Trenton Doyle

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Background●Born 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma●Raised in Paris, Texas●BFA Texas A&M University Commerce●MFA Tyler School of Art @ Temple University, Philadelphia●Religious family roots

Art●Dream of being a comic book artist●All of his pieces work together like a story●Prints, drawings, collaged-felt paintings story of “Mounds”●Formal properties as characters●Brings his family into the characters in his art–Bases the characters on the members of his family–He is his character Torpedo Boy

Esther

Torpedo Boy and Heiren Hazo

A Portrait of the Artist Under Night Vegan Arm

4 Hours Trapped in This Wretched Contraption

Vegans Do Their Dirtiest Work

Art●Biblical stories●Balance moral dilemmas with wit and musical sense of language and color to make psychological dimensions●Influenced by history of painting, Abstract Expressionism

Work and Exhibition●2000 and 2002 Whitney Biennial

–One of the youngest to participate●Contemporary Art Museum, Houston●Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth●Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami●Lives and Works in Houston, Texas●2002 Core Artist in Residence at the Glasswell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston