Gary Bolding, M.F.A., Brooklyn College, painting, Professor

Professor Bolding teaches painting and drawing. His work typically combines meticulous craftmanship with quirky and ironic subject matter. Often darkly humorous, Bolding's work mixes a closely observed realism with healthy doses of the postmodern, the Southern Gothic, and the surreal. His work has been featured in over 20 solo exhibitions and nearly 100 group shows internationally including shows in New York City, Miami, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, and Mexico. Bolding has won numerous awards in national and regional juried exhibitions, has received 2 Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, and has been awarded 2 Hand awards, Stetson's highest award for research or creative work. Receiving his B.A. from Hendrix College, Professor Bolding went on to study at the Art Student's League of New York and the New York Academy of Art before competing his M.F.A. at Brooklyn College. He has taught at Stetson since 1989. View a sampling of Professor Bolding's work in the Faculty Gallery.

Roberta Smith Favis, Professor of Art History, Chair

Dr. Favis teaches a varied menu of Art History classes and serves as curator of the Vera Bluemner Kouba Collection. She has lectured and published in a variety of areas of historical and contemporary art, with particular emphasis on women in art and American landscape painting. She is author of Martin Johnson Heade in Florida (University Press of Florida, 2003) and Oscar Bluemner: A Daughter's Legacy (2004), as well as articles for publications including American Art and American Art Review, and numerous catalogs on contemporary artists. Dr. Favis received her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught at Stetson since 1985.

Dan Gunderson, Professor

Professor Gunderson teaches ceramics, sculpture, and design. The cities in which he has held solo exhibitions include New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Berkeley. His work is in many public collections, including the Ringling Museum, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the Orlando City Hall Collection, and the Erie Art Museum. In 1994 he completed a major commission for a sixteen-foot tall painted steel sculpture for the VOTRAN Bus Terminal in Daytona Beach. Professor Gunderson has won numerous awards, and he has been awarded a Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. His work has been published in books and magazines internationally. Professor Gunderson received his B.F.A. from the University of South Dakota and M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has taught at Stetson since 1976.View a sampling of Professor Gunderson's work in the Faculty Gallery.

Cyriaco Lopes, Assistant Professor

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Matt Roberts, Assistant Professor

Matt Roberts teaches digital arts classes. Roberts is a new media artist specializing in real-time video performance and new media applications. His work has been featured in national museums, galleries and new media festivals, including shows in Miami, Atlanta, and Chicago and is part of the rhizome art base. He received his B.F.A. from the University of Florida and M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. View his work here.

Li-Hung Catron, Adjunct Professor, Design

James Murphy, Adjunct Professor, Art History

Abby Ward, Adjunct Professor, Photography