Dustyn Bork, professor of art at Lyon College, is currently featured in two Arkansas gallery exhibitions highlighting his bold explorations of color, design and structural form.
Bork’s solo exhibition, “Forms of Structural Dysfunction,” is on view through Oct. 31 in the Win and Carmen Thompson Atrium of the Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Central Arkansas, 12150 Bruce St., Conway.
A public reception and artist talk is set for Thursday, Oct. 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.
In northwest Arkansas, Bork’s work is also includedin “Drop 010: By Design”at Mixd Gallery, 5100 West Park Ave., Rogers. The exhibition featuring 18 artists with connections to the Ozarks opens Thursday, Sept. 25, with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. and continues through the end of the year.
The gallery is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
Originally from Monroe, Michigan, Bork holds a Master of Fine Arts from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan. He has received the Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting, the Arkansas Arts Council’s largest individual artist award.
Bork’s work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions across the United States and internationally, including Site: Brooklyn in New York City, the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art in South Korea, Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, the Torpedo Art Center in Virginia and the Hunterdon Museum of Art in New Jersey. His paintings were featured inNew American PaintingsSouthern Issue No. 148.
Bork has completed artist residencies in Argentina, Latvia, Belgium, Italy and Bulgaria. He lives in Batesville with his wife, artist Carly Dahl, executive director of the Batesville Area Arts Council. He has two adult children: Aiden, who lives in Batesville, andPaige, who resides in Michigan.
More of his work can be viewed atdustynbork.com.
Above: Headshot of Dustyn Bork, Artist