ArtLAB
ARTLAB is a student driven collaborative team at Western Carolina University, dedicated to new approaches in drawing which include graphic novels, animations, augmented and virtual reality. ARTLAB is open to all WCU students.
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Ray Matlock
Hey Hey, Im Ray. (They/Them) Im a junior at Western Carolina University studying Graphic Design with a minor in Marketing. Growing up Ive always loved everything animation, comics and illustrations and Im glad to be able to use my skills to create works focusing on story, color, motion and diversity.
Ron Laboray is an artist living in Asheville North Carolina. A conceptual artist known for his painting and sculpture. The work is scientific and digitally influenced and using both abstraction and realism, discusses topics like data, Globalization and time. Laboray has shown in major exhibition spaces for over 20 years including the Vincent Price Art Museum, Pacific Design Center and Raid Projects in Los Angeles, in Chicago at the Navy Pier Exposition and the Suburban, Miami Pulse, The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Internationally, he has lectured about his work and exhibited in the Netherlands, Ireland, Japan, Taiwan, and the Hungarian National Academy of Science in Budapest and a permanent mural installation at Rennes 2 University in Rennes France. Currently, Ron holds the position of Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at Western Carolina University.