Born in 1970 in Rayne, Louisiana, Troy Dugas earned a BFA from the University of Louisiana in 1994 and an MFA from Pratt Institute in New York in 1998. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at the Arthur Roger Gallery (New Orleans, LA), the Acadiana Center for the Arts (Lafayette, LA), the Louisiana Art and Science Museum (Baton Rouge, LA), Cooper Cole Gallery (Ontario), and the Islip Art Museum’s Carriage House (Long Island, NY), among many others.
Dugas’s work is held in several public collections across the country, including the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation in Los Angeles, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the West Collection in Pennsylvania. He has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Louisiana Division of the Arts, and completed a residency at the McColl Center for Art and Innovation in North Carolina.
Drawing on motifs rooted in the history of textiles, indigenous art, and domestic ritual, Dugas crafts tactile images that feel both timeless and deeply personal. Guided by repetition and intuition, and grounded in original designs, he explores the infinite possibilities of radial form, symmetry, and pattern. Through ongoing research, collecting, and an intensive studio practice, his work evolves into a meditative pursuit of spirituality and self-discovery—an intimate, sustained conversation between hand, material, and meaning
Over the course of the last 25 years, his work has progressed from meticulous collages constructed of unused product labels, to mixed media acrylic collages, and most recently, to fiber-based artworks.
Dugas currently lives and works in Lafayette, LA.