Biography
Marc Bridger (b. 1971, United States) received a B.F.A. in studio art from The University of South Florida (USF) in 2015. Bridger is an exhibiting artist as well as a third-year M.F.A. candidate at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) with an upcoming graduation in August 2020.
Bridger has exhibited in group exhibitions including participatory creation of Reciprocidad Andina—an art project for Miami's Creative Time Summit. Before becoming an artist, Bridger worked in technology roles for twenty years including ownership of a business providing graphic design, web, and technical support. After high-school, Bridger served in the U.S. Navy as an avionics technician that led to writing and design in the airport consulting field. The 2008 economic recession initiated a career transition where Bridger's vast technological expertise informs his art practice and has become direct subject matter within his work. His paintings interrogate the recursion within our constructed hyperreal metaverse. A metaverse where precarious environmental, social, and political conditions subjugate humanity via our commodity driven existence. Last summer, Bridger filmed and documented an adjustable aluminum stretcher-bar system he developed for artists. Subsequently, he published the work as an educational resource and written guide that included a video tutorial with 3D modeling and animations. The assets were donated to SCAD and the larger art community via FloridaStretchers.org. Bridger completed numerous works throughout the past year, while the latest highlights metaverse absurdity in Pair of Dise (2019-20)—a work presented in his recent M.F.A.Thesis Exhibition: Metaverse Gaze. In July, Bridger finalized his written M.F.A. thesis: Externalities of the Metaverse Gaze.
