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Doyle Trankina

Foundation studies professor

Education

  • M.F.A., sculpture, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • M.A., illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.F.A., fine art, University of Southern California

Credentials

Academic experience

  • Professor of foundations, 2023–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Guest lecturer, Fall 2021, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta

Professional experience

  • Sculptor, 2007–present, Charles Ray Studio, CA
  • Sculptor, 2007–present, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, CT
  • Sculptor, 2015–present, Bone Clothes Inc, CA
  • Sculptor, 2019–21, Staab Studio, MO
  • Collections and photography assistant, 2016–19, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
  • Artist and fossil preparator, 2004–12/2016, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
  • Sculptor, 2013–14, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles
  • Sculptor, 2004–07, Hot Buttered Elves, CA
  • Sculptor, 2005, Danielle Anjou, CA

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Microraptor's Last Meal," National Geographic, 2019
  • "140 Million Years Ago, a Bird-Like Dinosaur Swallowed a Lizard Whole. Here's Why Its Final Meal is Exciting Researchers," 2019
  • "Now You Can 3-D Print Your Own Copy of NYC's Illegal Snowden Bust," WIRED, 2015
  • "There's a Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Monument in Brooklyn," The Animal New York, 2015
  • "Review of a T-Rex Dual-View Cast Resin Model Kit by Artist Doyle Trankina," Hasses Magiska Blog, 2012
  • "Ice Age Coyotes Were Supersized, Fossil Study Reveals," PNAS and NESCent, 2012
  • "H.U.T.A. by Doyle Trankinax Atomic Monkey," Toys Revil, 2012
  • "Fossil Egg Finds Yield Clues to How Pterosaurs Lived," National Geographic News, 2004
  • "Oology and the Evolution of Thermophysiology in Saurichian Dinosaurs," Royal Society
  • "Let Oeufs de Dinosaures," Pour La Science, 2006

Art exhibitions

  • Pneuma, 378 Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2023
  • Blank The World, 378 Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2023
  • Spring Forward, SCAD, Atlanta, GA, 2019–21
  • Agitprop!, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 2015–16
  • Gramatica Parda, ANDLAB, Los Angeles, CA, 2010

Museum exhibitions

  • Sculptor, mold maker, fabricator, Dinosaur Hall, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
  • Exhibit technician, Conversations, Collections, Artists, and Curators, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
  • Exhibit technician, Collapse, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
  • Sculptor, mold maker, fabricator, Dogs: Wolf, Myth, Hero, Friend, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
  • Sculptor, mold maker, fabricator, Tinniest Giants, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2001–02