CURRICULUM VITAE
Dason Pettit (662)-902-6339 email: dasonpettit74@gmail.com
603 Royal Oaks, Oxford, MS 38655
Education
2018 M.F.A. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2013 B.F.A. University of Mississippi (Magna Cum Laude), Oxford, MS
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Scattered Feathers, Gammill Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2019 Shades in the Dust, Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville, MS
2018 Scattered Feathers, Glassell Gallery, BatonRouge, LA
2015 Travellers, The Real Delta Gallery, Clarksdale, MS
2014 Travellers, Cicada’s for Men, Oxford, MS
2014 Recent Work, Sabai Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2013 A Sharp Blow to the Senses, Gallery 130, Oxford, MS
Group Exhibitions
2023 Faculty Show, Gallery 130, Oxford MS
2021 Water: Shots Magazine Group Exhibition, Minnesota Marine Art
Museum, Winona, MN
2019 Flyover State, Resonator Institute, Norman, OK
2018 Louisiana Fine Art Showcase, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
2018 Winter Warm Up Open House and Art Show, Sabai Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 Mind’s Eye, Firehouse Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 White Light Night, Sabai Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 Passionfruit, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 Graduate Pop up Art Show, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
2016 Graduate Art Show, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2016 White Light Night, Sabai Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2015 La Vie en Rouge, Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2015 Science and Art, Powerhouse Gallery, Oxford, MS
2015 Miniature Gallery Show, Powerhouse Gallery, Oxford, MS
2015 UM Film Showcase, Powerhouse Gallery, Oxford MS
2015 Working Show, Powerhouse Gallery, Oxford, MS
2014 Miniatures Show, Bozart’s Gallery, Water Valley, MS
2013 Permanent Collection, UM Residential College, Oxford MS
2013 Juried Summer Art Show, Gallery 220, Oxford, MS
2012 University of Mississippi Department of Art Holiday Art Sale, The Lyric,
Oxford, MS
2012 Juried Summer Art Show, Gallery 220, Oxford, MS
2010 Northeast Mississippi Community College Art Show (Honorable
Mention), Anderson Hall Art Gallery, Booneville, MS
Publications
2021 Shades in the Dust, Too Tired Project Sunday Spotlight
2021 Shades in the Dust, Too Tired Project Interviewee
2020 These Houses Were Built on Ashes, FotoFilmic JRNL 5 Selected Entrant
2020 These Houses Were Built on Ashes, Oxford American Eyes on the South
Online Publication
2019 Shades in the Dust, Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures
2019 Shades in the Dust, Shots Magazine
2018 Scattered Feathers, Oxford American Eyes on the South Online Publication
Lectures and Public Engagements
2022 Lectu
2019 Scattered Feathers, University of Mississippi, Gammill Gallery
2018 Scattered Feathers, Louisiana Photographic Society
Grants/Fellowships/Honors
2015 University of Mississippi Outstanding Cinema Student Award
2014 University of Mississippi Cinema Competition Grant Award Recipient
2013 Induction Phi Kappa Phi
2013 University of Mississippi David Rory Award
Related Professional Experience
2021- Adjunct Instructor, University of Mississippi Department of Art and Art History
2021 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Department of Art
and Art History
2020 - Darkroom and Digital Lab Manager, University of Mississippi
Department of Art and Art History
2019- 20 Assistant Cinematographer, The Wonder of the World
2018- Freelance Photographer
2018- 2020 Photographer and Creative Consultant, University of Mississippi College
of Liberal Arts, Oxford, MS
2018- 2019 Adjunct Instructor, Northeast Mississippi Community College,
Booneville, MS
2016-2018 Instructor of Record, Basic Photography, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA
2015-2018 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,
LA
2013-2015 Art Instructor, Art 2 Go, Oxford, MS
2014 Art Internship, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2013-2014 University of Mississippi Art Department
Student Office Assistant, Oxford, MS
2012 - 2013 University of Mississippi Digital Lab Monitor, Oxford, MS
2009 Northeast Community College Tutor, History, Booneville, MS
Technical Skills
Adobe software products including Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere and Acrobat
Darkroom materials and chemical preparation and use, including 35mm, medium format and 4x5 film, as well as alternative processes
Alternative processes including cyanotype, mordancage, gum bi-chromate, palladium, and chemigrams.
Microsoft Office products including Excel, Quicken, Powerpoint.
Multiple film/digital cameras and lenses, Ikonoskop digital cinema cameras, and Black Magic Pocket Cameras
Strobe lighting kits – studio and on-location
Screenwriting, acting and direction in motion pictures
Story-boarding for motion pictures
Drawing/Painting instruction with multiple types of media
Instruction in cut/out design techniques