MICA Competitive Scholarship Portfolio 2018
Declan McKenna
FYE, BFA Animation '21
My Identity as a Gay Man, as Viewed from Within and Outside the Community
30 in. x 20 in. each, charcoal on paper
2017
Madonna and Bastards
60 in. x 38 in. oil pastel and gold leaf on paper.
2017
Innovation upon the traditional religious iconography of Byzantine art forms, challenging religious perceptions of bastard children while alluding to my own family.
Dual Chair
Size varies. Wood, cardboard box, packaging materials, instruction booklet / materials List.
2017
An audience interactive piece, allowing the user to manipulate the form of the furniture between a stool and a chair, focusing on the characteristics of stability and size to reflect how one acts as a system of support in society.
The New Way to Grow
12 in. x 18 in. 3D-Prints, fabric, plastic, cardboard, string, wicker basket, dirt, terracotta pots.
2017
Heat
18 in. x 24 in, chalk pastel on paper.
2017
The First Day
16 in. x 13in. (Installation size varies). Watercolor, crayon, various identification documents.
2017 (Created in Response to 'The First Day' by Edward P. Jones)
