Casey is a MFA graduate in the UW Art Department. His research is focused on the conversation of racial identity in America, namely the discrete intersections found in his bodily experience of being Black in White spaces and having an anaphylaxis inducing allergy. It also reflects on how mass media and individuals engage with the topic of racial equity and how this can at times be both well intentioned and counterproductive. The work also investigates the “attention-economy” and how the avenues through which we receive information impact the legitimacy of our collective sense of identity and values. Casey has worked as a furniture fabricator and designer, CNC machinist and programmer, and shop manager for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville before coming to Madison.
Awards and Honors
Not Real Art World Grant, 2024
Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship, 2024
Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, 2023
School of Education Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 2022
Urban Art Fellowship, Chattanooga Design Studio, 2019
Martins Multicultural Scholarship, (full tuition) Messiah University, 2011
Daniel Vollmer Scholarship, Messiah College, 2011
Publications / Exhibitions
Extramission, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton WI, June – July 2024
TMA Contemporary Annual Juried Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton WI, May – Sept. 2024
Splitting Hairs, MaiaHaus, Madison WI, May 2024
Extramission, Qualifier exhibition, Backspace Gallery, UW Madison, March 2024
“Hunter Invitational Review”, N° Magazine/ Number: Relics , Issue No. 97, p. 28
Teaching / Service
Graduate Student Representative for 2025 art dept. graduate cohort (2022 – present)
Intro to 3d Design (ART 104), Instructor of Record