Dominic Lippillo III
Title:
- Interim Associate Dean and Professor
Art Discipline:
- Photography
Contacts:
dlippillo@caad.msstate.edu
Office: (662) 325-2509
A124 Hunter Henry Center
Overview
Summary:
Throughout his projects Dominic Lippillo often photographs in or around his personal surroundings in an attempt to understand the spaces and the people who once lived there. In doing so, he creates photographs of experiences that exist in his mind but not in reality. He aims to create and capture fictitious moments, while subsequently calling into question the legitimacy of photographic representation by employing a practice, which utilizes staged photography, found vernacular photographs, and digital composite imagery in which he embellishes the depicted information through a process of addition and deletion.
His photographs are included in the permanent collections of The Museum of Photographic Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; and the University of North Dakota. Publications include Some Recent Findings, Don't Take Pictures, Mono Chroma, Exposure, Daily Serving, The Eye of Photography, and the INPHA Annuals II and IV. Grants and Awards include: South Arts Fellowship (2018), Finalist Critical Mass Top 200 (2017 & 2016), Mississippi Arts Commission Visual Artist Fellowship (2016), Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Mini-grants (2010, 2013, 2014, and 2018), and the Mississippi Â鶹´«Ã½ University Faculty Research Award (2019 & 2013). Lippillo earned his MFA in Photography from Ohio University (2009) and a BFA in Photography from Youngstown Â鶹´«Ã½ University (2005).
Education:
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Photography, Ohio University, 2009
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Art, Youngstown Â鶹´«Ã½ University, 2005
Presentations
Lecture
- "Stories We Tell Ourselves: Constructed Photographs by Dominic Lippillo." Visiting Artist - Dominic Lippillo, University of West Georgia, Online/Google Meets. 2020
- Department of Art First Friday Talk, Department of Art, Howell 103. 2019