Fall resident artist Edd Ravn presents about his work across a 45-minute slideshow of images, followed by audience questions. This presentation is hosted by Frederico Câmara (Assistant Professor of Art, Photography) and Martha Poggioli (Professor of Practice, Interdisciplinary Art and Curation, and Pollock Gallery Director) and concludes Edd Ravn’s campus studio visits with MFA students of SMU Meadows School of the Arts. Happy Hour follows across the street on the patio at Los Charros: 6101 Hillcrest Ave, Dallas.
EDD RAVN
Interdisciplinary - Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Edd Ravn’s practice explores cycles of growth, decay, and transformation through collaborative processes, alchemy, and experimentation. Working across painting, installation, and ritual-based practice, Ravn investigates the porous boundaries between the self and the surrounding world. His work invites reflection on ecological interdependence and the shifting relationships between human and non-human forces. During the residency, Ravn plans to immerse himself in Corsicana’s ecologies, histories, and small-community rhythms. His studio will function as its own microclimate, shaped by ongoing experiments. In dialogue with 100 West’s history of gathering, he will reflect on the convergence of Corsicana’s past and future, considering its oil legacy, agricultural roots, and emerging data-center presence.
Ravn holds a BFA from the Glasgow School of Art and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art. His interdisciplinary approach combines formal inquiry with philosophical and ecological concerns, building a practice that invites participation and centers on the transformative potential of art-making.
