pieces of Shredded Paper”,
Beautiful Decay Magazine, April 6, 2015.
New American Paintings, “MFA Annual No. 117,” Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, April/May Edition, 2015.
10th International Drawing Annual Publication 2015, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
Liz Lidgett, “Selfie Portraits”, DSM, Sept./Oct. 2014.
Michael Morain, “Public Art Foundation Commissions Project for Iowa State Fair”, Des Moines Register Blog, August 7, 2013.
Contamination Q/A, Moberg Gallery, 2011.
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Jim Duncan, “Coming this Week- Serious Fun”, Cityview, July 21, 2011, page 44.
Jim Duncan, “Travis Rice has Serious Fun”, (2011, July 18), Iowa Artist’s Blog,
Michael Morain, “Contaminating Art with Fun”, Des Moines Register, July 17, 2011, page 5E.
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