LocationBliss Hall 4081 Cliffe College of Creative Arts Wick Avenue Youngstown, OH 44503
Education
2024
Graduate Certificate, Data Analytics
Youngstown State University
2001
M.F.A., Sculpture
Indiana University
1995
B.F.A., Studio Art
Southern Methodist University
1995
B.A., Philosophy
Southern Methodist University
About
Dana Sperry is an interdisciplinary digital media artist whose work spans multiple formats and mediums. His recent work explores states of loneliness and isolation resulting from experiences that convey insignificance within a modern post-industrial society. Each piece considers different aspects of contemporary remoteness. In addition to exploring ideas of loneliness, Sperry is fascinated by the inevitable distortion, fabrication and simplification of value structures and renderings of past realities within a culture. His has been exhibited/screened widely including New York, Chicago, Miami, Paris, Moscow, Amsterdam, Brazil, and India.
Sperry received a B.A. in philosophy as well as a B.F.A. in Studio Art from Southern Methodist University. After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, He received an M.F.A. from Indiana University. In 2024, he completed a Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics from Youngstown State University.
